I finished Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes by Ace Atkins tonight.
I finished Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes by Ace Atkins tonight.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
Yes, we honour Christmas in our hearts, and try to keep it all the year.
I have had several different editions, thanks to there being so many different (and cheap) editions due to its PD status. Occasionally I share my copies either with people I meet who never read it, or I put them in public bookcases. The one I currently own and read, though, might be a keeper. It's from Macmillan Collector's Library, a lovely small-format hardcover (easily fits in my coat pocket for reading on the bus) with nice, coloured illustrations, thick pages with gold-coloured edges, and a tail band.
Finished reading CLAUDINE AT SCHOOL (CLAUDINE À L'ÉCOLE), the first of the Claudine books by Colette. I'm surprised to see that the last time this was adapted to the screen was in 1978. There have been several films about the author herself, but the story of Claudine seems like subject matter that could only be faithfully adapted now. Or maybe even now is too soon.
As we get close to the end of 2020, I chose to read two short books written by Stefan Zweig
-The Eyes of the Undying Brother
-Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
Now reading Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II (1997) by Jonathan Kwitny.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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Just read Shazam: The Greatest Stories Ever Told... now, despite his name really being Captain Marvel and... despite the fact that he has kind of a complex history, I enjoyed it. Are these stories really the "greatest Stories Ever Told??" I doubt it, but... they are fun. And overall, the book is a great sampler for Billy Batson's adventures.
Looking at the contents list for that book (I never got it, as I already have pretty much every story in some other comic) you might have a point. A good many are oddball one-offs. Like Simon & Kirby doing Cap--that's a special thing, only happened once, but they really didn't know what to do with the character. However, the Big Red Cheese was one of the earliest super-heroes to have extended story arcs, which don't lend themselves to a book like this that tries to cherry pick as many stories as it can. And this holds true for the revivals of the character--you need to have several stories from different issues or one big story from a special book--those are the Greatest Stories. But it looks like with this collection they went for novelty and trying to fit in as many different versions of the character as possible given the page count.
After a month of Christmas reading on my Kindle, I'm now reading The Uphill Climb (1913) by B.M. Bower.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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For my literary Christmas gifts, I received a book I wanted: Paige Shelton's COLD WIND.
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Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
Even cooler was that my friend reached out to author Edith Maxwell (I'm a huge fan of her work) and I was gifted an inscribed author coffee mug. It was a very cool and most unexpected gift to receive.
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Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
The Man Who Loved Dogs, by cuban writer Leonardo Padura
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH