Bryan Cranston is one of those people who seemed to pop into Hollywood as a fully formed actor. My first exposure to Cranston was as Hal from Malcolm in the Middle, although as an adult I’ve now seen his earlier work in Seinfield. His star power hit its zenith during his tenure on Breaking Bad. While I was a latecomer to his genius turn as Walter White I was caught up and a rabid fan by the time the series finale aired. “I will pursue something that I love — and […]
“This was when I learned one of the biggest secrets of being a woman, which is that much of the time, we don’t feel like we’re women at all.”
When you’re name checked in someone else’s review of a particular book you’re somewhat obligated to track it down. “I was a woman sobbing in a hotel corridor, which is kind of incredible, because when I was little I thought I was going to be a senator.” Jessi Klein was a tom boy growing up, often confused for a budding lesbian, who grew into what she refers to as a “tom man.” As an adult she continues to feel like an outsider looking in on […]
Not the Goonies, Not by a Long-shot
The Clasp is about three insufferable college friends who reconnect at a friend’s wedding in Miami. Nathaniel’s career in LA has stalled, Kezia’s work for an unhinged jeweler is slowly killing her and Victor was recently fired from a search engine less popular than Bing. After a conversation with the groom’s dying mother Victor is inspired to embark on a journey to track down a literal literary treasure. If I remember Sloane Crosley’s previous non-fiction works correctly then it is not a surprise that she would create such […]
“Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.”
I don’t know if I will recover from The Underground Railroad anytime soon; its brutal subject matter compounded by current events. I listened to the audiobook because it became available at my local library before the hard copy. There was as lot of beautiful language and descriptors which came alive with the narration but it was also hard to literally listen to all the racial slurs and recounts of abuse. “On one end there was who you were before you went underground, and on the other […]
Where’d You Go, Maria Semple
The struggle with enjoying a newer book by an established author, and then going back to their previous works, is your expectations for their debut are high. Halfway through This One is Mine I double checked that this Maria Semple was the same Maria Semple who wrote Where’d You Go, Bernadette. She is. This One is Mine tells the overlapping stories of Violet Parry, her husband David and his sister Sally during a tumultuous time in their lives. David is a multimillionaire record executive and Violet had a successful career […]
Seriously Cinematic Comic Strips
I read a review someone posted about Filmish a few weeks ago (which I can’t seem to find to credit) (*Edit* it was faintingviolet’s review) and thought the subject matter sounded interesting and the comic concept intriguing. While I do read a few online comics like Sarah Andersen and the Oatmeal this was probably the longest comic book I’ve read. Ross splits his book into seven sections: The Eye, The Body, Sets & Architecture, Time, Voice & Language, Power & Ideology and Technology & Technophobia. He […]
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