62 Pages That Hit Harder Than Books Four Times as Long
#5 of 2026 — The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Book Wrecked Me. The Show Just Made It Worse. Highly Recommend.
Watched this immediately after the book. Still wow. Still wtf.
Strange, Twisted, and I Get Why Gillian Flynn Is That Girl
#4 of 2026 — Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
More Questions Than Answers and Somehow That’s Exactly Right
#3 of 2026 — I Who Have Never Known Women by Jacqueline Harpman
A Great Concept That Ran Out of Story Before It Ran Out of Pages
#2 of 2026 — A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
Emma Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos, and a Satirical Gut Punch I Was Not Expecting
Dark satire, conspiracy theories, Emma Stone. Yes. Also — this film is doing something real.
Matt and Ben in a Cop Movie Should Have Been Easier Than This
It lost my attention early. Not bad, not good. Somewhere in between.
Tessa Thompson Walked Into My Netflix Queue and Rearranged My Weekend
Thoroughly enjoyed this before the big twist. And then the big twist happened.
This One Hit Different And I Can’t Fully Explain Why
#1 of 2026 — Let Me Write This Gently, My Baby by Lisa Marie Lovett
Watched It After the Hype Died. Now I Understand the Hype.
So bizarre but I thoroughly enjoyed this. The hype was not lying.