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Went to an early showing of Men in Black III tonight with a friend. Sort of an early birthday dinner as she'll be in TO next week on business. We had a quick bite at Tim's first. Loved the movie, good fun! Will Smith's character goes back to 1969 to prevent Tommy Lee Jones's character from being killed. Josh Brolin played a young Agent K and wow did he have him down cold! He had the looks, the gestures, the vocals just right. Lots of aliens, lots of them being splattered, the main villain was quite creepy really, well. Apparently a New Zealand actor. He reminded me a bit of Tim Curry but i knew it wasn't him. Not in looks because with all the make up you couldn't tell what he really looks like anyway. It was just his voice a bit but anyway, it wasn't Tim Curry. Still did a great job, though.
51. A Nomadic Witch - Deborah Geary
Another wonderful book about the Witch world of Deborah Geary. This one was based in a fishing village in Nova Scotia! A grumpy middle aged man grieving for a twin brother he lost as a child gets landed with a baby. The Witch community helps but doesn't do it for him. His heart grows three sizes ! ;)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/353411542
52. Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
One of the series of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, first one i've ready. Easy reading, nice to have that kind of thing to read in between some of the heavier stuff like serial killers and biographies of Russian Empresses ;)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/344587123
53. The Red Book - Deborah Copaken Kogan
This is about a group of Harvard Graduates over the weekend of their 20th reunion wherein relationships break, there is death, there is new love. Each section starts with a self-written biography of various alumni, who are meant to supply said bio for the "Red Book" which is published every five years to update the alumni on each other. The problem i did have with this is that there were a lot of characters that were bio-ed who really had nothing to do with the story, or who were only briefly mentioned in that section. I really thought that was skippable. It's billed as a "Big Chill" type book, and probably it's similar in some ways. Most of the characters aren't all that likeable. I enjoyed some of their children far more.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/311014077
54. Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie
Biography of an 18th century Russian Empress, Catherine II. No, she didn't shag a horse as legend has it but she did have a series of "favourites", lovers both before and after her husband died. It was well written, with lots of excerpts from Catherine's personal correspondence so you do get to her her voice.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/246435553
55. The Reading Room - Ruth Hamilton
This is about a group of people living in an English northwestern village. Light reading, likeable characters, rather predictable but i still liked it anyway.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/284541763
51. A Nomadic Witch - Deborah Geary
Another wonderful book about the Witch world of Deborah Geary. This one was based in a fishing village in Nova Scotia! A grumpy middle aged man grieving for a twin brother he lost as a child gets landed with a baby. The Witch community helps but doesn't do it for him. His heart grows three sizes ! ;)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/353411542
52. Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
One of the series of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, first one i've ready. Easy reading, nice to have that kind of thing to read in between some of the heavier stuff like serial killers and biographies of Russian Empresses ;)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/344587123
53. The Red Book - Deborah Copaken Kogan
This is about a group of Harvard Graduates over the weekend of their 20th reunion wherein relationships break, there is death, there is new love. Each section starts with a self-written biography of various alumni, who are meant to supply said bio for the "Red Book" which is published every five years to update the alumni on each other. The problem i did have with this is that there were a lot of characters that were bio-ed who really had nothing to do with the story, or who were only briefly mentioned in that section. I really thought that was skippable. It's billed as a "Big Chill" type book, and probably it's similar in some ways. Most of the characters aren't all that likeable. I enjoyed some of their children far more.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/311014077
54. Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie
Biography of an 18th century Russian Empress, Catherine II. No, she didn't shag a horse as legend has it but she did have a series of "favourites", lovers both before and after her husband died. It was well written, with lots of excerpts from Catherine's personal correspondence so you do get to her her voice.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/246435553
55. The Reading Room - Ruth Hamilton
This is about a group of people living in an English northwestern village. Light reading, likeable characters, rather predictable but i still liked it anyway.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/284541763