books! yeah! and! movies!

from albuquerque to nairobi,books are being read,movies are being watched. Debby and Amanda write about this. Debby - Mennonite Central Committe in Kenya; expertise: library books // Amanda - wearing glasses in Albuquerque; expertise: all things watchable

Monday, April 07, 2008

(Debby)
I do appreciate a Thing Well Done.

Dorothy L. Sayers wrote books that are exquisitely crafted and exceptionally carried out. I had only a few minutes at the library, so I grabbed Murder Must Advertise. It’s even better the second (and third) time around. I recommend reading it after you’ve read some of the other Lord Peter Whimsey books. It’s an amazing character, in part because of the changes he goes through over the years. Oh man, character development. Character development in the context of really excellent story-telling. Is anything better than that?
Holes. The library has a couple copies of the book! Again, written with great care, a book that is absolutely impeccable.
Juno – I watched it in the movie theatre! That doesn’t happen very often. I thought it was Just Great. A good movie watched with a good friend. Safe travels, Marlies! (Marlies is going on a 'Round the World trip! Well, more of a 'Round the Pacific and Southeast Asia area trip, but one of those exciting tickets we all always wanted to buy)
Serenity –is a really, really, Really Good movie. A movie made with love.

Song of the Day: Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order.
Book of the Day: Murder Must Advertise, Dorothy L. Parker
Movie of the Day: Serenity
Document of the Day: Interim Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, 22 August 2007 – great stuff on biofuel production and its implications for the right to food

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