Logo on fire
That’s right, as I am sure any enthusiast of the 12 colonies knows, The Hunger Games is getting a Hollywood makeover and coming out in March 2012. Will it be great or will it dissapoint all the loyal fans? It is hard to know, but equally hard not to be excited. I am not thrilled by all the casting choices, I admit, but I am willing to give them a try. … Continue Reading
A world on fire
I read this book on a recommendation from a friend. To be fair, it is not a book I would have picked up on my own, but then such was the case for my friend. This book, for both of us, was an anomaly. But what an anomaly it was. On the surface, this book is exactly what it claims to be. Through multiple first person accounts, the reader is invited to experience the first and hopefully only, Zombie War. Just hearing that, I’m sure you might expect to hear an account that might start, in the movies
“ In a World where disease has racked the land,…. the dead…don’t stay that way….”
Maybe the trailer would then cut to the scene of an innocent child, surrounded by wreckage…who turns with a bloodthirsty grin, seeking its next victim.(I know, I just stole that scene from Walking Dead, but is so iconic and unforgettable.
But World War Z is much more than a book of scare tactics and this is why I highly recommend people who have not discovered it for themselves, to read it. … Continue Reading
There is a reason all those cars are trying to escape, man!
I like a lot of the work that cable television channels are doing now with original programming. I guess with over 200, 500, however many digital channels you can get nowadays, they have to compete somehow. I watch SyFy and USA, and recently AMC. Who would have thought that the channel that just used to air old movies, would have so much potential? I have watched the first couple of season of Mad Men, and been intrigued (even though sometimes it moves a little slowly) I have watched the first season of Breaking Bad and been amazed (Bryan Cranston is an Spectacular in this role! Who knew he had it in him, after only seeing Malcolm in the Middle?) So, I heard all this hype about the new AMC series, The Walking Dead, and even though I am not a big zombie fan, I decided to give the first episode a shot when I found it on hulu. … Continue Reading
I think his hair may actually be on fire
A while back, I went to the Brooklyn Book Fair and it brought me into contact with many new authors and works I knew nothing about before. One large source of new material was the young adult tent, as I waited to see Libba Bray’s YA band, Tiger Beat. In the session before the band, I heard from the authors of Bamboo People, Marcelo and the Real World, and The Boneshaker. Hearing them speak prompted me to get a copy of each of their books from the library. Without a doubt Marcelo and Boneshaker won the day for me. I am working on another post about Marcelo, but right now, I have to share my enthusiasm for The Boneshaker.
I read the description for this book, and I thought I knew what I was in for. This turned out to be only partly true. The Boneshaker begins in a sleepy turn of the century town. The plucky heroine loves understanding the why of things, which she has had ample time to practice, learning at the workshop of her father, who fixes bicycles, and practically anything else mechanical.
Her father fixes the doctor’s old car in the opening scene and the doctor leaves town, to deal with a flu epidemic in a nearby town, which leaves most of the town uneasy. They trust the poor pharmacist left behind to take care of them, but only so just. Unfortunately, but perhaps not unexpectedly, with the good doctor’s departure, wicked this way, does, indeed, come. … Continue Reading
So here I am, still alive and producing a Top 7 for Wednesday (ok, it is one day late) no less! I blame Shaka and life for keeping me from you. Shaka, I need to pace the books you recommend, because there was a week or more that I was in a Hunger Games obsessed cacoon. Then I got the Warded Man from the library, and my sister visited…..anyways, now that I have caught up on a little sleep and before I enter another spiral, with the Gregor:the Overlander books…. A Top 7 List!
Keeping with the theme I started with my first post and one on which I hope John, Shaka, and anyone else might join, I am listing more favorite things from my childhood. ( I swear my lists will leave nostalgia land soon.) So here are some of the movies I watched over and over again as a child, and many of which I quote ad naseum to this day.
7. Puss N Boots
I watched a lot of the disney channel as a kid and they had this whole slew of fairy tale musical movies. I remember most vividly the one for Sleeping Beauty and this one; Puss in Boots. The songs still sometimes pop into my head. And I mean, come on: Christopher Walken is the singing, dancing cat, himself! I admit to buying this movie at Sam’s Club for 5 dollars, just to watch it again, when I got older. Why does nostalgia have such power over us? It definitely brought back the kid in me, anyway. … Continue Reading
Depression, Sex and Dragons
Here we are, one of my last Christopher Moore books. It is a sad and happy occasion; Sad, of course, because it is one less new work to look forward to and Happy because I know I am in for an interesting and fun read. Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove does not dissapoint.
In the Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Christopher Moore returns to the site of his first book, Practical Demonkeeping, in the form of Pine Cove, California. It has been a while since I read that book, so unfortunately I am sure I missed a lot of references. However, this was no by no means an insurmountable abstacle to enjoying Lust Lizard. In fact, for any of you who have not ventured into the bizarre and hilarious realm that is Christopher Moore, rest assured that you can jump into pretty much any of his books without having read a previous one. You may miss some minor reference humor, but that does not mean you cannot enjoy the story or the many new jokes therein.
In Lust Lizard, a pot-head constable is trying to keep the peace in a sleepy off-season tourist hub in California. … Continue Reading
So, I have been trying to think of something completely random for a top 7, one that I would not get too worked up about, and as I was walking past a trendy clothing shop, I happened to notice the Little Miss Sunshine shirts they had available for purchase. This brought back many memories of hours of my youth spent watching some of the most inane programming ever put together for children’s entertainment. I loved it then…some of it I even like now, but much of it was truly ridiculous. … Continue Reading
So I need to apologize for my lack of posting this last week. I discovered I have mice in my house, and so I have been busy hunting down all the ways they can get in and plugging those holes up with various materials. ugh.
Speaking of pests in the house, I have begun to read Christopher Moore’s Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove and so I should have a review next week. I have just started it, but there is already a zany cast of characters that I am looking forward to getting acquainted with.
I am also working on another top 7 for next Tuesday, so, until then, stay tuned!
And now, I would like to revisit Top 7 Tuesday!
Cheesy, but for some reason it I loved it.
I decided on something easy to get me started, but feel free to email any of us with any ideas you would like to see us cover.
SciFi television is something I have always loved, even when sometimes it is not up to par. I have mentioned before that I used to watch SciFi with my family, but most especially with my dad. It is one of the ways we bonded. Maybe that is why I still have such a deep love of it today. While compiling this list, I realized that it is really hard to rank your favorite shows, and in someways, those that I had seen more recently kept creeping up the list. Mostly this convinced me that I need to rewatch all my old favorites to do this right. However, as I still have to work and re-watching all that tv is unpaid, I am going to do the best I can on my recollections alone.
Honorable mentions: Dead Like Me, Witchblade (TNT Series), Pushing Daisies, Firefly, Dollhouse, Quantum Leap, The Guild … Continue Reading
I think it is safe to say that fall has arrived. While it is still technically summer ( I know because Coney Island is still open everyday), the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees and crunch underfoot, network television channels are announcing new line-ups, New York Comic Con approaches and Spiderman: Turn off the Dark has officially annouced a start date on Broadway. … Continue Reading
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