Feeding Your Soul

A Discovery of Witches, one of my favorite books of all time recently was turned into a series by Sky One, a Canadian and UK based production company. It was released in the US via Sundance Now and Shudder (streaming services) on January 17th. Naturally I watched all 8 episodes of season 1 in 3 days.  And then it took me 2 days to process how I felt about it. Conclusion, still not sure. I read Discovery of Witches back in 2013 and again at the end of 2018.  I loved it then and love it now. Deborah Harkness creates a fantastic world of witches, vampires, demons, and humans it is hard not to get sucked in.  The love between Matthew and Diana on paper is incredibly powerful, tugging at your heart in ways you never thought possible.  I hoped that whenever this story was sent to the big or little screen the love would resonate on screen just as much if not more than on the pages of the book. Unfortunately what I have come to realize is that the book is much better th...

**This blog is full of spoilers for the movie and the book Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Proceed at your own risk.** When the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie was announced, MI fans went into a frenzy. Casting speculations were everywhere, fans were writing their own fan fiction and teenagers and young adults alike were praying that the movie turned into a success.  Unfortunately writing mistakes were too much to overcome and the fans were not impressed. City of Bones movie starts out just as the book does: Clary Fray is a 16-year-old girl living in New York learns there is a world full of monsters, demons, and vampires with Shadowhunters protecting the mundane world from all of them.  All without being seen.  Clary meets Jace, a shadowhunter who she saw kill a demon at a club. When he comes looking for her the next morning she confronts him only to be interrupted by her mother calling her telling her to go to Luke’s (friend of the family) and to tell...

It has been a long time since the True Blood made its final bow, or stab depending on which way you look at it. Before I get into the review lets do a little recap. Bill is still on his path to die by Sookie’s fairie light and rid him of his internal struggle that he is destined to die; He believes he is being punished for all of his sins since he was turned a vampire during the Civil War.  Sookie is still struggling to figure out what to do, not sure if she can kill the man she loves. Bill wants Sookie to kill him so she can live her life without vampires and death.  Eric and Pam are working to get rid of the Japanese people and take over New Blood for themselves (which is genius).  In the end, Eric and Pam kill all the Japanese and they are both rich with the New Blood market.  Sookie does come to the conclusion that she wants babies and a real, human life with no vampires and stakes Bill in his own grave that was dug for him when he didn’t return home from t...

What is it about the supernatural that attracts people? Is it the fantasy world they are looking at? Is it the mysterious people they encounter? Is it the forbidden that makes people want more?   Every person has their own reason for watching, reading and experiencing the supernatural and True Blood is just another supernatural show that attracts people to the mysteries of Bon Temps, Louisiana.   True Blood has been on for 6 seasons and counting (recently picked up for a 7 th season to air in the near future; season 6 is currently airing).   The show follows Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress at Merlotte’s in Bon Temps, Louisiana.   In this world, vampires exist and are well known throughout the world.   They are fighting for peace and acceptance through the legal system, wanting the same rights and privileges the humans do.   This is obviously met with a lot of hostility.   Sookie has always been an advocate for giving vampires rights which only...