LIST TIME!
1) NCIS! Guys! I love this show! You: WE know, Ehjay, tell us something new?
Ok, so I'm finally up to the part where Gibbs up and quits cause the guvmint let the terrorists win. That's the end of s3. I just have to catch a few more random episodes of S3 and I'll be ready to move onto 4. I'm seriously stoked.
Since I don't know anything about the end of Season Six, other than Ziva's in trouble, and Tony has to rescue her, None of this NCIS spoiler post makes any sense to me.
This post here has a bit about NCIS:LA but keep in mind that there are spoilers for other shows in here, especially House. Do a CTRL+F for NCIS.
Soon I will be able to finish NCIS, and when I do, the next show for me to do is The Wire. Enough people have raved about this show that I decided I desperately need to see it.
2) This article is kinda nifty in a ghost ship kind of way:
Basically this Russian ship hauling timber left Finland bound for Algeria. It stopped in Lithuania for repairs and then disappeared. Hijacking is unlikely because of where it was, but no one can find it. It hasn't sunk cause there's no oil or lumber on the ocean floor anywhere. SPOOKY.
3) WTF IS THIS SHIT WHO SAID BRIAN SINGER COULD BE LET ANYWHERE NEAR BATTLESTAR. I HEARD WHAT HE DID TO SUPERMAN
ALSO A REBOOT OF A REBOOT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE REBOOT STARS EDWARD JAMES OLMOS WHO WOULD KICK YOUR ASS. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Tomorrow is a day off for me, and there is a 40% off any paperback coupon at Borders. What should I get? ;)
Also finally, HAPPY LEFTHANDER DAY
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Book reviews!
I missed doing these posts, so I will do a few of the books I've read recently.
First up, Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey, by Alison Weir.
Weir is my favourite historical author, and I was elated to find out she'd branched into novels. I picked this one up in Ottawa, and I was slightly disappointed. Weir is a master at writing historical characters, using the available facts to give us a clear sense of the subject. Something got lost in the novel though. The facts are all there, but the spirit is missing. She set it up similarly to what Phillipa Gregory did in The Boleyn Inheritance by using three first person narrators. But unlike Gregory, this setup just loses its punch. Jane Grey is the best character in the book, but it's clear that Weir is not nearly as interested in Queen Mary. I dunno, I was underwhelmed.
I have Weir's The Lady Elizabeth, and that's up next to read so I'm hoping it goes a little better. I think Innocent Traitor was her first novel.
Up next I have uh, another Alison Weir book. But this one is one of her standard biographies. And as usual, I have nothing bad to say about it at all. She manages to bring a woman who there is limited source material regarding to life. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the Duchess of Aquitaine, Countess of Poitou, Queen of France, and Queen of England. She was in fact one of the most famous, most influential women of her day. Sadly because she lived in the 12th century, there is little remaining of her records -- even her tomb, Weir reveals, was destroyed in the 18th Century during the French Revolution. While most of the book talks about Eleanor's family, Weir is able to show fairly easily how these forefathers and descendants influenced and in turn were influenced by this woman known as "the most beautiful woman in Europe."
The final book I'm gonna talk about is a Kate Atkinson novel. If you haven't read anything by this woman I strongly encourage you to do so ASAP. I love this woman and her writing. And I was reading One Good Turn, which is a sequel to Case Histories. If you haven't read Case Histories you don't necessarily NEED to in order to understand this book, but it helps. It revolves around poor ex-detective Jackson Brodie, a man who seems to find trouble no matter where he goes. The supporting cast of characters is so rich and creative that it's almost worth it on its own.
GO READ KATE ATKINSON GO GO.
First up, Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey, by Alison Weir.
Weir is my favourite historical author, and I was elated to find out she'd branched into novels. I picked this one up in Ottawa, and I was slightly disappointed. Weir is a master at writing historical characters, using the available facts to give us a clear sense of the subject. Something got lost in the novel though. The facts are all there, but the spirit is missing. She set it up similarly to what Phillipa Gregory did in The Boleyn Inheritance by using three first person narrators. But unlike Gregory, this setup just loses its punch. Jane Grey is the best character in the book, but it's clear that Weir is not nearly as interested in Queen Mary. I dunno, I was underwhelmed.
I have Weir's The Lady Elizabeth, and that's up next to read so I'm hoping it goes a little better. I think Innocent Traitor was her first novel.
Up next I have uh, another Alison Weir book. But this one is one of her standard biographies. And as usual, I have nothing bad to say about it at all. She manages to bring a woman who there is limited source material regarding to life. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the Duchess of Aquitaine, Countess of Poitou, Queen of France, and Queen of England. She was in fact one of the most famous, most influential women of her day. Sadly because she lived in the 12th century, there is little remaining of her records -- even her tomb, Weir reveals, was destroyed in the 18th Century during the French Revolution. While most of the book talks about Eleanor's family, Weir is able to show fairly easily how these forefathers and descendants influenced and in turn were influenced by this woman known as "the most beautiful woman in Europe."
The final book I'm gonna talk about is a Kate Atkinson novel. If you haven't read anything by this woman I strongly encourage you to do so ASAP. I love this woman and her writing. And I was reading One Good Turn, which is a sequel to Case Histories. If you haven't read Case Histories you don't necessarily NEED to in order to understand this book, but it helps. It revolves around poor ex-detective Jackson Brodie, a man who seems to find trouble no matter where he goes. The supporting cast of characters is so rich and creative that it's almost worth it on its own.
GO READ KATE ATKINSON GO GO.
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