Imagine Romeo had horns and Juliet had wings and both were combatants in a never-ending galactic war. That’s reductive and unfair, but is the easiest way to describe the exquisite madness that is Saga, Vol. 1. Read the Rest on my blog: Pop Culture Penalty Box.
Is This A Kissing Book?
This book is the memoir Cary Elwes wrote about filming The Princess Bride. I raced through this book in something like four days of actual reading. This is a feather-light float down memory lane. This book is also not meant for people who have worked in Hollywood, or who know anything at all about the movie-making process. Elwes is very kind to hold everyone’s hand through concepts like “Development Hell” and I found all of this a little boring. The book comes alive, however, when […]
Blond, Blue-eyed, Rapacious, and Ployglot
I stayed up until midnight last night finishing this book. Not because I couldn’t put it down. Because I couldn’t wait to put it down and never have to pick it back up again. It’s not that I hated this book. I just didn’t find the struggle with it rewarding. I have rarely wanted to love a book more than The Game of Kings. I’d been hearing for years how amazing the Lymond Chronicles books were, and I really wanted to be counted among those […]