Scientist Gone Wordy

Title: Hombre Author: Elmore Leonard Publisher: Ballantine (1961) I've heard some of the folks in Cali are enduring a hot, dry ...

My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we decided to review his films from start to finish. Using IMDb , that put us starting ...

Title: The Bourne Identity Author: Robert Ludlum Publisher: Grafton Books (1980) It's hard to believe that Michael and I are ...

Some good points in this article .

My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we've decided to (continue) review(ing) his films from start to finish. Using IMDb...

Title: Empire of the Sun Author: JG Ballard Publisher: Gollancz (1984) The bad news is, winter has truly set in for us here in the ...

My oven broke. :( I discovered this in the middle of prepping my favorite egg/pastry thing. :( Books are my friends again. :) (Plus wine...

Title: Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic (2010) I'm pretty sure I'm continuing with these reviews be...

Really, there is so much that entertained me in this article but the real question is: do you think your cat has what it takes?

Title: Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps Author: Patricia Grace Publisher: Penguin (1978) -not sure if Penguin was the original publisher ...

I recently read The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (pub. 1984) and was pretty astonished at the language used by a scientist and non-fi...

Sadly, I did not see one of these when I was in Australia last week. I did see one of these .

Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic (2009)  Technically, this isn't going to be much of a book revi...

Title: Misery Author: Stephen King Publisher:  Viking (1987) As Michael and the rest of the northern hemisphere folk enjoy the improv...

I was hunting around for the character list* from The Luminaries , and came by this fantastic article by Eleanor Catton. I love th is ty...

ETA2: Another good point. ETA: A more in depth look at the concept mentioned in the video below. Check out this video , and a browse a...

Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic (2008) You just don't hear enough about The Hunger Games ......

After watching a bevy of movies with old dudes romantically linked with women who could conceivably (even if unlikely) have been their child...