Hi, Natalie! Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in our Quick Questions Interview series. To get things started, would you please tell us how you found Cannonball Read, how long you’ve been participating, and what your favorite part of it is? I’ve been a lurker over on Pajiba for years (probably since around 2013 or so?), so I’ve known about CBR for quite some time, and occasionally read the reviews on it. I didn’t join the community and start writing my own reviews […]
I cried six times while reading this memoir slash podcast slash pop culture book.
Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. First, here’s the blurb, because I’m not sure my review actually does a great job letting you know what the book is about: “A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer. Kristin and Jenny’s marriage started with an ultimatum: to further their relationship, Kristin must watch Jenny’s favorite show, Buffy […]
“If the apocolypse comes, beep me.”
Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts by Evan Ross Katz
Early in the pandemic, a friend and I were looking for a way to have a social outlet while trapped at home. As we are both extroverts married to introverts, we figured that it would help us, and our partners. In the same convo, I discovered that she had never seen one of my top favorite TV shows of all time…Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And thus, an idea took hold. We would watch Buffy together but apart, she in Louisiana and me in Illinois, with […]
Farewell to the Scoobies
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 12 by Christos Gage, et al.
Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Giles, Angel, Spike, Faith, and Fray return for one final apocalyptic showdown against the forces of darkness in Season 12 of the Boom! comics Buffy the Vampire Slayer continuation. Unlike previous seasons, Season 12 has only four issues and a more narrow focus. The shortened season is due to an impending deadline when 20th Century Fox regained the rights to Buffy and a planned reboot for the series. This just made me realize that now that Disney owns Fox, they now […]
Pop the Classic
This is a take-off of the Buffy Summers story during the TV series, but forgets there was movie (as many fans do). Most of Sunnydale is there (Willow, Xander, Giles, Buffy’s mom) but has Buffy as an 8-year-old girl, just coming into her knowledge she is a slayer, instead of the teen she is during the series. Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book starts off with Buffy “now” doing what she does best (slaying vampires) and then flashes back to being eight […]
Once More With Feeling
Old wounds, old enemies, and old questions all play a big part in season 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Dark Horse Comics. For the first time since the series was restarted in comics format this season feels the most like the original television series in both scope and the characters and how the interact with each other. If you are not caught up on the series I will try to quickly summarize the pertinent bits. If you are not familiar with the series […]