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Defining Twilight by Brian Leaf, M.A.
Maybe it’s not fair to review a book I haven’t read – but I have no intention of reading it ever, so funk dat. Sometimes, you see something at Target that’s so hilarious, you have to stop what you’re...
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Harry Potter is BS due to time travel
I’d like to start off by saying this sort of thing gets me upset, so be prepared for profanity. I try to keep it clean around here, but I kind of just know when I’m going to lose it. Also, my...
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spoiler alert
What’s a spoiler alert? Any time you see the spoiler alert image in one of my posts, you know I’m about to give away crucial information that could ruin the fun for you in some way. Sometimes this...
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reviews rating system
UPDATE: 2013 I have now switched to a 0-10 scale for scoring movies. I don’t know why I keep switching… but I do keep switching. Sorry about that! UPDATE: 4/4/2012 I have now switched to a 0-100%...
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Drama: Understanding the Three Act Formula
I’ve created a few companion posts to go along with my reviews: a rating system and a spoiler alert warning. Now, I’m ready to take it a step further and explain what I mean when I reference Act 1,...
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Mark Twain Is Smarter Than Alan Gribben
Twain was awarded a doctrine of literature from Oxford University... not exactly Auburn University, but still... Alan Gribben is the English professor at Auburn University at Montgomery who suggested...
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Taming The Star Runner book review
During sixth and seventh grades, I read all of SE Hinton’s books. Twice. The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish, Tex and finally Taming the Star Runner… hey, can one serve someone in...
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Why People Thought The Rapture Was Coming
If you walked into a book store and saw this, what would you think? In the interest of being thorough, I watched an entire episode of The Jersey Shore, and besides being a complete and total waste of...
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We are American: Unfulfilled Dreams by William Perez
Last night, I heard Dr. William Perez speak about the issues of undocumented students and the challenges they face. This has been on my mind lately. I heard an interview with a family on WNYC radio...
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Before There Was Twilight…
…There were cheesy romance novels. Novels that were upfront about their crap factor. Just look at these covers! That’s some genuine schlock. Filed under: book reviews, photos Tagged: photography,...
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Darth Vader and Son [Book Review]
My Score: 80% I love the idea of an extraordinary character in an every day role, and Darth Vader and Son pulls this off in spades. There’s just one problem…I love the book, don’t get me wrong. It’s...
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Damn it, Kindle…
Every once and a while, my kindle will decide that its best function is to take up space. It just sits there and shows me this screen in what I assume is an attempt to remind me that I need to spend...
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Filing Glen Beck’s books where they belong
So poetic. And only seven bucks, too! Glen Beck must be proud. Filed under: book reviews, observations Tagged: glen beck
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The Intrigue at Highbury: Or, Emma’s Match (Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries #5)...
I haven’t mentioned Grant in a while. He’s the German Shepard mix member of our pack and neither diabetes, nor cancer, nor heart arrhythmia, nor blindness will keep him from breaking down doors or...
View ArticleProper Noun Disorder – a condition explained (a Harry Potter character name...
Proper Noun Disorder is a mental disorder found in writers of fiction. This occurs when the patient's inhabitation of their own fiction world results in naming their characters with easily understood,...
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