Fallen for “Fallen” – what to read after “Twilight”

Strange and menacing shadows have haunted seventeen-year-old Luce since she was young, slinking around corners and circling overhead whenever she was near forests, water, dark places. But they never issued a tangible threat until one fateful night involving the mysterious fire and suspicious death of her boyfriend. Luce was there but can’t remember anything from [...]

Breaking Dawn to become a movie

*spoilers*
I don’t know much about clevvertv.com but in August they reported that Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer’s last novel in the Twilight saga, will indeed be made into a film like the first three books, Twilight, New Moon (hitting theaters next week) and Eclipse.
The article says that Melissa Rosenberg, the movie’s screenwriter, hinted that part of [...]

And I thought Twilight couldn’t get any creepier

One night in Twilight-world, Edward reveals to Bella that he has snuck into her room to watch her sleep, and that’s he’s been doing so for, oh, about a month. But Bella doesn’t mind, or think this is creepy, or any kind of violation, because it’s sooooo romaaaaantic.
Now Edward can watch you while you [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Film

After looking forward to the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie for a long, long time, I finally saw it on Sunday. The movies have done a great job of living up to the books – until now.

What worked:

The additions and change in sequence at the beginning of the film were much more visually [...]

BBC puts on radio play of Pullman’s His Dark Materials

Just heard about BBC radio 7’s broadcast of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials – The Subtle Knife is playing right now (too bad I missed The Golden Compass / Northern Lights). Just ended – dang. Searching the site but can’t find any replays. But, listen in for The Amber Spyglass on Jan. 10 or 11 (and remember, UK [...]

Quote of the Day

“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”
~Albert Einstein~

Disappointed by Inkheart

I also recently finished Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart.

I started reading this one because I thought it was the upcoming book for an adult YA book club hosted by a local, awesome children’s bookstore. I haven’t been to the book club before and turns out the website was sorely out of date. Dang. I love [...]