DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: SCENES FROM AN OBSESSIVE GIRLHOOD by Jennifer Traig

Genre: Memoir
ISBN: 0316158771
Acquired:Half Price Books
Reading Began:May 19, 2007
Completed:May 28, 2007
Overall Rating:Five out of ten
 
I’m not sure how I feel about this book, even still. I was intrigued when I first heard of it a few years ago, very interested to read a true life story about the struggles with OCD. And the fact that [...]

why I remain LOST

I am one of those tv people who gets hooked on a serialized show and just doesn’t know when to get out. Just when I think I’ve begun to not care about the characters or the stories any longer, somehow the writers give me just enough to stay tuned. Such is my dilemma with Lost.
When [...]

UNSPOKEN by Angela Hunt

Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780849944826
Acquired:purchased in 2005
Read:May 2007
Overall Rating:six out of ten
 
When I first picked up this book it was based on a single statement I read in a review blurb: “Even the animals know their Creator.” The story of relationship between an animal researcher and her gorilla charge, this book is simple but profoundly resonant. The [...]

BECAUSE I SAID SO

I’m not usually a fan of chick flicks. I’ll generally only see them if the story seems original and fresh or if the players are favorites of mine. Thus, the reason I rented Because I Said So: Gabriel Macht as the romantic lead. Sure, the film was not bad, but had Macht not been featured [...]

THE PAINTED VEIL (suddenly, Edward Norton)

I’m not usually slow on the uptake. In fact, I have always felt I was quite perceptive to the people around me. So imagine my surprise at seeing Edward Norton sweep in and redirect my entire attention from the one actor who is a mainstay on my radar.
When I first heard of The Painted Veil, [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol 5, No. 1: SPIDER-MAN 3

May 9, 2007, at Movies 14, McKinney, Texas

It’s appropriate that a comic book film is my first popcorn flick of the summer. Summer movies are meant to be fun, action-packed, and easy on the brain. Spider-Man 3 surprised me just a bit, but was all I expected it to be.
My friend Adam wasn’t that impressed [...]