Several months ago I wrote a post with the title “All sci-fi movies are bad sci-fi movies” — but I never hit the publish button because, I dunno… my conclusion just didn’t feel quite right. I guess what I really meant was “Most modern blockbuster special effects extravaganza movies with spaceships are bad sci-fi movies.” Then a couple of days ago we took the kids to see what turned out to be a REALLY GOOD science fiction movie, and it inspired me to take another crack at that dusty old draft.
Category Archives: Reading
In the mood for a meme
Funny, just last night I was feeling in the mood for a meme. Then I woke up this morning, sat down with coffee & laptop, and discovered that Veronica of Toddled Dredge had tagged me with a good one. Blogger ESP? Thanks, Veronica!
An uncomfortable thought
I wish that when I would drop out of the blogosphere everyone else would too. I mean jeez, a few days with too much to do and no childcare, and what happens? My Bloglines is overflowing with unread posts. I hope to catch up within the next few days.
Yippee! A banned book list!
I came across this list of banned books at Simply Bluestocking (via Andi). There’s practically nothing I love more than a list of banned books, bwahahahaha!
I’ve highlighted the ones I’ve read and as an added bonus I italicized the ones I was required to read in school. Hurray for the Ann Arbor Public Schools for promoting intellectual freedom! ;)
Authors meme
Bethany tagged me for this one…
1. Who’s your all-time favorite author, and why?
If I absolutely had to pick one, I guess I would have to say Robertson Davies. His books fill me up completely. I posted this quote from Zadie Smith once before, but it bears repeating, since it’s the answer to the second part of this question. Just substitute Davies for Forster.
Sunday Salon: Two, unusual
Greetings, Saloners! I hope you had a good week of reading. This week I finished one, started another (well, started two, actually), and had a couple of reading experiences that were a pleasant change from the usual.
Weekly Geeks #3: Childhood reading
The third Weekly Geek task is to write about fond memories of childhood reading. I have written quite a few posts about books I loved as a child already (here’s a post where I mentioned several) so I thought I would do something a little different this time.
