Archive for Reviews
Watching
Really cool movie. Not at all what I expected, but I would definitely recommend this one if you haven’t seen it already.
Reading
The Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Bee as in spelling bees. Weird book about a weird family. Definitely good book club material as it touches on the family dynamic, various religions, obsession and mental illness. But not a fun, lighthearted read at all.
Watching
Really long movie, but breathtakingly beautiful.
Slightly irritating the way Rosanna Arquette’s character calls Jacques, “Jack” …I mean is it really that hard to pronounce?
Would recommend if you have 2.5 hours to kill, love dolphins, and don’t find Rosanna Arquette annoying.
Actually, I did secretly like it…
Reading
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters by Courtney E. Martin
I’m not sure why I had this on my Amazon wish list to begin with, not sure what made me want to read it in the first place… but my sister-in-law Tara, ON A WHIM one day, bought me some books from my list and sent them to me, and this was one of them. (Love you T.)
FABULOUS. I LOVED this book and in my opinion everyone should read it. Women, Mothers, Husbands, Fathers, Boyfriends…. I’m not a fan in general of the self-help non-fiction genre, but this book was more self-education and self-awareness, than self-help. It laid out, in very easy to understand chapters, why women (and girls) are so messed up when it comes to body image. There was no fluff, no bullshit, and every chapter had real-life stories. It did touch on eating disorders quite a bit, but there was so much more to it than that, and every single person could learn something about women and why they are the way they are, and how they got that way in the first place. And, if you are lucky enough not to have those issues yourself (M!), then it can give you great insight into your friends and your daughters. :-)
Watching
I only got 30 minutes in. I can appreciate that those with a more sophisticated sense of humor than myself would find this hilarious, but for me, can I just say…. cockroaches = not funny.
Reading and Watching
Cold Mountain
My girlfriend Michelle started reading Cold Mountain recently so I decided to read it again too, with her.
(That’s right Michelle, I did just post your photo on the internet.)
The book is a bit tedious to start but is an absolutely beautiful story, that I would highly recommend reading, if you haven’t already. The movie is one of the better adaptations of a novel I’ve seen, with very little discrepancies between the book and the movie.
Thanks Michelle!
