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 [...]

New French title for The Graveyard Book

Did you know that the French translation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book has a different title?

The Strange Life of Nobody Owens
Personally, I like “The Graveyard Book” much better. Along with the U.S. cover art.
I wonder who gets to make a decision like changing a book’s title? Or why it was made? Did Neil [...]

What’s on your nightstand?

What books are you reading, or will be reading, during the next month? 
 
 
 
 
The folks over at 5 Minutes for Books have an ongoing community event called “What’s on your nightstand” that happens every fourth Tuesday of the month. A fun way to see what other book bloggers are up to.
Here’s what’s on my nightstand (arranged [...]