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    Blog Launch

    July 11, 2019 by

    Hello! My name is Joe Kessler, and I’ve been blogging in one form or another since 2004. This is the launch of my new home for that, where I’ll be posting book reviews and other short pieces of writing. I’m also debuting a Patreon site for anyone who would like to support my efforts through… Read more

  • Movie Review: Ghostbusters (2016)

    October 16, 2026 by

    Movie #51 of 2026: Ghostbusters (2016) I had never seen this third Ghostbusters movie (sometimes listed under the subtitle Answer the Call) until today, and all I really remembered hearing about it was that a) it was a reboot and not a sequel and b) it was vaguely Gamergate-adjacent in that some bitter incel trolls… Read more

  • Book Review: Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros

    October 16, 2026 by

    Book #165 of 2026: Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros A curious little book of Empyrean short stories, set both before and during the events of the novels that have been released thus far. These thirteen tales are all fairly discrete from one another without any cohesive larger narrative, and they each follow a different viewpoint… Read more

  • Book Review: Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller

    October 14, 2026 by

    Book #162 of 2026: Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller This 2014 novel was the first one published in Disney’s official Star Wars canon, which I’ve enjoyed enough over the years that I decided to go back and read it all through more systematically. It’s also a prelude to the animated Rebels… Read more

  • Book Review: Zell by Victoria Goddard

    October 13, 2026 by

    Book #161 of 2026: Zell by Victoria Goddard I always feel a slight twinge about reviewing and rating a ‘book’ this short — only 6000 words! — but since I bought the ebook and it has its own Goodreads entry, I suppose it’s fair game. (And it balances out with the multiple 900-page tomes that… Read more

  • Book Review: Titan by Ben Bova

    October 13, 2026 by

    Book #160 of 2026: Titan by Ben Bova Most of these Grand Tour novels aren’t granted an official sub-series name, but this one is a straightforward sequel to Saturn, in which several thousand colonists took a long flight towards that planet, where they’d be setting up a new home as the furthest human settlement from… Read more

  • TV Review: Blake’s 7, season 3

    October 12, 2026 by

    TV #44 of 2026: Blake’s 7, season 3 Still not loving this British science-fiction series, but it improves enough in this penultimate run that I suppose I’ll bump my rating up a notch. Two actors dropped out between seasons — including, hilariously, the titular Blake — and their replacements Tarrant and Dayna add welcome new… Read more

  • Movie Review: Ghostbusters II (1989)

    October 9, 2026 by

    Movie #50 of 2026: Ghostbusters II (1989) Maybe not a total trainwreck, but still a sequel that never comes close to justifying its existence. The structure is a little frustrating, too: the original film ended with the heroes being celebrated as their city’s saviors and Venkman in a relationship with Dana, and this one picks… Read more

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