TJ West

Fantasy Classics: “Kushiel’s Avatar” (by Jacqueline Carey)

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: The third novel in Jacqueline Carey’s trilogy about the adventures…
Dispatches from 2020: Be Careful of a Damaging Primary

Because I like creating series on this blog, and because I’m very invested in the outcome…
Reading History: “Starstruck in the Promised Land” (by Shalom Goldman)

Note: My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book for review.…
Fantasy Classics: “Kushiel’s Chosen” (by Jacqueline Carey)

Originally posted on Darcy and Winters: It’s a very rare thing for an author to follow…
The Great “Golden Girls” Marathon: “Big Daddy’s Little Lady” (S2, Ep. 6)

For today’s installment of the ongoing marathon of The Golden Girls, we come to another of…
Weekly Rant: Every Republican Must Be Driven out of Office

I say this with a heavy heart. The GOP is done. In the aftermath of Trump’s…
Screening Classic Hollywood: “A Face in the Crowd” (1957)

Everyone so often, you watch a film from classic Hollywood that is truly staggering in its…
The Great Golden Girls Marathon: “Isn’t it Romantic?” (S2, Ep. 5)

“Isn’t it Romantic,” the fifth episode of the second season of The Golden Girls, is one…
Reading History: “The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality” (by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein)

Ever since I read David McCullough’s magisterial biography of John Adams many years ago, I’ve always…
Regarding the Death of Others

Warning: The following post may be troubling for some readers. I’ve been struggling with my thoughts…