You can check out the latest in my quest for 100 movies and 50 books in one year. I am still on pace for both. So woo-hoo!
Also, a blanket offer for Netflix friendship. Ahh, what passes for friendship in this modern disconnected age.
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
New Additions
Posted in Books, Movies on 4 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
List Update
Posted in Books, Movies on 12 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK folks, added in a few weeks of watching and reading. Also updated the book page on what I mean by my categories. I have two books on the bookshelf that aren’t listed. (actually on the bookshelf, one on the nightstand, because I accidentally left them at home and don’t know the titles off hand). [...]
Review: Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Posted in Books, Reviews on 17 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
I should preface this review too. I worship Stephen King. And franlky feel that if Stephen King is an Auggie’s Mom’s homemade lasagna (which, by the way is worth traveling to Connecticut for), than Dean Koontz is a plate of microwave mozzarella sticks. Of course, I am about to go microwave some mozarella sticks when [...]
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Posted in Books, Writing on 27 April 2007 | 2 Comments »
A panda walks into a diner. He orders a sandwhich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air.
“Why?” asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes its way towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“I’m a panda,” says the bear. [...]
New Author to Finish “Wheel of Time” Series
Posted in Books, Commentary, tagged Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Tor, Wheel of Time on 12 December 2007 | 2 Comments »
I don’t know how I feel about this. First, the news story:
PROVO, Utah (AP) – Brandon Sanderson, author of the fantasy “Mistborn” series, will finish Robert Jordan’s final novel.
Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., died from a blood disease in September in South Carolina. He was working on the 12th book in [...]
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