CBR 10 Bingo Entry: The Book Was Better? I spent some time pondering what I’d like to read for the “Book Was Better” category for CBR 10 Bingo. With so many options, I was falling victim to decision paralysis, when a trip to my local library helped me solve the problem. While dropping off some books, I stopped into the Friends of the Library bookstore, not expecting to find anything. But then my eye was caught by a hardbound copy of Seabiscuit in excellent condition, […]
Yes, dear ones, the book was indeed better. (CBR10 Bingo)
Since I missed the world of Cormoran Strike, when the television show was announced I knew I would do my best to track it down. It wasn’t easy in the States without a Cinemax subscription, but I sent a plea to my brother and he managed to procure the series for me. Talk about perfect timing for The Book Was Better? bingo square. Most people can’t reread mystery novels; once they know the ending the book loses its ability to hold their interest. Because my […]
“I Won’t Think About It Today, I’ll Think About It Tomorrow”
I watched “Gone With the Wind” when I was thirteen and came out distinctly disappointed at the end of the interminable film. At thirteen, I couldn’t put into words what was so disappointing about it, the costumes had been beautiful, the sets glorious. There was a love story, and the plot was easy to follow. But it left me wanting. As an adult, I know that it was Scarlett who disappointed me. I had never yet in my young life come across a main character […]
A picnic. Picture a forest, a country road, a meadow. Cars drive off the country road into the meadow, a group of young people get out carrying bottles, baskets of food, transistor radios, and cameras.
CBR10Bingo – The Book was Better? I’ll by reviewing the book and then talking about the movie a little. This book is written by the Russian authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. The brothers were active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and according to the book’s introduction struggled with their sense of place within Soviet Russia and within the Russian culture industry of the time. I have talked before about reading literature produced from within “enemy” cultures (enemies to the world of Western Europe and […]