Any book is a good book because it gets people reading. Seth Grahame-Smith got people reading with his kooky literary mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which has a million copies in print. Now he’s back with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The genre is hot. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters followed Zombies last year. Pride and [...]
Posted in Books on Mar 3rd, 2010
Sometimes I think that the greatest thrill of a Peanuts cartoon strip came not from the characters it had, but rather from the characters it didn’t have. Namely grown-ups. There was not a grown-up to be found anywhere in the lives of Charlie Brown and his chums. Not even one. No parents, no teachers no [...]
Posted in Books, DVD, Film, Music, Television on Feb 28th, 2010
TV: “The Pacific”
The $200 million follow-up miniseries to the award-winning World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers,” from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. March 14, HBO.
Movie: “Alice In Wonderland”
Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton take on the Lewis Carroll classic. March 5.
Posted in Books, Music, News, Pop Culture, Television on Feb 26th, 2010
SNL has three new shows in a row. Saturday: Jennifer Lopez (host and musical guest); Zack Galifianakis and Vampire Weekend (March 6); Jude Law and Pearl Jam (March 13).
Conan O’Brien has opened a Twitter account… and already has over 300,000 followers.
John Grisham is going to write his first children’s book series. The first book [...]
Posted in Books, Pop Culture, Television on Feb 19th, 2010
Winter Olympics
Every four years we’re captivated by the drama and beauty of The Games on snow and ice.
Posted in Books on Feb 3rd, 2010
by Elizabeth Bard
Little, Brown
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In the first few pages of Elizabeth’s Bard’s delectable and enchanting memoir, she writes: “I like to think I was born in the wrong century.” Thus begins her story of leaving the familiar terrain of the northeastern United States to study and later work in Europe. In [...]
Posted in Books on Jan 25th, 2010
Flammarion
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Had you been in my living when I first opened this book, you may have caught a glimpse of me actually trying to lick the pages. While the oh-so-delicate Parisian treats may be small in the flesh, in the pages of “Paris Patisseries,” they are larger-than-life. In fact, the book should [...]
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