Showing posts with label Big Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Fish. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Psycho & Big Fish


I finished Psycho. I thought it was well done. The novel is much more cohesive than the movie, although they are very similar. I liked this novel for the same reason I like Dashiell Hammet's novels and others written around this time in similar genres- they get to the point and keep the ball rolling. The characters never develop into 'real' people, but they develop enough to keep the story going. It's a nice piece of light reading.
Rating:8/10

Just this afternoon I finished Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. At first I wasn't so sure whether I liked it or not, but after about 30 pages I was hooked. This is a marvelous little novel. It is more charming than it should be and so optimistic. I really enjoyed it. So far this year I have read 16 novels and this is definitely one of the very best so far.I hope it has staying power. I think everyone should read this! It is such a fun read. Much better than the movie, which I never really cared for.
Rating:10/10

I'm not too sure what I am going to read next. I was thinking In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami, but I don't think so... Something more whimsical sounds about right. I will have to figure it out :)

Have a good night everyone!

Do not forget little kindnesses and do not remember small faults.
-Chinese Proverb
 

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Sunday!

I just got a bunch of new books! I have been wanting funny stuff to read and because Christopher Moore doesn't have anything new coming out, I needed to branch out. Here are some of the new funny novels I got:
  • A Practical Guide to Racism by C.H. Dalton
  • Help! A Bear Is Eating Me! By Mykle Hansen
  • Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
  • Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg
I am very excited :) I also got some new books that aren't funny. Some of them are:
  • Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
  • The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan
  • Wise Children by Angela Carter
  • Hotel World by Ali Smith
Some dog tracks on my deck

I'm really hoping they are all great. I don't think I can handle a bunch of bad novels. I already feel like I'm in a little slump and that would just make it so much worse.

Sonic and Chew
We were supposed to get a huge snow storm in MN today, but nothing happened. Not in my part anyways. It has been snowing, but nothing major. Maybe we will wake up to a surprise. I was kind of looking forward to having some snow around here!