Well, it's been long, SO LONG, since my last post in this blog. Whew. Well, erm, here's my other blog:
http://commotiononthegurney.wordpress.com
April 20, 2009
November 8, 2008
Better Days
Just thought linking ya people to 'Better Days', a webcomic which, in my opinion, is the best.
It's about Lucy and Fisk Black, fraternal twins who live in Georgia, USA with their mom, Sheila. It actually tackles these issues, like incest, war, and a lot of stuff. Pretty neat stuff. Plus, it's quite humorous at times.
Better Days
It's about Lucy and Fisk Black, fraternal twins who live in Georgia, USA with their mom, Sheila. It actually tackles these issues, like incest, war, and a lot of stuff. Pretty neat stuff. Plus, it's quite humorous at times.
Better Days
October 15, 2008
"And He Lay Down on the Grass and Cried" - The Little Prince : A Book Review
You have to admit that as kids, you'd see the interests of adults are weird. What's all the fuss with jobs, money and economics? Politics? Why won't adults stop to admire the naivety of the flowers, the beauty of the stars? That's what the Little Prince thinks, too.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a wonderful book, with a strange-and-simple story about a little prince that arrives on the earth's Sahara. He meets the narrator, a pilot that crashed on the same desert. In the book, the prince tells his adventure to the pilot, about the oddness of the adults, and often wondering about why adults are interested in 'matters of consequence'. The book's plot is simple and understandable, but significant. Oftentimes, you yourself would stop to think about this, wondering all along why.
It's a very beautiful book, and with equally beautiful locales and characters. A geographer, a tippler, a lamplighter, a businessman, a garden of roses, a planet with three volcanoes (two of which are active) and the realization of a man that's becoming more like the adults who see nothing and think about nothing more important than 'matters of consequence'. You are introduced to the various views of adult life (one of which is drinking) from the eyes of the innocent prince, who takes time to watch the stars, to see that his planet is one of them, and to see that each of the stars have flowers, just like his own planet.
Through his telling, the pilot slowly takes his point of view, and is taught by the prince to see that in one of the stars, the little prince is laughing there, and all the other stars would laugh.
The book is simple, but the story is very nice. The illustrations are also great, hand-drawn by Mr. Exupery.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a wonderful book, with a strange-and-simple story about a little prince that arrives on the earth's Sahara. He meets the narrator, a pilot that crashed on the same desert. In the book, the prince tells his adventure to the pilot, about the oddness of the adults, and often wondering about why adults are interested in 'matters of consequence'. The book's plot is simple and understandable, but significant. Oftentimes, you yourself would stop to think about this, wondering all along why.
It's a very beautiful book, and with equally beautiful locales and characters. A geographer, a tippler, a lamplighter, a businessman, a garden of roses, a planet with three volcanoes (two of which are active) and the realization of a man that's becoming more like the adults who see nothing and think about nothing more important than 'matters of consequence'. You are introduced to the various views of adult life (one of which is drinking) from the eyes of the innocent prince, who takes time to watch the stars, to see that his planet is one of them, and to see that each of the stars have flowers, just like his own planet.
Through his telling, the pilot slowly takes his point of view, and is taught by the prince to see that in one of the stars, the little prince is laughing there, and all the other stars would laugh.
The book is simple, but the story is very nice. The illustrations are also great, hand-drawn by Mr. Exupery.
October 13, 2008
"Queen of Knives" - A Short Story Review from Gaiman's 'Smoke and Mirrors'
I've got hooked, as you all know, on Gaiman's works ever since I digested 'Neverwhere'. And Smoke and Mirrors, a book of short stories by Gaiman, is also something I love. But let's review a specific story: QUEEN OF KNIVES. It's a really, really eerie and interesting story. It's somewhat creepy. But it's also really awesome. I recommend you read it.
October 11, 2008
October 7, 2008
Cotton Ready to be Picked -- A Review of 'A Painted House' by John Grisham
I knew John Grisham not of his legal works. Not of his criminal novels. Not of the lawyers that populated his stories, not the trials that filled the center of his stories. No. I knew of Grisham first as the seven-year-old that harvested cotton. The seven-year-old that survived harsh Saturday baths. The seven-year-old that had a weekly Coca-Cola. The seven-year-old Luke Chandler.
Honestly, the first Grisham novel I have ever read is A Painted House. It is a simple story, based on Grisham's childhood experience, and tells a tale about a sleepy little town, called Black Oak, in Arkansas. This is the story about Luke Chandler and the world around him.
Personally, I think A Painted House is Grisham's best work. The innocence shown by Luke is really something. Grisham's way of describing things is superb. Everything is vivid, I think I actually can feel the exhaution from an afternoon's picking of cotton under the searing, hot sun.
Honestly, the first Grisham novel I have ever read is A Painted House. It is a simple story, based on Grisham's childhood experience, and tells a tale about a sleepy little town, called Black Oak, in Arkansas. This is the story about Luke Chandler and the world around him.
Personally, I think A Painted House is Grisham's best work. The innocence shown by Luke is really something. Grisham's way of describing things is superb. Everything is vivid, I think I actually can feel the exhaution from an afternoon's picking of cotton under the searing, hot sun.
A Time To Kill - Reaction So Far.
Here's my reaction on John Grisham's "A Time To Kill" after reading Chapters One to Twelve.
So far, there is no courtroom drama as tense and as exciting as the one Tom Robinson had in one of my favorite books, To Kill A Mockingbird. Well, I'm not expecting much, since I know for a fact that Grisham builds tension slowly, but surely. I'm not expecting the drama to occur soon, anyway, since if that was so, the story would end quickly.
Anyway, I didn't feel the feeling of tension, of anger much. The characters aren't that realistic in ways. Judge Bullard isn't the one to prolong trials, anyway. Carl Lee's blind rage wasn't that nice. The killing was sort of exaggerated. It was also quite morbid. Anyway, A Time to Kill isn't turning out to be the Grisham I've read in A Painted House or The Last Juror. But I'm waiting for the right chapter. I'm kinda annoyed of the Klans. Description was sort of vivid, which is real nice, but lacks the 'oomph'.
But so far, the plot is nice. I'd like to argue and be part of the jury myself.
So far, there is no courtroom drama as tense and as exciting as the one Tom Robinson had in one of my favorite books, To Kill A Mockingbird. Well, I'm not expecting much, since I know for a fact that Grisham builds tension slowly, but surely. I'm not expecting the drama to occur soon, anyway, since if that was so, the story would end quickly.
Anyway, I didn't feel the feeling of tension, of anger much. The characters aren't that realistic in ways. Judge Bullard isn't the one to prolong trials, anyway. Carl Lee's blind rage wasn't that nice. The killing was sort of exaggerated. It was also quite morbid. Anyway, A Time to Kill isn't turning out to be the Grisham I've read in A Painted House or The Last Juror. But I'm waiting for the right chapter. I'm kinda annoyed of the Klans. Description was sort of vivid, which is real nice, but lacks the 'oomph'.
But so far, the plot is nice. I'd like to argue and be part of the jury myself.
October 4, 2008
A Time To Kill - Expected Things
I got bored of American Gods after a few pages, since it lacks the Gaiman oomph (and the pages smelled horrible and dizzying). So I finished To Kill A Mockingbird (which is awesome, by the way). Now, I've decided to pick up A Time to Kill by John Grisham. I've read his novel, A Painted House, and it's really awesome. So I decided to pick up A Time to Kill. And now, here's my expectations of the novel.
Since Grisham is a known legal thriller writer, I'm expecting no more than trials and stuff. I'm almost halfway through the Last Juror, and I must say that it's enjoyable. I'm surprised, since I didn't expect novels with lawyers to be this nice. And since it's set in the rural areas, it's probably going to be nice, seeing that A Painted House is also in the rural area of Black Oak, Arkansas.
Since Grisham is a known legal thriller writer, I'm expecting no more than trials and stuff. I'm almost halfway through the Last Juror, and I must say that it's enjoyable. I'm surprised, since I didn't expect novels with lawyers to be this nice. And since it's set in the rural areas, it's probably going to be nice, seeing that A Painted House is also in the rural area of Black Oak, Arkansas.
October 1, 2008
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September 26, 2008
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