Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Forget Mr. Darcy being your favorite Victorian love interest. Sydney Carton, alcoholic though he is, is really where it's at.) Homer Wells from The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Cider House was my first introduction to John Irving, and I fell head over… Continue reading Book Characters I Love
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Book to Movie Adaptations I Would Like to See
Lolita Starring: Kevin Spacey as Humbert Humbert (Hurry! Before he starts to look too old. Playing the President of the United States is taking a toll on him after all.) Millie Bobby Brown (That Girl from Stranger Things) as Lolita Directed by Woody Allen (Ha! Just kidding.) In Cold Blood Starring: Oscar Issac as… Continue reading Book to Movie Adaptations I Would Like to See
“He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
I recently finished reading John Berendt's travelogue/true crime novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I LOVED it! Actually, maybe I should steal from Woody Allen and say that "Love is too weak a word for what I feel." I luuurved it. I loaved it. I luffed it. As a native Texan, I… Continue reading “He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
2016 Reading Challenge: The Worst of the 50
This list is in no particular order: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson: I really wanted to like this. I'll admit there were chuckles here and there, and some interesting information few and far between, but for the most part this travelogue was a huge drag and a struggle to finish. Maybe I… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge: The Worst of the 50
2016 Reading Challenge: The Best of the 50
Here's a list of the best books out of the 50 I've read so far this year in no particular order: 1. A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin: I love a good short story, and Lucia Berlin's are damn near perfect. Not a word wasted, and some of them are just a few… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge: The Best of the 50
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