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REVIEW STEW: June 2008
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. June 21, 2008. Well crap. Cody's is closing its doors for good. (Read the announcement here. When I was an undergrad at Berkeley, Cody's seemed like a miracle - everything a great bookstore should aspire to be. Over the years, I've had many friends who worked there, and I shopped at all four locations that they tried. My dad read poetry there once when I was a kid, even. June 20, 2008. Doc Savage Omnibus 13. Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson. From exul...
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REVIEW STEW: January 2009
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. January 07, 2009. Yes, it's true, I haven't been posting here at all, lately. However, I've been reading and watching films and things at the same clip as ever. I'll definitely update soon. Meanwhile, I confess that I do enjoy some Malcom Gladwell. Just got a copy of Blink. For Christmas and plowed right through it in a day or two. The man has a very identifiable style, which is beautifully satirized in this lovely web snippet:. I Dream in Malcolm Gladwell.
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REVIEW STEW: May 2008
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. May 24, 2008. The Song Remains the Same. Directed by Otto Preminger, 1944. I've always enjoyed this movie, and I watched it a few days ago for the first time in a couple of years. I fully admit that the music is the main draw for me - David Raksin's score permeates the film thoroughly, and for me it's what answers the questions raised by the action on the screen. I think the key to Laura. Get it at Powell's. May 08, 2008. Elfreide Jelinek, 1983. The writing ...
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REVIEW STEW: Summer Heat
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. June 18, 2008. Sometimes Whitman says just what I'm thinking. From sex—From the warp and from the woof;. To talk to the perfect girl who understands me,. To waft to her these from my own lips—to effuse them from my own body;). From privacy—from frequent repinings alone;. From plenty of persons near, and yet the right person not near;. From the soft sliding of hands over me, and thrusting of fingers through my hair and. From the cling of the trembling arm,.
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REVIEW STEW: March 2008
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. March 17, 2008. Natsuo Kirino, 2003. Someday I will review Kirino's Out. On this blog, which was pure brilliance on many levels. Grotesque. Which I think is only the second of her novels to be translated into English, isn't quite the dazzling tour de force of the other book, but still has a lot going for it. Flawed, but full of greatness, I still recommend taking the time to read this one. Get it at Powell's. March 12, 2008. Ah, lover and perfect equal!
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REVIEW STEW: Fade to Clear
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. July 09, 2008. Leonard Chang, 2004. This is my favorite of Chang's series of three Allen Choice detective novels. Like other great exemplars of the mystery genre, Fade to Clear. Not exactly punchy terse emotionless Hammet prose, is it? At the climax of the novel, a combination of violence, tragedy, and redemption through love, the action and the soul-searching seem all of a piece. That in itself is immensely gratifying to me as a reader. The Kierkega...But a...
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REVIEW STEW: Malcolm Gladwell
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. January 07, 2009. Yes, it's true, I haven't been posting here at all, lately. However, I've been reading and watching films and things at the same clip as ever. I'll definitely update soon. Meanwhile, I confess that I do enjoy some Malcom Gladwell. Just got a copy of Blink. For Christmas and plowed right through it in a day or two. The man has a very identifiable style, which is beautifully satirized in this lovely web snippet:. I Dream in Malcolm Gladwell.
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REVIEW STEW: July 2007
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. July 28, 2007. Directed by Preston Sturges, 1941. I should say up front that this is the best screwball comedy I've ever seen, and among the top few romances as well. I should also say up front that I have had a crush on Barbara Stanwyck for years, so that may color my opinion somewhat. I almost don't want to talk too much about this movie, because it's hard to do it justice in words. But yeah like I'd ever shut my mouth about something I liked. July 24, 2007.
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REVIEW STEW: April 2008
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. April 26, 2008. Directed by Hal Ashby, 1971. Well this was a thoroughly enjoyable movie, with a wicked sense of humor and that particular late-60s/early-70s aura of Significance, tempered with a light touch. And the all Cat Stevens soundtrack? Get it at Powell's. April 18, 2008. The Time Traveller's Wife. By Audrey Niffenegger, 2003. Now let's get to what I like about it. Get it at Powell's. April 11, 2008. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.
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REVIEW STEW: Doc Savage
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Musings and meanderings on books, movies, etc. June 20, 2008. Doc Savage Omnibus 13. Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson. Find some Doc Savage books at Powell's. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My opinion isn't any better than yours, but it has a blog. View my complete profile. Geoffrey chaucer hath a blog. Judge a book by its cover. Reader of depressing books. And if you want to read more, you can find my music reviews at Every Record I Own.