Carly Lane-Perry

i wrote about The Life of a Showgirl

Happy October! (With some appropriate, fall-themed kissing books recs to match) It might not be cold for everyone, but these books are primed to get you in sweater-weather mode.

The first OFFICIAL installment of #KissingBooks is back with a cozy fantasy, a monster romance, and one of my all-time favorite horror authors who has never let me down with the smooching. Also, an assortment of links!

'Task' Episode 5 Recap: The FBI Mole Is Revealed and No One Is Safe in the HBO Crime Drama's Darkest Hour Episode 5 of HBO's crime drama Task delivers a shocking meeting, a major death, and the reveal of the FBI's mole. Read our recap.

It’s hard to believe that we’re in the back half of #Task, but this week’s episode made multiple moves I never expected it to at this juncture in the season:

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It’s here!!! 🥰

Happy October! (With some appropriate, fall-themed kissing books recs to match) It might not be cold for everyone, but these books are primed to get you in sweater-weather mode.

The first OFFICIAL installment of #KissingBooks is back with a cozy fantasy, a monster romance, and one of my all-time favorite horror authors who has never let me down with the smooching. Also, an assortment of links!

Working on the first real installment of this newsletter to go out this week now that it's been officially relaunched, and it's not too late to subscribe! 📚💕

All the New Horror Books Coming in October 2025 October 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Joe Hill, Neil McRobert, Jewelle Gomez, Gemma Files, Caitlin Starling, Jenny Kiefer, Richard Kadrey, Tanya Pell, Brian Asman, Nuzo Onoh,…

the October horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @tanyapell.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @richardkadrey.bsky.social @emotrophywife.bsky.social @carsonfaust.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social & many more!

A snapping turtle warming itself on a rock, balancing on its belly, limbs unfurled and stretched wide, head held aloft in the sun

This turtle has big “you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like” energy

Going to do that thing where I reshare a piece of writing I'm immensely proud of — thank you to everyone who has already offered such kind words and/or shared this elsewhere. 🫶

A Bleak World Without Women "Task," HBO’s new Delaware County–set crime drama, has violence, vengeance, and a point to make about men.

Wrote about TASK (I love TASK) www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

you know how married people are sometimes like ‘marriage is work.’ and yeah i guess. but it’s also THE FUNNEST!!! my favorite hot guy of all time literally lives in my house! anytime i want i can goof on a bad movie with him or ask him to read one of my drafts!

September 30. October 1.

Penny Dreadful your legacy remains unmatched

I loved Penny Dreadful because other "prestige" TV series would be centered around the drama of rich dudes and PD would be on its own like "Frankenstein's monster gets a crying monologue. Eva Green writhes around on a table during a séance. Dorian Gray and the Wolfman make out for a while."

Working on the first real installment of this newsletter to go out this week now that it's been officially relaunched, and it's not too late to subscribe! 📚💕

Timothy Olyphant Isn't Interested in Repeating Himself From Deadwood to Alien: Earth, Timothy Olyphant opens up about acting risks, career reinvention, and the storytellers who still guide him.

Way before #AlienEarth even premiered, I landed a dream assignment: talking with Timothy Olyphant about everything from lessons learned on #Deadwood with David Milch to the TV storytelling pitfall he hates the most to breaking down tonight's finale (spoilers are toward the end):

It's no exaggeration to say that it's joy and a privilege to get to write about good TV, and writing about IWTV has unquestionably made me a better reviewer.

DITTO

'Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire' Season 2 Review: A Gloriously Tangled and Compelling Part Two Season 2 premieres May 12 on AMC and AMC+.

Some of my personal favorite review writing has been about Interview with the Vampire, so now feels like the perfect time to re-boost this one with #IWTV S2 finally dropping on Netflix:

‘Twilight’ Is 20. These Books Will Remind You Why You Loved It So Much.

The @nytimes.com asked me to write about the 20th anniversary (??!) of Twilight, and to recommend some books that have published since then that Twilight folks might love.

Oh, this was SO FUN.

'Task' Episode 4 Recap: With Traitors on Both Sides, HBO's Crime Drama Has Never Been More Tense Than This In Task Episode 4, the FBI task force and Dark Hearts motorcycle gang both close in on Robbie and Cliff as tensions rise. Read our recap.

Recapped last night’s episode of #Task, in which everything seems to be coming apart at the seams for Robbie in particular, especially with leaks on both sides:

What's wild is that I watched Emma Watson trying to talk about JKR and it was clear she was trying to be like "I do love the person who was formative in my life, and I need for that feeling to be able to coexist" which is far, far more kindness than Rowling arguably deserves, and this just shows it

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

'Task' Episode 4 Recap: With Traitors on Both Sides, HBO's Crime Drama Has Never Been More Tense Than This In Task Episode 4, the FBI task force and Dark Hearts motorcycle gang both close in on Robbie and Cliff as tensions rise. Read our recap.

Recapped last night’s episode of #Task, in which everything seems to be coming apart at the seams for Robbie in particular, especially with leaks on both sides:

The Trouble With Affiliates The Jimmy Kimmel saga demonstrates that the network-affiliate relationship is due for an overhaul.

Sinclair has said it will once again air JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!, and Nexstar likely will, too. But the last 10 days have shown why we are overdue for a massive reset in the network-affiliation relationship--or maybe the end of affiliates. Up now at @vulture.com

www.vulture.com/article/jimm...

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee. You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Just reported this as plagiarism with a link to your original review! Hope it helps.

18 years almost to the DAY since I last saw them live, and they haven’t missed a beat.

Rilo Kiley performing on stage at the Eastern in Atlanta

Rilo Kiley performing on stage at the Eastern in Atlanta backlit by green

Rilo Kiley performing on stage at the Eastern in Atlanta

Rilo Kiley performing on stage at the Eastern in Atlanta while Jenny Lewis sits crosslegged

No joke, seeing Rilo Kiley healed me tonight.