Tuesday, March 20, 2007
INSiDE
First saw--or became aware of--Jeremy Sisto while marathon-watching DVDs of Six Feet Under recently. He plays psychotic artist Billy Chenowith who is faxated on or in love with (possibly both) with his sister Brenda. It's a compelling and difficult role and Jeremy pulls it off with aplomb.
Here he is again in an award-winning short film. Sometimes I feel like this character. Thanks to details_later for the heads up on the film.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Word!
Book-drunk, adj.: State of being when one is in the middle of, in the throes of, or has just finished a good book; the feeling is headier than good liquor
Description mine. Picked up from an article in Salon on China Mieville's new children's book, Un Lun Dun. This book goes into my getting-longer-by-the-minute book list.
In the meantime, some books responsible for my dissipation these days, most of which I bought on a three-week book-binge recently:
The Lake of Dead Languages and The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman. I really like this author. She has a good feel for atmosphere.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
My Name is Red by Orham Pamuk
Baudolino by Umberto Eco. A year or so later after buying this book, I still haven't gotten to the middle!
Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones. Forensic magic or magical forensics--whouldathunk?
The Closers by Michael Connelly. Series starring the most interestingly named detective in fiction, Heironymous "Harry" Bosch. With a handle like that, wouldn't you want to solve crimes too?
Description mine. Picked up from an article in Salon on China Mieville's new children's book, Un Lun Dun. This book goes into my getting-longer-by-the-minute book list.
In the meantime, some books responsible for my dissipation these days, most of which I bought on a three-week book-binge recently:
The Lake of Dead Languages and The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman. I really like this author. She has a good feel for atmosphere.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
My Name is Red by Orham Pamuk
Baudolino by Umberto Eco. A year or so later after buying this book, I still haven't gotten to the middle!
Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones. Forensic magic or magical forensics--whouldathunk?
The Closers by Michael Connelly. Series starring the most interestingly named detective in fiction, Heironymous "Harry" Bosch. With a handle like that, wouldn't you want to solve crimes too?
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt. Bought because I liked his first book and at Galatea's urging: "Buy it for our trip to Venice someday." O ha?!
Salamander by Thomas Wharton. Booksale cold contact find about books--reading and publishing them. The castle in the story, Ostrov Castle, is kinda like a cross between Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle and Flying House.
The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson, largely on Stephen KIng's say-so. Word!
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