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Feb. 18th, 2008
My first 50 book post
Feb. 18th, 2008 08:19 pmI'm off to a slow start.
4) Taste Test: Blue Collar from Torquere Press. I'm cheating here. One of the four stories was mine, but the other three were new. We have a trucker and his mechanic lover, a drummer who is rescued late at night by a tow-truck driver and a bike mechanic who falls for the owner of a classic. And my own about Privateer Lines' pressgang tactis for new drivers. All very readable, hot and entertaining.
3) The Fever Tree and Other Stories of Suspense by Ruth Rendell. Oh wow. Murder and other horrors in small town Britain. These are like arsenic-laced bonbons, needing to be savored one at a time, each a small jewel in storytelling. The title story is reminiscent of Bradbury's "The Veldt."
2) The Dr. Fell Series by Syd McGinley: Pet sitting, Samhian & Solstice, from Torquere. Wonderful, wonderful. John Fell is grieving for his lover, bashed to death, when he sort of falls into the role of Top for a group of his friends, who send their boys to him when the boys are troublesome. Written in first person present tense, the style may be off-putting, but they are well-worth persevering.
1) Strange Candy by Laurell K Hamilton. Not bad. Not as dreadful as I feared, but she feels, somehow secondhand and threadbare on several of the stories. My first LKH.
4) Taste Test: Blue Collar from Torquere Press. I'm cheating here. One of the four stories was mine, but the other three were new. We have a trucker and his mechanic lover, a drummer who is rescued late at night by a tow-truck driver and a bike mechanic who falls for the owner of a classic. And my own about Privateer Lines' pressgang tactis for new drivers. All very readable, hot and entertaining.
3) The Fever Tree and Other Stories of Suspense by Ruth Rendell. Oh wow. Murder and other horrors in small town Britain. These are like arsenic-laced bonbons, needing to be savored one at a time, each a small jewel in storytelling. The title story is reminiscent of Bradbury's "The Veldt."
2) The Dr. Fell Series by Syd McGinley: Pet sitting, Samhian & Solstice, from Torquere. Wonderful, wonderful. John Fell is grieving for his lover, bashed to death, when he sort of falls into the role of Top for a group of his friends, who send their boys to him when the boys are troublesome. Written in first person present tense, the style may be off-putting, but they are well-worth persevering.
1) Strange Candy by Laurell K Hamilton. Not bad. Not as dreadful as I feared, but she feels, somehow secondhand and threadbare on several of the stories. My first LKH.
My 50 movie list
Feb. 18th, 2008 08:52 pmMy rules--more like guidelines--are that at least one person in the room cannot have seen the movie. This may be violated now and again.
Sweeney Todd--I played chaperone to 8 teenagers after a full day of work. This was great. Depp and Bonham-Carter were brilliant and Jamie Campbell Bower is so pretty & femme, my daughter was getting lesbian subtext during the Joanna romance. Alan Rickman was perfect, as always.
Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquest of Shamballa--interesting piece of work. A nifty alternate history, with the Nazi Thule Society actually achieving a goal.
Smokey and the Bandit--A shame for a driver to admit it, but I'd never seen this. Funny, if a bit dated.
Ever After--Still not sure why this is PG-13 and not a G, except for one bit of crude language. My kids were iffy about it, but soon got into it. Anjelica Huston is wonderfully loathesome, and Drew Barrymore still has the pretty and innocent thing.
Bridge to Terabithia--I never read this book, and it's a shame, since it's the sort of thing I would have loved at 10-14. The SPFX are good, the story is a fairly predictable YA piece.
Blazing Saddles--The A&E bleeped version. A classic comedy, with the best fart joke ever put on screen. The kids were rolling at that scene.
Night at the Museum--Sweet and predictable. Nice FX, very funny. Dick van Dyke sorely underused.
Sweeney Todd--I played chaperone to 8 teenagers after a full day of work. This was great. Depp and Bonham-Carter were brilliant and Jamie Campbell Bower is so pretty & femme, my daughter was getting lesbian subtext during the Joanna romance. Alan Rickman was perfect, as always.
Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquest of Shamballa--interesting piece of work. A nifty alternate history, with the Nazi Thule Society actually achieving a goal.
Smokey and the Bandit--A shame for a driver to admit it, but I'd never seen this. Funny, if a bit dated.
Ever After--Still not sure why this is PG-13 and not a G, except for one bit of crude language. My kids were iffy about it, but soon got into it. Anjelica Huston is wonderfully loathesome, and Drew Barrymore still has the pretty and innocent thing.
Bridge to Terabithia--I never read this book, and it's a shame, since it's the sort of thing I would have loved at 10-14. The SPFX are good, the story is a fairly predictable YA piece.
Blazing Saddles--The A&E bleeped version. A classic comedy, with the best fart joke ever put on screen. The kids were rolling at that scene.
Night at the Museum--Sweet and predictable. Nice FX, very funny. Dick van Dyke sorely underused.