Ever since I had that class in Child Lit which I had posted about a few times both in my blog and upon the forum during the time I was taking it I had developed something of a guilty pleasure for reading YA books. This had started to come about because for one thing I did genuinely enjoy the books we had read for the class, and I particularly loved the work Feed by M.T. Anderson which was a dystopia and done quite well with an interesting narrative technique, and I found out from ...
I have been so busy with school lately that I haven't been writing anything at all and I'm starting to miss my serial killer and his victims. I mainly spend the time I have left after work,son,home here on the lit-net, reading or watching tv. but there will be a lot less tv here in a few days, there are 3 Icelandic tv stations until now only one that you had to pay for, one the official tv station and one with good shows for free, but not anymore. They can't afford to be free anymore so now we have ...
Penny for your thoughts? If you could see my mind's eye You would wish it closed.
Bedraggled old blackbird stalking my lawn Jerking & shirking, putting on airs Sneakily skulking about his affairs Flight feathers akimbo he stands so forlorn. Sidling, idling, never giving a yawn That head cocking slyly giving me stares & covered in a motley he constantly wears Of feathers & fuzziness repeatedly torn. He's out with the 'Dawn chorus' He's back with the 'evening song' Grabbing ...
I just finished watching Goodbye Solo, and I must say, as many critics seem to have said, that Ramin Bahrani is the great new American director. He has only made three films, and yet each one has shown a mastery of character, emotion, story and technique unlike any other filmmaker in recent years. Even Scorsese had to learn and develop his merits. His film Chop Shop has got to be one of the best films of the decade, and Goodbye Solo, I am willing to say, is probably one of the best ...