by Esther Scherpenisse | J Oct 2025 | No category
Somewhere between the cultural obsession with “harder punishments for crimes” and the flood of female fantasy characters who all know how to wield a sword, I started asking myself a question: is this really what we were going for? We’ve made progress, sure. Women now...
by Esther Scherpenisse | J Oct 2025 | No category
Some of science fiction’s dustiest paperbacks have become blockbuster blueprints. With the Dune films leading the way—and a third on the horizon—it’s clear that the genre’s classic era still casts a long shadow. That’s part of what drew me to the old stories in the...
by Esther Scherpenisse | J Sep 2025 | No category
Have you ever felt like you missed your moment? Like everyone else got handed a purpose and you’re just… here? I’m talking about that deep-down ache that maybe your life was supposed to mean something more. That if you just found the right job, or read the right...
by Esther Scherpenisse | J Sep 2025 | No category
Everyone has them—books that don’t wear out. The evergreens you can pluck off the shelf, open halfway through, and instantly drop back into, as if you’d been reading from the start. They are different for everyone, but these are mine, in no particular order. Stephen...
by Esther Scherpenisse | J Sep 2025 | No category
Some magic systems make your head spin with rules. Others drift more like a feeling—quiet, atmospheric, and hard to pin down. As a reader, I enjoy both. But the ones that stay with me, the ones that feel real, all have one thing in common: they mean something....
