Wednesday, October 15, 2014
MAZE RUNNER THE MOVIE
Maze Runner, the movie definitely lost something in translation. My son and husband were like this is Lord of the Flies meets the Goonies. I kept trying to tell them that this is not what the place looked like in the book. There were so many missing concepts, the code, the telepathy, the beetles, and the serum. My only comment UUUGGGHHH. No explanations left my family feeling lost. The ending totally different from the book, yikes.
Monday, October 13, 2014
1/4 through
I am currently 1/4 of the way through SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence. The thing I like about this book so far is that it is set in Nottinghamshire, where my daughter just finished a Masters Degree. I went to visit her twice and went to Sherwood Forest and saw the castle on the hill up from the train station. I even road the train from London to Nottingham and from Nottingham to York. It is know your surroundings while you read a book. My son, daughter and I even did a few pub crawls while in Nottingham. I keep hoping that he would mention some of the older pubs that we went to while we were there.
D.H. Lawrence went to the University of Nottingham though it was in another location and had a different name University College Nottingham. They hold a collection of his works. Again fun to be apart of history and recognize a location.
Being a mother I am intrigued by this book and again I am only 1/4 of the way through, but I have done some of the things that Mrs. Morel has done, like disapprove of a girl that my son has brought home. However, my son never once did what William did and criticize the girl and tell his mother that he hated the woman he was involved with. William I think was embarrassed by not only his family but his girlfriend, what person has not dealt with those emotions.
The father Morel is in a loveless marriage and it shows in how he treats everyone in the family. I know a person like this, he was a mean drunk and pity the fool who got in his line of sight. Many a times we had to intervene between my stepfather and mother. It is rare to have incite into a book when you have been in similar situations.
I am not sure where the book is going in regards to the relationship between Paul and his mom, but some of the passages make me wonder where D.H. Lawrence is heading. Paul certainly says things that seem awkward to me such as "I say, little woman, how lovely!" (pg. 437-kindle) and "Awfully! You ARE a fine little woman to go jaunting out with." (pg. 440). Neither of these things would I expect my son to say. Fine little woman, instead of mom, it is like he is going out with a girl. All around these two passages are flirtatious remarks.
Well, back to reading and hopefully some better understanding of the characters.
D.H. Lawrence went to the University of Nottingham though it was in another location and had a different name University College Nottingham. They hold a collection of his works. Again fun to be apart of history and recognize a location.
Being a mother I am intrigued by this book and again I am only 1/4 of the way through, but I have done some of the things that Mrs. Morel has done, like disapprove of a girl that my son has brought home. However, my son never once did what William did and criticize the girl and tell his mother that he hated the woman he was involved with. William I think was embarrassed by not only his family but his girlfriend, what person has not dealt with those emotions.
The father Morel is in a loveless marriage and it shows in how he treats everyone in the family. I know a person like this, he was a mean drunk and pity the fool who got in his line of sight. Many a times we had to intervene between my stepfather and mother. It is rare to have incite into a book when you have been in similar situations.
I am not sure where the book is going in regards to the relationship between Paul and his mom, but some of the passages make me wonder where D.H. Lawrence is heading. Paul certainly says things that seem awkward to me such as "I say, little woman, how lovely!" (pg. 437-kindle) and "Awfully! You ARE a fine little woman to go jaunting out with." (pg. 440). Neither of these things would I expect my son to say. Fine little woman, instead of mom, it is like he is going out with a girl. All around these two passages are flirtatious remarks.
Well, back to reading and hopefully some better understanding of the characters.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Calling Invisible Women-review
CALLING INVISIBLE WOMEN, by Jeanne Ray B\D\W\Y Broadway Books, New York, Random House copyright 2012 by Rosedog, LLC.
I thought I might just make this blank so that you would think the writing was invisible, to bad you cannot mimic the lemon water trick on the computer.
I suggested this book for book club back in January or February of 2014, I was feeling quite invisible when I read the first few pages I was hooked. But I did not read the book until October so that would be fresh in my mind for book club. The other lesser reason I picked the book is that I host book club right before Halloween, and who want a book about invisible women close to Halloween. I think both reasons paid off, because I finished the book and I think it works perfectly.
So the question is how would you feel if you became invisible in your household and nobody notices? While I was reading this book I had to laugh several times because it is so true. At breakfast my husband puts his head either into his paper or his computer before he goes to work, he will talk but seldom looks up, so would he notice? Also, there are many times, I am quietly reading or working and my husband or children will walk right past me calling for me, so did I become invisible?
I thought it was thought provoking which is one of my criteria for a book.
I also like some of the quotes:
From Irene the mother-in-law, "Invisibility can be an impediment or a power depending on what you decide to do with it." (pg. 89-90 on my I-pad)
I liked this because I thought what would I do if I were invisible, would I stay locked up in the house or would I go on an adventure? I would hope to be adventurous, finding problems and correcting them.
One of the things I would have done, if I had the power to be invisible in the book, would have been to remove the products that would have caused me to be invisible off the pharmacy shelves and not wait for the company to do it. That would have certainly made the reps sit up and take notice.
If you are feeling invisible and want a fun book that makes you think pick up this book.
I thought I might just make this blank so that you would think the writing was invisible, to bad you cannot mimic the lemon water trick on the computer.
I suggested this book for book club back in January or February of 2014, I was feeling quite invisible when I read the first few pages I was hooked. But I did not read the book until October so that would be fresh in my mind for book club. The other lesser reason I picked the book is that I host book club right before Halloween, and who want a book about invisible women close to Halloween. I think both reasons paid off, because I finished the book and I think it works perfectly.
So the question is how would you feel if you became invisible in your household and nobody notices? While I was reading this book I had to laugh several times because it is so true. At breakfast my husband puts his head either into his paper or his computer before he goes to work, he will talk but seldom looks up, so would he notice? Also, there are many times, I am quietly reading or working and my husband or children will walk right past me calling for me, so did I become invisible?
I thought it was thought provoking which is one of my criteria for a book.
I also like some of the quotes:
From Irene the mother-in-law, "Invisibility can be an impediment or a power depending on what you decide to do with it." (pg. 89-90 on my I-pad)
I liked this because I thought what would I do if I were invisible, would I stay locked up in the house or would I go on an adventure? I would hope to be adventurous, finding problems and correcting them.
One of the things I would have done, if I had the power to be invisible in the book, would have been to remove the products that would have caused me to be invisible off the pharmacy shelves and not wait for the company to do it. That would have certainly made the reps sit up and take notice.
If you are feeling invisible and want a fun book that makes you think pick up this book.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Gone Girl the Movie
STOP: SPOILER ALERT
If you have not read the book and plan to do not read this blog. If you have not seen the movie and plan to, you may not want to read the blog.
Wow, yesterday I went to this movie with my husband. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2583211289
I kept telling him it was a dark book, but he had been intrigued by the trailers for the movie. He has told me now that he is going to remove all box cutters from the premises. Through out the movie theater there was an audible intake of breath on several parts, when they realized he had been set up, when she uses the hammer to sock herself in the face and when she uses the box cutter. They do not mess around with the graphic detail. Rosamund Pike plays a great psychopath, I would not want to cross her., Of course, the book talks more on the details of the past males she manipulated and especially her box cutter friend.
The one thing the movie and book did was make me look crimes in a new light. Sometimes there is more to a case and we sometimes overlook something, because it does not fit into a nice neat package. History has proven many times, that people stop looking for a criminal when someone else fits so nicely in the box. This does not happen too many times, but it makes you wonder about the hype of the media in skewering the wrong person, because it is too easy. Once you find out who the real culprit is you feel a great disdain for the media. Well done producers and directors.
If you have not read the book and plan to do not read this blog. If you have not seen the movie and plan to, you may not want to read the blog.
Wow, yesterday I went to this movie with my husband. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2583211289
I kept telling him it was a dark book, but he had been intrigued by the trailers for the movie. He has told me now that he is going to remove all box cutters from the premises. Through out the movie theater there was an audible intake of breath on several parts, when they realized he had been set up, when she uses the hammer to sock herself in the face and when she uses the box cutter. They do not mess around with the graphic detail. Rosamund Pike plays a great psychopath, I would not want to cross her., Of course, the book talks more on the details of the past males she manipulated and especially her box cutter friend.
The one thing the movie and book did was make me look crimes in a new light. Sometimes there is more to a case and we sometimes overlook something, because it does not fit into a nice neat package. History has proven many times, that people stop looking for a criminal when someone else fits so nicely in the box. This does not happen too many times, but it makes you wonder about the hype of the media in skewering the wrong person, because it is too easy. Once you find out who the real culprit is you feel a great disdain for the media. Well done producers and directors.
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