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The Best of Intentions. March 3, 2011 · 11:40 pm. Ended up not really fitting into the blog’s gestalt at all, but I thought it would when I sat down to watch it. It seemed to be in the general vein of. Two movies I very much enjoyed, and Houdini is always an interesting historical figure to include in a narrative. Plus, with Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the casting had promise. (Saoirse Ronan and Timothy Spall, it turned out, were in it as well.). Where to begin with this movie? That’s fine. ...
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The Sequestered Nook: ONE DAY by David Nicholls
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. July 27, 2010. ONE DAY by David Nicholls. A book I had been excited to read for a long time. When my hip friend. And winning a free ARC, I was very excited to read it. Is the story of Emma and Dexter, who first truly connect on July 15, 1988, the day of their graduation. The book consists of all the following July 15ths (incidentally, the day I received One Day. Like Starter for Ten, One Day. How it feels to be in your early ...
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The Sequestered Nook: December 2009
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. December 29, 2009. Books You Can Live Without". Here is a fun article. From the New York Times that I identify with a lot these days. Because I'm kind of in between homes at the moment (my. Books are notes from the field, bound and domesticated, life brought into narrow focus. Get rid of a book? Get rid of my books? December 28, 2009. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN By Garth Stein. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Good movie, and...
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The Sequestered Nook: February 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. February 28, 2010. STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls. Naturally, I have yet to finish any of the books I brought/ started on my trip to London (which was wonderful, thanks Hay! But, of course, as I passed the time in a bookstore in Heathrow waiting for my flight to depart for home, I decided to add another book to my heavy backpack –. A Question of Attraction. That’s exactly how I felt! Is preceded by a. Esque question that s...
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The Sequestered Nook: April 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. April 30, 2010. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN by Claire Messud. Lately, I’ve been exploring my overwhelming love for New York through the books I’ve been reading. First up – Claire Messud’s. The Emperor’s Children. More than the intertwining stories of all the characters, or the satirizing of New York high society, or the reflections on the lost generation of entitled but disillusioned young people,. The Emperor’s Children. Earlier ...
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The Sequestered Nook: STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. February 28, 2010. STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls. Naturally, I have yet to finish any of the books I brought/ started on my trip to London (which was wonderful, thanks Hay! But, of course, as I passed the time in a bookstore in Heathrow waiting for my flight to depart for home, I decided to add another book to my heavy backpack –. A Question of Attraction. That’s exactly how I felt! Is preceded by a. Esque question that s...
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Too.Tired.: 02/19/11
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An almost Expat's blog filled with pastries, broadway music, Kate Bush, British weather and rantings on perpetual singledom. Enjoy. Saturday, 19 February 2011. Things I've been up to lately. Work work work work work. Making sure everyone at work realizes how crazy I am. They all do, it only took me a month to let everyone know who they were dealing with. Thus squashing my chances of being the alluring beau t that all the boys want to date. Oxford last Sunday. Aka the first day of Phase 2 transform my...
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Newer posts →. January 21, 2011 · 7:19 am. I was not surprised that Darren Aronofsky’s. Was a horror movie. I was surprised, however, that it was more or less. A horror movie. From the ads and the bit of critical response I read, I expected something more. Style is she crazy or isn’t she? There are some really visceral moments in the movie, which I won’t spoil here, but it really does succeed in being. What frustrated me about. While watching the movie, I couldn’t help but think of two other films that c...
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Death Defying Acts →. March 1, 2011 · 9:10 pm. The Best of Intentions. This is not a tragedy, but I do regret it, a bit. I may, in fact, go see it by myself in theaters. Why? Because I’ve been told that if I plan to see it at all, it’s worth seeing 3D (and possibly IMAX, if I’m willing to spend 20 bucks on. I’ve done this before. A year ago, no one particularly wanted to go see. Was the washed-out, poorly-rendered 3D effects, and it really added nothing to. It boils down to directorial intentions. Now, a...
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Too.Tired.: 02/06/11
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An almost Expat's blog filled with pastries, broadway music, Kate Bush, British weather and rantings on perpetual singledom. Enjoy. Sunday, 6 February 2011. Watched Maury with Ruth (we had a Crazay slumbah party last night, complete with Beas cupcakes and KFC. Classy). Ate Carmelli's bagels with coffee at Costa. Read the Sunday Time. Obsessively checked how mah markets are doing. Stroll to my favorite church in the grey, windy weather, whilst listening to the new music podcasts I downloaded.