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August 1 2008: Reviews In Ten Words: July 2008

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Non-Fiction

  1. Alex Boese - Hippo Eats Dwarf (A Field Guide To Hoaxes And Other B.S.): Details common modern scams, playing havoc with existing belief systems.
  2. Editors & Dean Christopher - Discover’s 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Everything: Excellent one paragraph factoids suitable for instigating dinner party conversation.
  3. Daniel Gottlieb - Letters To Sam: Tear-jerking letters from grandfather to grandson, both with ‘differences’.
  4. Ian Kelly - Cooking For Kings (The Life of Antonin Careme, the first celebrity chef): Complete with easy-to-follow contemporary recipes, study of history of gastronomy.
  5. Wendy Northcutt - The Darwin Awards II (Unnatural Selection: More bizarre true stories of how dumb humans met their maker): Hilarious tales of idiots sacrificing themselves to Social Darwinism theory.
  6. Steven D. Price - 1001 Funniest Things Ever Said: Seemingly drawn entirely out of online databases of amusing quotes.
  7. Gordon Ramsay - Humble Pie A true life manual. The man, his brashness, his determination.

Fiction

  1. V.C. Andrews - Secrets in the Shadows: Rife with teenage romantic angst, like all other Andrews novels.
  2. Louise Candlish - The Double Life of Anna Day: Reminder that it’s never worth sacrificing true self for partner.
  3. Susan Holloway Scott - Duchess, A Novel of Sarah Churchill: Interesting re-imagining of a rarity - an influential common-born woman.
  4. Susan Holloway Scott - Royal Harlot, A Novel of the Countess of Castlemaine and King Charles II: Not as strong as her debut novel, though very salacious.
  5. Fidelis Morgan - Fortune’s Slave: Easy blending of history and fiction in case of whodunnit.
  6. Rosa Mundi - Vocational Girl: Exploration of bipolarity, leaves reader confused as to who’s real.
  7. Kathleen O’Reilly - The Diva’s Guide To Selling Your Soul: Believable ten step program to becoming the Devil’s favourite acolyte.
  8. James Pearson - James Bond, The Authorised Biography: What if the sexiest spy alive was a real person?
  9. Eirin Thompson - The Undercover Mother: Diary-style ramblings in style of BJD, devoid of personal pronouns.

Movies

  1. The Dark Knight (2008): Just as amazing as everyone’s saying. Sheer poetry on screen.
  2. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Widely acknowledged as one of the better Bond films. Agreed.
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): Ford, Connery, Nazis, and an elusive cup = rollicking family fun.
  4. Thunderball (1965): Amusingly cliched, like all Bonds. Babes, bombs, and apocalypses galore.

3 Responses to “Reviews In Ten Words: July 2008”

  1. I adore Virginia Andrew novels, her books always give me goose bumps.

    The Dark Knight, oh it was just mind blowing.

    Belinda on August 1 2008 #

  2. I liked The Dark Knight; the good acting was definitely NOT limited to Heath Ledger — Gordon and Two Face were also great. I found the movie to be a tad long, though… that’s my only complaint :P

    Robmarie on August 2 2008 #

  3. I really want to see TDK but lately I’ve noticed that I don’t have the patience to watch a long movie, let alone sit in a cramped movie theatre for hours. :P

    Yara on August 2 2008 #

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