Book and movies
I'm steadily moving my way through my piles of both books and dvds that I have currently checked out from my library.
Lirael by Garth Nix. Sequel to Sabriel. Lirael is a pretty awesome character. She's a librarian (!) for the Clayr, a people who See the future. She does not have the gift that the rest of the Clayr have for Seeing the future and this depresses Lirael, as children younger and younger than herself gain that power. At 19 she has made a friend in the Disreputable Dog, and the Clayr have Seen fragments of her future and determine she must venture into the world to fulfill that fragment. She meets Sam, King Touchstone & Abhorsen Sabriel's son, who is 'taking a break' from the expectations of and training to be the Abhorsen-in-Waiting to rescue his from Nick, who hails from South of the Wall. Only Nick's got himself into a bit of a scrap having to do with some ancient magic. And Sam gets himself into some trouble before he meets up with Lirael, and naturally, once the two are together, trouble finds them. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and I'm nearly half way through Abhorsen, the final book. As my friend informed me of Lirael and Sam's destinies, they both have greated destinies than what they planned for. Still quite enjoyable.
Untraceable starring Diane Lane and Colin Hanks (yay, Colin Hanks. Ok, ending my Fangirl-ish-ness). I'm typically not a fan of thrillers, but I have to say I'm more impressed with the film than I expected to be. Lane and Hanks are FBI agents dealing with cyber crime when someone tells them about this site where first a cat and then people start to die. Spooky. One this about this film is that the audience knows who the perpetrator is fairly early on, so it loses some of its suspense. But how the characters get to the correct conclusion and what they do with him is interesting on its own. If you have the bravery for these films, pretty good. I for one, however curious I am about the website they talk about in the film, will not even attempt to see if there's an actual website with that address. It's freaking spooky. *shudders*
Watched Charlie Wilson's War, but will review later. For now, I am, as ever, your
Savage Librarian.
Lirael by Garth Nix. Sequel to Sabriel. Lirael is a pretty awesome character. She's a librarian (!) for the Clayr, a people who See the future. She does not have the gift that the rest of the Clayr have for Seeing the future and this depresses Lirael, as children younger and younger than herself gain that power. At 19 she has made a friend in the Disreputable Dog, and the Clayr have Seen fragments of her future and determine she must venture into the world to fulfill that fragment. She meets Sam, King Touchstone & Abhorsen Sabriel's son, who is 'taking a break' from the expectations of and training to be the Abhorsen-in-Waiting to rescue his from Nick, who hails from South of the Wall. Only Nick's got himself into a bit of a scrap having to do with some ancient magic. And Sam gets himself into some trouble before he meets up with Lirael, and naturally, once the two are together, trouble finds them. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and I'm nearly half way through Abhorsen, the final book. As my friend informed me of Lirael and Sam's destinies, they both have greated destinies than what they planned for. Still quite enjoyable.
Untraceable starring Diane Lane and Colin Hanks (yay, Colin Hanks. Ok, ending my Fangirl-ish-ness). I'm typically not a fan of thrillers, but I have to say I'm more impressed with the film than I expected to be. Lane and Hanks are FBI agents dealing with cyber crime when someone tells them about this site where first a cat and then people start to die. Spooky. One this about this film is that the audience knows who the perpetrator is fairly early on, so it loses some of its suspense. But how the characters get to the correct conclusion and what they do with him is interesting on its own. If you have the bravery for these films, pretty good. I for one, however curious I am about the website they talk about in the film, will not even attempt to see if there's an actual website with that address. It's freaking spooky. *shudders*
Watched Charlie Wilson's War, but will review later. For now, I am, as ever, your
Savage Librarian.
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