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Category: Books

  • Chamber of Secrets

    Wow. Is it really only 53 days til Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets comes out? That’s not long at all! The Herald‘s got some nice pictures that I hadn’t seen before. Draco’s Dad looks like Celeborn the elf from Lord of the Rings. Kenneth Branagh looks pretty good as Gilderoy Lockhart (though I still think Hugh Grant would’ve been better). And as I said before, Tom Riddle is hot.

  • Lovely Bones

    The Lovely Bones discussion is still going on, for those of you that read it. If you haven’t graced us with your opinion yet, drop in. And don’t forget, we’re supposed to be reading Neil Gaiman’s Coraline for this month! (*grumble* Still haven’t gotten my nice illustrated copy yet… *grumble*)

  • Banned Books Week

    I’ve been doing tons of work over at my Dahl site lately. Check it out if you’re bored. And don’t forget, it’s Banned Books Week! Celebrate your freedom to read. (I still can’t get over the fact that some school tried to ban The Lorax because it “criminalizes the forestry industry”.)

  • Books

    Have you guys heard of Singlefile? It’s a web-based application that allows you to keep track of your book collection. It sounds like a great idea, but I’m not sure if it’s worth $20/year. I could probably build something similar and run it here at my own site. Hmm… I smell a new web project coming on!

  • Big Trouble

    Hmm, so Dave Barry’s Big Trouble movie has finally been released? I’m less than enthusiastic. I bought and read the book years ago and – if I recall correctly – I thought it sucked. I’m normally a big Dave Barry fan, so the utter non-funniness of this book should be apparent to you. I can’t even remember what it was about. That’s how forgettable it was. I can’t imagine that it’ll make a very good film, especially if Tim Allen’s in it.

  • HP:5

    The next Harry Potter book has been delayed until autumn. Crap.

  • LotR + Sims

    Oh. My. God. Lord of the Rings skins for The Sims. Now you can finally live out your sordid little Frodo-and-Sam fantasies!

  • Fire ants

    South American fire ants are spreading through Australia, causing irreparable crop and environmental destruction. Just what I wanna hear while I’m planning to migrate. Has anybody else read a story called “Leiniken and the Ants”? I seem to remember reading it in high school about a guy who tries to defend his plantation from these things and ends up getting killed. I can’t seem to find any references to it on the Net though. Maybe I’m spelling it wrong…

  • Characters

    I’m doing some research for my Dahl site when I came across this list of Twenty Characters You Should Know. There were only a couple that I hadn’t heard of. Who are Hans Brinker, Mafatu, and Mr. Popper? Are they before/after my generation, or did I just somehow miss them?

  • Word find

    Done worming it yet? If you’re looking for something else to fill the hours before the show, might I suggest the Word Find I created the other day for my Dahl site. It’s based on Roald Dahl’s book Matilda and it’s got some lovely British-y sounding words like “Bovril” and “Thripp” in it. Have fun.