Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner. Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/ Member of the 2026 Otherwise Award juryhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwjnrc5ajs22As a follow-up to this, it was quite instructive to watch Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex the night after watching The Love Hypothesis. Not a romance, and the main relationship is anything but an OTP. But still the sex scenes are funny, sexy, and deeply rooted in character. (Also, just a fun movie.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjnrc5ajs22https://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwj6ts7d7k22My review of Frances Hardinge's Traitor's Nest is up at @locusmag.bsky.social. We had a lot of fun mocking Andy Serkis's "what if Animal Farm, but cuddly" concept a few months back, but Hardinge offers an example of how that concept might actually work. https://locusmag.com/review/traitors-nest-by-frances-hardinge-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/27 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwj6ts7d7k22https://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwidgue4o72wThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan". Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html27 Sep 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwidgue4o72whttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwh6p4gewk2rOne negative effect of the success of Heated Rivalry is that it has convinced creators of romance film/TV that they *must* have explicit sex scenes, regardless of whether the actors have that kind of chemistry, or if the script/director can make those scenes feel sexy.26 Sep 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh6p4gewk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwektlsy422rI would never bring a beverage to a job interview because the first thing every person interviewing me has asked, always, has been "can I offer you water or a hot drink?" What sort of animals don't do that? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwektlsy422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mwee37r2c62rThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan". Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html25 Sep 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwee37r2c62rhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw7ewtn5hk2sThis week's Ted Lasso really encapsulates for me all the things that are going wrong, and right, with this reboot-slash-continuation. To wit: there's a great show in here, but it does not involve Ted Lasso, or for that matter, most of the Ted Lasso legacy characters.23 Sep 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7ewtn5hk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw4iw5ijik2cThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan" today. Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html22 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4iw5ijik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw5qrbqq3o2mThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan". Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html23 Sep 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5qrbqq3o2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw5huokgzy2lThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan". Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html23 Sep 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5huokgzy2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw4iw5ijik2cThe Great Tolkien Reread meets "The Riders of Rohan" today. Specifically, Éomer, the first of several characters who seem to have been designed to echo Boromir, and to reflect on his strengths and weaknesses. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-riders-of-rohan.html22 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4iw5ijik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mw26wesfk42iThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html21 Sep 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw26wesfk42ihttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvv2nbvsy22qMy review of A Trade of Blood, the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Ana and Din fantasy-mystery series. is online at @locusmag.bsky.social. This is a remarkably consistent series - the pleasures of the previous volumes are all here, but also the same concerns. https://locusmag.com/review/a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/19 Sep 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv2nbvsy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvv2nbvsy22qMy review of A Trade of Blood, the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Ana and Din fantasy-mystery series. is online at @locusmag.bsky.social. This is a remarkably consistent series - the pleasures of the previous volumes are all here, but also the same concerns. https://locusmag.com/review/a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/19 Sep 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv2nbvsy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvutvbi4ga2aThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html19 Sep 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvutvbi4ga2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvqafud4md2bThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html17 Sep 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqafud4md2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvf4vhndm227The Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html13 Sep 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvf4vhndm227https://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mvb5k6u26h2bThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html11 Sep 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb5k6u26h2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mv6j3qhryk2iMy review of August Clarke's The Felicity Complex is up at @locusmag.bsky.social. This is a delightfully disturbing gender dystopia that fuses the apocalypse bunker story, the fembot story, and genuinely upsetting body horror to excellent effect. https://locusmag.com/review/the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/10 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6j3qhryk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mv6j3qhryk2iMy review of August Clarke's The Felicity Complex is up at @locusmag.bsky.social. This is a delightfully disturbing gender dystopia that fuses the apocalypse bunker story, the fembot story, and genuinely upsetting body horror to excellent effect. https://locusmag.com/review/the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke-review-by-abigail-nussbaum/10 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6j3qhryk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3muzcgy7kks2zThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers today with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html08 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzcgy7kks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mv2kaobaqw2xThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html09 Sep 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2kaobaqw2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3mv2absgixq2nThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html09 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2absgixq2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/abigailnussbaum.bsky.social/post/3muzcgy7kks2zThe Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers today with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. https://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-great-tolkien-reread-departure-of.html08 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:sayd7sy4btfjfr2bvevtim7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzcgy7kks2z