Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwiseIn far too many books, I come across the irritating plot device of the Woman With Issues, or in other words, the author who, in an attempt to make their character believable and realistic, instead makes her annoying and self-destructive. Either that or ( Read more... )

Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time

Going back to the Old Kingdom trilogy, I find it difficult to choose between book one - Sabriel and book three - Abhorsen. Sabriel introduced me to the world and the story was probably the most balanced of the three novels but the culmination of the overall arc in ( Read more... )

Day 05 - A book or series you hate

Oooh, I don't like using the word hate, especially when I'm talking/writing about books. But there are a few books that I dislike. The Twilight series I can actually happily say that I hate, with every fibre of my being but I have only read reviews by other authors and while I feel that I'm justified in hating it ( Read more... )

Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever

Wow. This a tough one. I have read so many great books over the years, I honestly don't know if I can narrow it down to only one novel or series ( Read more... )

Day 03 - The best book you’ve read in the last 12 monthsSadly, I haven't read that many books in the last year - partly because I was doing my honours in 2009 and therefore I was reading research only, and partly because four years of University had managed to train me out of buying new books, when I knew I wouldn't have the time to read them ( Read more... )

Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking aboutAw shut up, I know it's passed midnight here so it's not technically the second day. I had to work.. and then eat... and then watch TV, LOOK JUST DON'T JUDGE ME ( Read more... )

Nabbed from cassiphone:

Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)A book series that I wished had gone on longer? That's a tough one because most of the series' that I love are so good and written by such smart writers that the books were perfectly balanced and ended where they ( Read more... )

My mother has a movie, one movie that she always returns to. One movie that speaks to her in that quietly powerful way that only the truly great movies ever manage to do.
For my mother, that movie is On Golden Pond, with Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. I watch it and I can see the depth of the movie and understand the pull it has on my mother's ( Read more... )