Katie Smith

2 months ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Katie Smith

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the literary online love to complain, and the objects of their ire this week are these heinous young adult covers of Jane Austen classics. Puffin, Penguin UK’s children’s imprint, has released a series of brightly colored Austen covers, featuring Gen-Z renderings of her famous protagonists. They’re calling the series “First Impressions” and purposefully gearing it toward young readers with forewords by famous BookTok romance authors like Ali Hazelwood.

Sep 25, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Katie Smith

Your alarm clock goes off, awaking you from a fitful sleep. The red, old fashioned numbers read, “6:00,” as a Sonny and Cher song plays on the radio.

Jul 18, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Katie Smith

Gormer President Donald Trump announced that his vice presidential running mate would be ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author JD Vance, whose divisive book describes his upbringing in rural Ohio.

Feb 6, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Katie Smith

A Former Survivor player facing off against a former Bachelor for $250,000? Alan Cumming parading around a Scottish castle? Cumming buries them alive, covers them in bugs, and forces them to scour for shields to protect from “murder”  in this 10-episode series. I would sum up Peacock’s The Traitors in one word: absurd — and obviously, it hooked me immediately. Based on the Danish show of the same name, The Traitors pits reality TV stars against each other in a game show version of Mafia.

Jan 6, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Katie Smith

When we first meet the Golden Bachelor on screen, he’s getting ready to welcome the 22 contestants on the show’s opening night. He’s got the fitted suit, the pressed shirt, and in a close-up shot we see… a hearing aid. Production drives home immediately — and beats us over the head for the subsequent nine episodes — that this is a show by and for older people. Adorable quotes about each contestant’s “second chance at love” and recognizing “we don’t know how much time we have left” abound.