I read these two books in close succession to one another. James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge – Zoo Zoo cover art Patterson and friends’ book are always a quick, fast, beach read, and Zoo was pretty entertaining in parts. Taking what humans have done to the world – pollution, deforestation, cell phone towers, etc. – and taking to the nth degree how all of that technology might affect the world’s animal populations is a clever concept. But … the overall book was a bit clunky. I felt like the some […]
Recent Reads: A Summer of (Mostly) Thrillers
I have been really busy with my own writing and art project this year, so haven’t been posting regularly on my blog. But I did want to share some capsule book reviews of what I’ve been reading lately. Agatha Christie, The Monogram Murders – billed as a “new” Hercule Poirot mystery, by British mystery author Sophie Hannah. It wasn’t a bad read, but was it Poirot? For fans of Christie’s most famous and famously fastidious detective, there were definite pleasant notes scored, with nods to […]
Meeting the Big Bad Wolf and More with Chris Colfer
Chris Colfer, who many only know from his role as Kurt on Glee, has a trick or two up his sleeve. The Emmy Award-winning 24 year-old, has also, since 2012, published the chart-topping fantasy book series, The Land of Stories. His first book in the series, The Wishing Spell, aimed at middle-grade readers, also topped the New York Times best seller list for two weeks. The busy author has managed to turn out a book a year in the series, with The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns, debuting in 2013 […]
The Guy Who Made Farrah (and Countess Others) A Star
Anyone who has ever considered a job in show business — whether in front of or behind the camera – should read Starmaker: Life as a Hollywood Publicist with Farrah, the Rat Pack and 600 More Stars Who Fired Me. Most people may not be familiar with its subject, Hollywood publicist, agent, producer Jay Bernstein, but they will undoubtedly be more than familiar with his stellar client list, which includes the biggest stars of the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Stars such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy […]
Amazing Amy is a “Cool Girl”
I recently finished reading Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. I wanted to read it before I saw the David Fincher film. In a way, I wish I had seen the film first, as the book was so fresh in my mind, and so riveting a read, that I may not have been as blown away by the movie as I could have been. Gone Girl is structured as a “he said,” “she said” novel. It would not be giving too much away to say that both the he and […]
Down the Yellow Brick Road and Beyond the Rainbow
The Wizard of Oz is an enduring and endearing classic. Who hasn’t seen it, perhaps even multiple times? It made a star out of cultural icon Judy Garland and has held up remarkable well over the years since its 1939 release, enchanting generations of young and old alike. There have been stories over the years about what went on behind-the-scenes of making the film. The most familiar factoids center around Buddy Ebsen, who was originally cast as the Tin Woodman, but had such a terrible reaction […]
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