Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Maeve Binchy
I’ve read one other Maeve Binchy book, and was hoping for something similar. This book was slightly different, in that it was comprised of several short stories, with the small town of Rossmore and St. Ann’s Well tying all of the stories and characters together. There are a total of thirteen stories and each […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I didn’t enjoy this movie as much as I thought I would. It was basically a classic legal thriller about a lawyer who plays a clean-up role in a large firm. At the same time, he’s troubled by personal and financial problems. But nothing seemed to flow in this movie… the plot jumped between his […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Rating: ***+
tags:***+, anne hathaway, drama, james mcavoy, julie walters, maggie smith, romance, UK
Posted in Movies, Musicals on Feb 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Great movie, musical, and love story that incorporates The Beatles music. Jude, a shipbuilder from Liverpool, travels to the United States in search of his father. There, he meets Lucy and the two fall in love. Their world is shaken by Lucy’s brother being drafted to fight in Vietnam and they become anti-war activists.
Rating: ****
tags:****, […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Sue Miller
This novel sucked me in the same way Anne Tyler’s novels do. Like Tyler, Miller writes about people, their lives, interactions, and influences on each other. In this book, she tells the story of two neighbors whose lives intersect for a short while. Meri and her husband, Nathan, move into a […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
This movie was filled with great dialog, even though, according to IMDb, the “f”-word “and its derivatives are uttered 138 times.” The cast is made up of great actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, and Kevin Spacey. Actually, now that I’m listing their names, it occurred to me that there […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Rating: ***+
tags:***+, drama, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, spain
Posted in Movies on Feb 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Rating: ***
tags:***, animation, comedy, USA
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 5th, 2008 No Comments »
According to my reviews, I read and/or listened to 48 books in 2007. I do a lot of driving, so belonging to Audible allows me to “read” a lot of books I may not otherwise have gotten to. I thought it would be interesting to review them and make a list of the […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Laura Esquival
This novel was an interesting mix of food, love, folklore, and Mexican tradition. Each chapter begins with a recipe that pertains to the upcoming events in that chapter. The main character, Tita, learns at an early age that, as the youngest daughter, she is bound to serve and care for her mother for […]