28 September 2011
Call no: 636.7
Genre: animal-human relationships, natural world, non-fiction
8 Stars
2 Comments
I watch The Dog Whisperer, and while I enjoy it I’m often put off by Milan’s insistence that the dog wants to be the dominate one of the partnership. And the whole alpha dog thing, it just doesn’t sit well … Continue reading
28 September 2011
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So myself and himself have gotten in the habit of bedtime stories. We started off with some fairy tales. First those classic old Ladybird books. We were doing some wearing out at work so I nabbed a couple of the … Continue reading
27 September 2011
Cast: Frank Grillo, Jennifer Morrison, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy
Script: Anthony Tambakis, Cliff Dorfman, Gavin O'Connor
Genre: drama, sport
Setting: contemporary, USA
9 Stars
2 Comments
The opening scenes of Warrior feature The National’s Start a war and a character listening to Moby Dick. Not what you may expect when going to see a film about mixed martial arts fighters beating the crap out of one … Continue reading
26 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: animal-human relationships, contemporary fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: 1970s, USA - Alaska
8 Stars
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Received free from NetGalley Written in 1972 this is the story of Miyax, whose English name is Julie, and her attempt to run away to San Fransicso. When the story begins she is alone in the wilderness. A nearby wolf-pack … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: short stories
7 Comments
This is just a round-up post of my thoughts after week three of the Fragile things read. As with any short story collection some of the stories worked for me, and other didn’t. I tend to like the more traditional … Continue reading
Spoilers The narrator starts this story by telling us that we can call him a bastard if we like, well I do like. And I don’t mean bastard in the parentage sense, I mean it in the horrible evil person … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: hell
8 Stars
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Spoilers below Hell is other people, so the saying goes. But in this story hell is pain and the life you’ve lived. Other people is another short short story. Just a couple of pages, so I won’t be writing much … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: USA - New Orleans
7 Stars
3 Comments
Spoilers ahead! What makes you want to abandon your life? To chuck it all and just leave? In Bitter grounds we are never told exactly why the narrator leaves his home, but it certainly has something to do with a … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: poetry, sff, short stories
5 Stars
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Beware of spoilers. Discussion welcome. Okay, this is one of those posts where I may type and type and yet say nothing, because I’m really unsure of what I want to say. I guess I don’t like it all that … Continue reading
25 September 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
9 Stars
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Watch out for spoilers below. This is more of a discussion about rather than a review of sort of post. Yet another story within a story. Of course, that is a very traditional format for ghost stories, Turn of the … Continue reading