I texted my sister the other day telling her that I finished reading The Kingdom of Sweets: A Novel of the Nutcracker. It’s a novel written by Erika Johansen. The book is described as a reimagining of the classic tale The Nutcracker. It is to an extent. There were a couple of nutcrackers in it, but they didn’t really play …

This is something that I stopped doing a while back, but I wanted to bring it back because I love the discussion between which is better, the book or the film. So, I thought I’d start 2024 off with a 2023 film that is based off the book with the same title. Leave the World Behind was written by Rumaan …