Random firings of my synapses. Also, photos.
I rarely buy comic books. I feel guilty when I do. My wife doesn’t read them, and taking a bit of the monthly family allowance to buy something only I will read feels like a selfish indulgence. And it is. But, hey, it’s my birthday. I’m allowed a little spending money on my birthday. Ed…
The trailer for Flightplan had me excited about seeing the film. Sean Bean. Jodie Foster. Action in tight places. Sounds like a great thrill ride. And it was. For awhile. Flightplan gets off to a great start. Jodie Foster is Kyle Pratt (the role was originally written for a male lead, and when Foster came…
This is a short novel. I listened to an unabridged reading of it on a recent road trip, and the whole thing fit on three CDs. Hatchet is the story of thirteen-year-old Brian, a boy still coming to grips with his parents’ recent divorce and who must now divide his time between them. The novel…
I rarely see a movie and then read the book it was based on. It’s usually the other way around. If I know a film is based on a book. I’ll read the book first. That way, when the film comes out, I’ll be able to see how the screenwriters adapted the story — a…
You can’t see me, but I’m applauding, having just finished Nancy Farmer’s masterful sci-fi novel, The House of the Scorpion, which tells the story of young Mateo Alacran, the clone of the world’s most powerful drug lord and dictator. In the future where the novel is set, clones are considered foul, disgusting creatures, no better…
The third and final book of Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is a wonderful conclusion to one of the best fantasy series ever written. For the uninformed, His Dark Materials is the story of Lyra and Will, two young teens from two different worlds who must choose sides in a war between Lyra’s father, Lord…
