Welcome to Wrights Poetry
This is where I share everything I write — book reviews, original poems, personal musings, and reflections on TV shows, movies, and music.
Think of it as part reading journal, part creative space — always rooted in memory, monsters, and the stories that stay with us.
The Thursday Lantern
Book Reviews
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Pangea Online by S.L. Rowland – Audiobook Review
Pangea Online by S.L. Rowland is pure fun. Ready Player one vibes, great underdog story, easy to get lost in. Perfect entry point for LitRPG newcomers.
Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Audiobook Review
Philip Marlowe meets Redwall in this inventive sci fi noir. Green City Wars is a fully realized world with a cast of characters that feel completely alive. A great listen narrated by John Pirhalla.
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark – Book Review
Olivia Dumont is a ghostwriter who has spent her entire career hiding one thing — she is the daughter of Vincent Taylor, a famous horror novelist who has been shadowed for fifty years by rumors that he murdered his own siblings. When Olivia finds herself financially desperate, she takes a job ghostwriting her father’s memoir.…
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune – Audiobook Review
Don and Rodney are husbands who have spent forty years building a life together. Now the world is literally ending. A rogue black hole is headed for Earth and they have about a month before everything is gone. So they do what makes sense to them. They get in the car and drive from Maine…
Beartown by Fredrik Backman – Book Review
Beartown is not the sport story you think it is. Fredrik Backman delivers something much heavier a story —about community, loyalty, and what happens when a town protects the wrong person.
Animal Farm by George Orwell – Book Review
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as a warning in 1945. The depressing part is how little has changed. A first time reader reckons with why this 80 year old fable still feels like today’s news.
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix – Book Review
A 4-star review of My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. A nostalgic 80s horror story with humor, heart, and deeply unsettling moments.
After the Fall by Edward Ashton – Audiobook Review
I finished After the Fall feeling satisfied… but also a little greedy. I wanted more time in this world, more story to sink into. That’s usually a good sign.
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager – Book Review
Riley Sager’s The Last Time I Lied offers a gripping, nostalgic thriller with compelling characters, a well-crafted plot, and a satisfying ending.
🕯️ The Thursday Lantern — The Union of Waiting
A quiet reflection on the unseen labor, patience, and the strange truth that some things only happen when no one is watching. A whimsical meditation on waiting, work, and the invisible forces that keep the ordinary world moving.
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