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Move Along, Folks. Nothing to See Here.
No matter what he chooses to brag about, Charlie Sheen has been out-crazied and out-cooled on just about every front. Being a train wreck doesn’t mean we like you. We just aren’t capable of looking away. Continue reading
More Zombie Flicks Than You Think
John Travolta’s career reminds me of a zombie, lurching along until someone finally puts it down with a shot to the head. Continue reading
Pirates, Ninjas and Apocalypse
The Gone-Away World is an extraordinary first novel, full of bold characters and a wonderful story. Continue reading
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Tagged Literature, Nick Harkaway, Ninjas, Pirates, Review, Science Fiction, Story, The Gone-Away World
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Something Wicked This Way Works
When I was growing up, my Mother used to read the Oz books to my brother, sister and me over breakfast. Any time we’d come to a challenging word, we’d have a family discussion about what it meant and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Elphaba, Gregory Maguire, Oz, Review, Wicked, Wicked Witch, Wizard of Oz
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Gold Does Magic
Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold, is a fun read even if it isn’t elite fiction. Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Carter Beats the Devil, Fiction, Glen David Gold
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Humanity out of the Labyrinth
For a quick and wonderful story of a real creature in a mythical modern world, I’d recommend that anyone who loves interesting literature take a smoke break themselves. Continue reading
Sometimes Wrong is Right
Sometimes, it takes more talent to do something wrong than to do it right. Continue reading
Extremely Poignant & Incredibly Good
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safron Foer, struck a chord in me that few books have and I’d enthusiastically recommend it to anyone. Continue reading
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Tagged 9-11, Books, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Fiction, Oskar Schell, Review
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Up in the Old Hotel
Up in the Old Hotel reads like listening to Tom Waits, except that the pigment on Mitchell’s canvas are the commoner and quirkier elements of New York instead of a coven of hookers, pimps and criminals. Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Books, Fishermen, Gypsies, Joe Gould, Joseph Mitchell, New York, New Yorker, Review, Up in the Old Hotel
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