When I read a book for CBR, I like to wait a few days to review it so I can gather my thoughts and decide what I want the focus of my review to be. In the case of A Secret History of Witches, this was a mistake. I mostly spent those few days remembering everything I didn’t like about it. A Secret History of Witches is the story of five generations of a family of witches. Story, actually, is a bit strong, as very […]
Across the universe
Yes, I’m one of those; I was going to reread A Wrinkle in Time because the movie is coming out, even before the book club announcement. I mean, I’m going to see it anyway (whenever my country gets it) because I trust Ava DuVernay, but I wanted to familiarize myself with the original again in advance. I first picked up the book in fourth grade, and I confess I did not appreciate at the time the opening line of “It was a dark and stormy […]
Book Club Discussion Post: A Wrinkle in Time
Here we go, time to discuss A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle! For many of you, this was a reread of a childhood book. For others, it was your first time delving into L’Engle’s worlds; but we’ve all heard the title over the years, and it’s been a bastion of Science Fiction since the sixties. Science fiction has often been used as a way to explore “otherness” as a theme. Alien beings and distant worlds offer us a way to think about different cultures […]
A *shrug* and a *yawn*
So I first read A Wrinkle in Time around 20 years ago. That’s my best guess. I remembered nothing about it, except that I did not like it at all, on a fairly strong level. So when I heard they were making a new movie I shrugged, but then it was directed by Ava DuVernay (yes), staring a diverse cast (YES), and then the trailer dropped. All in. Alllllll in. And it’s our bookclub book today! Reread commencing. I’m going to skip the plot synopsis […]
“What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
My father is an excellent book narrator. He was in theater in high school and college (because quote “that’s where all the babes were.”) so he does all the voices and all the sounds. He was the ideal father for a bedtime story and my nephews are currently reaping the benefits of his talents. When we were younger my dad would also play rhyming games with my sister and me, driving our mother crazy, and even now he is always there with a pun. All of […]
Is She Just Going to Get a New Potential Love Interest Each Book?
Why does Empire Strike Back work so well? Because each side story that one of the main characters is on is interesting and well-thought out. If Luke had gone to Dagobah and Han and Leia stayed brooding on the Falcon and moping about Luke being gone, and then there was a random story about a previously unknown Sith lord hanging out with his mean Stormtrooper friends, there would be no international phenomenon today. Anyways, this long and drawn out metaphor is how I feel about […]
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