Archive for the ‘Books and Movies’ Category

The Award Goes To … TCM

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Tonight is the Academy Awards, but, eh, I’m not too interested. I’m not too impressed with most of the movies that come out these day. Though, Avatar was definitely a great movie. I have, however, been watching some quality movies on TV—classic movies to be exact—on Turner Classic Movies. Last weekend, I watched a bit [...]

The Pillars of Creation Finished

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Well, that was fast.  I made my way through The Pillars of Creation.  That’s pretty much what I spent the day doing today:  reading.  Yeah, I got into the book, and just didn’t stop.  I hadn’t read that way since, well, probably the last book I read.  This one is a good read, I think.  [...]

The Pillars of Creation

Monday, February 18th, 2008

The Pillars of Creation. That’s what I’m reading these days. I started a little over a week ago, and I’m a couple of hundred pages into it. It’s pretty good so far. So far, it’s only really dealt with new characters with the names of familiar characters dropped in every so often—I guess to remind [...]

Soul of the Fire Finished

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Okay, Friday night I finished Soul of the Fire. I spent a good portion of the evening and early night reading in order to bring the book to a conclusion. When I decided to finish the book, I didn’t think it would take as long as it did. But, oh well. The end of the [...]

Soul of the Fire

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

During my absence from posting, I started the fifth book in the Sword of Truth series: Soul of the Fire. I’m about halfway through with it, I’d guess. It’s fairly interesting. It doesn’t really compare with the first couple books though—not in their league, in my opinion. I don’t want to post anything to give [...]