Sorry for the delay and the strange site stuff happening yesterday – domain renewal troubles! (Aka, this is a funny way of celebrating this site’s first anniversary…) But first, if you missed it, an update to the About Me section. So, for those of you who don’t know, from season…
Otherwise known as, “here are some books and films I read and/or watched lately”. Because I don’t have anything else to write about, I will tell you what I thought of them. 1. The House on Haunted Hill (1959).
I finally decided to give the Toronto Public Library another shot after previously experiencing its excruciatingly long wait times. Lo and behold, books I put on hold are coming trickling, nay, flooding in at a heretofore unprecedented rate. So, of course, I decided to read them and then write pithy…
OK, so I was all set to post my review of Diana Wynne Jones’ new novel House of Many Ways, which I really liked except for the inborn-evil lubbockin, which Sarah Rees Brennan talks about in a way more entertaining and lucid paragraph than I could fashion. (Actually, to be…
Mr. Sherlock Holmes here. Most copious thanks to all eight (!) teams who registered for Pieces of Nine‘s cross-Ottawa treasure hunt, and to the nefarious Krigers for playing their dastardly part! Especial thanks to those out-of-town visitors who journeyed from such distant locations as Toronto and Kingston to assist with…
Or, “Strange Childhood Obsessions”. Yeah, this is going to be a weird one. Exhibit A:
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…
The Hardy Boys (Franklin W. Dixon):
Phew! I’m back. From visiting my sister in Copenhagen and from doing some research in London, in case you didn’t gather by the title. And I brought back pictures, video, and point-form for everyone. Yay!!!!
It was suggested in the Toronto Star’s review that to recreate the new Walden Media version of C. S. Lewis’s Prince Caspian, one need only repeat the title of this entry several times. While this is perhaps not entirely fair, as my friend Juliana pointed out after we saw the…