Thanks to Brad for this nice link for Comics for people who don't like comics:

Comics for people who don't read comicsBy Whitney Matheson ( Read more... )

Eva Green in The Golden Compass, Too
Source: Variety, August 2, 2006

Just a couple of days after Nicole Kidman was announced as the villain Mrs. Coulter in New Line's The Golden Compass, Eva Green has also come on board as the queen of witches. The project is the first installment of a potential trilogy based on Phillip Pullman's "His Dark ( Read more... )

Kidman the Villain in The Golden Compass
Source: Variety, July 31, 2006

Nicole Kidman will star in New Line Cinema's The Golden Compass, playing the villainous and glamorous Mrs. Coulter, reports Variety ( Read more... )

January:

1. That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller
   
2. Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson
   
3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley
   
4. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
   
5. The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket
   
6. Star Wars Tales, Vol. 1 by Dark Horse Comics (Editor)
   
7. Blankets by Craig Thompson
   
8. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
   
9. ( Read more... )

Here it is folks, your way too detailed book list and reviews of 2005.

2005 Book Reviews

Best Non-Fiction:

• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis - So readable, so interesting, and so important if you like baseball.
  
• Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy - A few problems but overall one ( Read more... )

January:

1. The Dark Tower by Stephen King
   
2. Three Junes by Julia Glass
   
3. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
   
4. Technics and Civilization by Lewis Mumford
   
5. The Carnivorous Carnivale (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9) by Lemony Snicket
   
6. Into Our Own Hands: The Women's Health Movement in the United States, 1969-1990 by Sandra Morgen
   
7. The Slippery ( Read more... )

Not only did my former advisor, Kevin Boyle, win for best non-fiction, but one of his daughters (Abby) got to be part of Judy Blume's medal presentation.

Listen to NPR review of Arc of Justice (about 6 minutes).

Watch a video from Ohio State interviewing Kevin (about 3 minutes long).


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