tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post7218862257306919190..comments2024-03-27T10:50:04.431-04:00Comments on living read girl: Setting up a summer movie marathon of the mindlady thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post-49159464346273863192013-08-31T14:23:24.675-04:002013-08-31T14:23:24.675-04:00The English Girl was my introduction to Silva'...The English Girl was my introduction to Silva's work, and it came to me from a funny angle - I was looking into the politics of the current debate in congress regarding the powers of the NSA, when I happened upon an interview (archived version on the Book report radio show's website). Silva is extremely politically outspoken, and it shone throughout this book. With Snowden in Russia it's almost as though Silva predicted the future. In the interview he also conceded that he bases his themes / stories on pertinent news-headlines. A very topical read if you like.Randwilkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587653709575989509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post-65242526056243834212013-08-14T23:35:15.138-04:002013-08-14T23:35:15.138-04:00My pleasure! I haven't watched any of those sh...My pleasure! I haven't watched any of those shows (my love of cooking shows lived and died with the original Iron Chef) - save part of Under the Dome's premiere. It's not always easy to catch up on TV without a DVR, and CBS is notorious for being hard/impossible to catch online.<br /><br />I will be very into the lit posts, though, and I will check out Vaughn's work later, in due time - I have one hell of a reading backlog.<br /><br />My blog - a dark mirror to your own - has 4 posts per week. I usually go with 1 review, 1 cool fan-made work from around the web, 1 weekly question, and 1 random entry. I get indie DVD screeners to review and I've been doing two per week lately to vary my format. I also have some bi-weekly features.<br /><br />I like your writing a lot, so I'll be chiming in as I can...Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post-59572335310971269302013-08-14T13:27:44.305-04:002013-08-14T13:27:44.305-04:00Hey,Thaddeus-glad to see you becoming a regular re... Hey,Thaddeus-glad to see you becoming a regular reader of LRG! Promoting good books is a big part of what this blog does and I do a bimonthly preview of upcoming titles(have one planned for September/October around the end of this month),so I hope you check out that.<br /><br /> I also do a TV Thursday round-up of shows that I currently watch and while some of them may not be everyone's cup of tea(the programs being highlighted at the moment are Top Chef Masters,Under The Dome and True Blood)but clips are provided when available,so you might want to look at that as well.<br /><br /> Hope you enjoy After The Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn is an excellent author and if you haven't tried her series of Kitty the werewolf titles, I also urge you to sample the first two(Kitty And The Midnight Hour and Kitty Goes To Washington)novels. It's a shame that more smartly written werewolf stories aren't well translated to either the big or the small screen and this is coming from a major vampire fan!<br /><br />Anyway,thanks for your feedback and look forward to hearing from you again,<br /><br />Lady Tlady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post-25901781710920093412013-08-13T23:36:31.425-04:002013-08-13T23:36:31.425-04:00Having found your site, and enjoying your End of D...Having found your site, and enjoying your End of Days review so much (I like the movie because seeing Arnold get beat up is almost as cool as watching him pronounce large words and holding an Xmas ornament and crying), I'm reading through more of your posts.<br /><br />This is a fine entry. I'm a big believer of telling people to read more. It was listening to Nicholas Meyer, the director of Star Trek II, that I heard my idea articulated perfectly. He noted that your mind makes a painting move, or gives images to a piece of music, but movies do all the work for you (save touch, taste, and smell).<br /><br />And it's true: what your mind adds to a work - especially a book - is necessarily more frightening, erotic, or sad than what you are given by an audio-visual medium.<br /><br />Generally, I would rather read a book over seeing its film counterpart. And it's not healthy, for mind or body, to be constantly staring at a screen. Since so many of us do that for work already, it's all the more important to remember to read a book every now and then. I'll add After the Golden Age to my reading list, all thanks to you...Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.com