I never thought I’d say this, but I actually enjoyed the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows better than the second. I didn’t think I’d say that because pretty much nothing happens during the former, and pretty much everything happens during the latter. Even more surprising, although…
I don’t trust J. K. Rowling. Not, like, in the way where as I say so in the voiceover, we cut to a shot of her looking past the camera mysteriously and then turning to walk through the door of my enemies’ house/boardroom/hangout. For one thing, I don’t even have…
Warning: I found something on the Internet that annoys me again! So I just finished Mockingjay, the third book of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy. If you haven’t read it, turn off your computer now and go do it. It is one of the very best series of YA books…
… and everybody who’s anybody is in love with her. (No, I’m not talking about Smurfette*.)
When the season finale of House (or Dexter, or The X Files, or whatever single TV show I’m into) airs, I promise myself: next season, I will not fall for the same old trap. I will not seek out spoilers from Wikipedia or fanboards. I will not skim through fanfiction.net…
(Happy Victoria Day long weekend! And happy birthday, cousin M!) What does it mean to say a story is “like fanfiction”? The phrase is almost always used with derogatory intent. No one says a TV show, movie, or book is like fanfiction to highlight its attractive qualities, even though there…
So often what I post on this blog is a critique of the stories I’m obsessed with, explorations of why points they bring up or moves they make drive me nuts. Most of the time, I say what I like about them, too, but some of the stories I mention…
Did anyone else here used to be a big Phantom of the Opera *sigh* “phan” back in the day? As usual, I don’t ask because I actually want to talk about Phantom of the Opera; instead, I’m trying to use the show to shed light on a trope in stories…
This just in: video and printed words are different media! Which means that what is purportedly the “same” story tends to change in scope and sometimes plot when transferred from one to the other. Why am I thinking about this now? Because I’m a huge fan of Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly…
But first… happy Father’s Day, Dad! Well, if J. K. Rowling’s not done with Harry Potter, then neither am I. (Stop that groaning!) So I mentioned in passing in my review of Prince Caspian that, despite appearing more liberal and progressive, the Harry Potter series gives me the ICKY!s much…