How cool is this?
The Library Hotel
Yay!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
O, YEAH, MAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!!
Click this link to check out some exciting stuffffffff, dudessss!!
I PRESENT:
THE OFFICIAL POSTER!!
O, and may I just say, I am not impressed with ol' Director Hardwicke's previous works. Thirteen was SO NOT any of what it was chalked up to be!! Let us hope this is a dramatically postive change in her record.
Edit, 3/9/08: The picture changed.
I PRESENT:
THE OFFICIAL POSTER!!
O, and may I just say, I am not impressed with ol' Director Hardwicke's previous works. Thirteen was SO NOT any of what it was chalked up to be!! Let us hope this is a dramatically postive change in her record.
Edit, 3/9/08: The picture changed.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Literary News - 16
Well I'm happy to hear that Robin McKinley is at least planning a third (and even fourth!) novel for Damar. That's rather exciting :)
I am a tad disappointed, however, that it has nothing to do with Aerin from The Hero and the Crown or Harry from The Blue Sword, nor with their connection :'(
Ah well!
I'll be happy to read whatever :)
I am a tad disappointed, however, that it has nothing to do with Aerin from The Hero and the Crown or Harry from The Blue Sword, nor with their connection :'(
Ah well!
I'll be happy to read whatever :)
Friday, January 11, 2008
Not Quite Literary...
...But so useful I must share :)
I heard this song on the radio but didn't have time to hear the whole thing or to stick around and find out who the artist or what the title was.
All I managed to discern, in my rush, was the part that goes, "And it feels, it feels like..."
I thought maybe I heard "heaven" but I wasn't sure.
So, at home, I tirelessly perused Google for quite some time, trying to find this song because it had intrigued me. I kept getting Madonna's and some no-names' songs about love feeling like heaven and all that crap.
Then I typed in "find this song!"
A few pages down in my results were these tips
Using those (specifically the quotation marks!), these were my next results
This little miracle was the first of those results :)
As soon as I saw the band was Offspring, I was like, YES!
Hence:
The Song!
No way I would have found this song otherwise :)
I heard this song on the radio but didn't have time to hear the whole thing or to stick around and find out who the artist or what the title was.
All I managed to discern, in my rush, was the part that goes, "And it feels, it feels like..."
I thought maybe I heard "heaven" but I wasn't sure.
So, at home, I tirelessly perused Google for quite some time, trying to find this song because it had intrigued me. I kept getting Madonna's and some no-names' songs about love feeling like heaven and all that crap.
Then I typed in "find this song!"
A few pages down in my results were these tips
Using those (specifically the quotation marks!), these were my next results
This little miracle was the first of those results :)
As soon as I saw the band was Offspring, I was like, YES!
Hence:
The Song!
No way I would have found this song otherwise :)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Books --> Movies
From this:
To this:
The Other Boleyn Girl-Yahoo!
The Other Boleyn Girl-IMDB
While Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are not my favorite actresses,I'll be interested to see what they can cook up together. I think the roles are reversed, though; when I saw the poster, I thought for sure SJ would be Anne--it seemed more her style. I suppose, though, I should have guessed the girl playing Anne would take the forefront of the movie poster (since that's how Anne's portrayed in the book).
As I was looking into our Henry VIII, Eric Bana, I found out about another upcoming book-to-movie adaptation:
The Time Traveler's Wife, which I have never read but which many people have. The book's by Audrey Niffenegger and mixed reviews have come my way on it. It seems (from the fact that his name is second on the cast little and from the little I know about the book) that he's the time traveler and his wife is RACHEL MCADAMS! Since she's in it, I'll probably go with someone who's read the book to see the movie. Eh hem. You know who you are.
Anyways. I'll post a book review of The Other Boleyn Girl soon. It's the first (and only, so far) book of Philippa Gregory's that I've read, though it put her name on my radar for further reading. Meridon is on the list...
Also, another adaptation is in the works:
Where the Wild Things Are-Yahoo!
Where the Wild Things Are-IMDB
Thoughts on the upcoming movies? Will you or will you not be going to see them?
Comments on book-to-movie adaptations?
What's the general consensus on the view that Hollywood seems to be running out of ideas? Are they, or are they looking to profit off stories that come with a fan base?
Opinions?
To this:
The Other Boleyn Girl-Yahoo!
The Other Boleyn Girl-IMDB
While Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are not my favorite actresses,I'll be interested to see what they can cook up together. I think the roles are reversed, though; when I saw the poster, I thought for sure SJ would be Anne--it seemed more her style. I suppose, though, I should have guessed the girl playing Anne would take the forefront of the movie poster (since that's how Anne's portrayed in the book).
As I was looking into our Henry VIII, Eric Bana, I found out about another upcoming book-to-movie adaptation:
The Time Traveler's Wife, which I have never read but which many people have. The book's by Audrey Niffenegger and mixed reviews have come my way on it. It seems (from the fact that his name is second on the cast little and from the little I know about the book) that he's the time traveler and his wife is RACHEL MCADAMS! Since she's in it, I'll probably go with someone who's read the book to see the movie. Eh hem. You know who you are.
Anyways. I'll post a book review of The Other Boleyn Girl soon. It's the first (and only, so far) book of Philippa Gregory's that I've read, though it put her name on my radar for further reading. Meridon is on the list...
Also, another adaptation is in the works:
Where the Wild Things Are-Yahoo!
Where the Wild Things Are-IMDB
Thoughts on the upcoming movies? Will you or will you not be going to see them?
Comments on book-to-movie adaptations?
What's the general consensus on the view that Hollywood seems to be running out of ideas? Are they, or are they looking to profit off stories that come with a fan base?
Opinions?
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Some interesting thoughts...
Eizabeth Burns's thoughts on owning a private library.
And, following that train of thought, a personal library survey from Bildungsroman:
How do you organize your books? By genre, by last name, by title, by publication date?
I'm far too obsessive to be anything but traditional. Before I owned two tall, beautiful bookcases of my very own, the books were shoved in around my room where they fit. Now, however, they are all organized alphabetically by the author's last name, expect for one and a half shelves of non-fiction, which are grouped by size to be aesthetically pleasing.
Do you have a shelf reserved for your favorite books and/or authors?
I tend to read books from the library and then buy, so I only own my favorites.
What is the first title and author on your bookshelf?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
What is the last title and author on your bookshelf?
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons by Jane Yolen
What genre dominates your collection?
Fantasy
Which author is the most represented? (You own the most number of books by . . . )
Tamora Pierce
You own all of the books written by . . .
Charlaine Harris
Stephenie Meyer
Tamora Pierce
Ellen Schreiber
Wilbur Smith
etc...
You own the entire series of . . .
I had this all typed up, but then I lost the post, soooo.....
nevermind. Besides, you can pretty much infer from my answer to the previous post :)
And, following that train of thought, a personal library survey from Bildungsroman:
How do you organize your books? By genre, by last name, by title, by publication date?
I'm far too obsessive to be anything but traditional. Before I owned two tall, beautiful bookcases of my very own, the books were shoved in around my room where they fit. Now, however, they are all organized alphabetically by the author's last name, expect for one and a half shelves of non-fiction, which are grouped by size to be aesthetically pleasing.
Do you have a shelf reserved for your favorite books and/or authors?
I tend to read books from the library and then buy, so I only own my favorites.
What is the first title and author on your bookshelf?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
What is the last title and author on your bookshelf?
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons by Jane Yolen
What genre dominates your collection?
Fantasy
Which author is the most represented? (You own the most number of books by . . . )
Tamora Pierce
You own all of the books written by . . .
Charlaine Harris
Stephenie Meyer
Tamora Pierce
Ellen Schreiber
Wilbur Smith
etc...
You own the entire series of . . .
I had this all typed up, but then I lost the post, soooo.....
nevermind. Besides, you can pretty much infer from my answer to the previous post :)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Book Review 30 - Dogstrology by Patty Greenall
Sorry the image is so small because this book is absolutely adorable!
It's pretty self-explanatory in nature: it gives the low-down on the personalities of dogs under the different zodiac signs and how they behave as pets.
The cutest feature? Each sign has a "compatibility" page based on the humans' signs, too.
Too sweet for a dog-lover not to enjoy!
Book Review 29 - Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber
So I was pretty excited to get this book. I finished number three, Vampireville, way back in the summer, and when I went to go purchase the fourth here, I was told by friends and family that Christmas was around the corner.
Riiiiight.
Well we all know that wasn't true, but I let it slide.
The only reason I was even purchasing it was because I have this strange obsession about owning all the books in the series if I already own one. Yes. Obesessiveness is often inconveniant. As is the case here.
While I was positively thrilled to receive this book for Christmas, and while I absolutely adore the cover, I was not elated about the literary quality. Glancing at the slim amount of pages, I told myself that it was quality, not quantity, that counts.
Too bad there was neither.
I don't know how many of the people reading this post have ever read fanfiction online, but it's posted in chapters, which tend to be short in length and, often, far between.
Dance with a Vampire was an emulation of that. It was complete fluff, with ridiculous plot "twists" thrown in. It was cheesy, corny, sappy, and boring. The quirkiness of Raven's character, which carried the first and second books and lent itself slightly to the third, is completely worn out by book four.
What's more, the plot almost exactly copied that of number three! The difference? It was twice as boring the second time around!
This entire book could have been skipped and gone right to the decision all the readers are waiting for--whether or not Raven becomes a vampire.
Now those of you who are fans of Twilight and have not read this book are probably wondering what kind of rip-off this is. Truth be told, Vampire Kisses, the first book, was out quite a bit of time before Twilight. it's just that Twilight did it a million and fifty times better--it's MUCH less hokey.
So if you have even a slight interest in this book, forget it and read Twilight.
(Which seems to be the fad today because not one, not two, but THREE, yes, THREE people asked me, "Hey, Miss Book Enthusiast, have you heard of that book Twilight? It was just recommended to me/I just got it...")
Heh :)
Have I heard of it :)
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