Susan Hated Literature

She'd much prefer to read a good book

12 January 2009
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Gran Torino by directed by

This is an odd film. Hard to write about because there are so many different ways to take it. On the one hand it is about a racist old man who despite himself becomes involved in the lives of a … Continue reading

10 January 2009
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The Reader directed by

based on book, Der Vorleser, by Bernhard Schlink In Germany, 1958, Michael Berg is feeling unwell. He wanders through the streets for a while before almost collapsing in the entrance to an apartment block. He vomits. A passing woman helps … Continue reading

8 January 2009
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Ilario: the lion’s eye by

ISBN: 9780575080416 ; Delicious links We are so often a disappointment to the parents who abandon us. This is a return to the world of Mary Gentle’s alternate world of mercenary captain Ash[1] although this book is set in a … Continue reading