After my Karen Joy Fowler reading binge, I once again hit a reader's block. This is most annoying as I'm in the possession of a gift card to the Akateeminen Bookstore ( Read more... )

There are some presumptions that one makes almost unavoidably about writers and actors. After having seen Scarlett Johansson in Match Point, I expected her to play the ambitious sister is The Other Boleyn Girl, and I would hardly be the only person surprised if Rowling turned to psychological thrillers ( Read more... )

The weather is grey and wet, but still, it’s Friday. The atmosphere at the office is sleepy and silently hopeful (Friday!). A day like a damp library book ( Read more... )

Guess who's bored?

Christopher Moore: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood PalSynopsis: The title really says it all ( Read more... )

Why You Should Read This

Fans of X's other work will disagree vociferously with the more critical elements of our review. They will like this book with tremendous energy. It satisfies readers who crave their dramatic tragedies delivered in tactile rather than philosophical arenas and become very emotionally attached to the romantic elements of ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those days when concentration just is beyond me, and at lunch I became so totally exasperated with the book I was reading that I'm seriously thinking about selling it to the nearest second-hand bookshop as soon as I get off work ( Read more... )

Hullujen päivien yhteydessä päädyin ostamaan Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläisen Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta, tietenkin normaalihintaisena. Mutta sainpahan kirjalla kätevästi täytettyä ( Read more... )

Rufus, let it be noted, is god. His gig in Helsinki on Tuesday was awesome; songs from all of the albums, plus one new. Random talk of Sibelius and the election (Obama-fan) in between.
The Art Teacher and 11:11 were obvious highlights for me, but I was also really amazed by Want, one of the very few songs of his that I don't get that much out of - ( Read more... )

I finished reading Fall On Your Knees by Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald late last night, one of those random picks from the shelf that one ends up gorging when there are a thousand other things to do. It's a historical novel encompassing the first half of the 20th century, but the world wars stay mainly in the background: the action is at home ( Read more... )

Let it be stated for the record that Juno is not worthy of an Oscar or the rave reviews it has received. It is, at best, a three-star comedy with an overly quirky main character of no other substance than her punchlines, a romance nearly inexplicable and a heartwarming ending merely annoying in all its warmth ( Read more... )