So here's a confession: I used to have an all-encompassing crush on Drew Barrymore, so I have done things like listen to the director's commentary on lots of her movies, including 50 First Dates, which consists of her and director Peter Segal being pretty adorable together as they talk about their … [Read more]
Chunk 3 of 4
#27: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer: 1 star. #28: Ask the Passengers by A.S. King: 1 star. #29: Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle: 2 stars. #30: Reality Boy by A.S. King: 1 star. #31: Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern: 3 stars. #32: The Eyre Affair … [Read more]
Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #1: A Worthy Homage to Horror
There's fanfic, and then there's homage. Fanfic is usually written to satisfy the writer; filled with the fan's desires of what he'd like to see come to pass. Since the focus is the writer's satisfaction, it often happens that no one but the writer is satisfied after reading. Then there's … [Read more]
Everyday Miracles: Bloodletting and Other Miraculous Cures
Vincent Lam … [Read more]
Are We All Defined by Our Inner 15-year-old?
Meg Wolitzer’s novel spans many decades—telling the story of a group of friends who meet at an “arty” summer camp in upstate New York in the early seventies but whose lives remain entangled with each other’s into the new millennium. Most of the novel is told from the perspective of Jules Jacobson, … [Read more]
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Or a story’s descent into chaos.
I'll admit, I've been teaching high school English for four years and it wasn't until this January that I had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. … [Read more]