Blogs about: Clever Dialogue
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Jennifer D. wrote 5 months ago: This is the story of the end of the world, or at least the end of the planet Earth. The Vogons, a ( … more »
Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman
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Neil wrote 5 months ago: There’s a reason nobody recognizes that Clark Kent is Superman, and it’s not the powerf … more »
My Desperate Love Diary by Liz Rettig
Morag wrote 6 months ago: If you are looking for a light, very funny Chick Lit read, you may want to give Liz Rettig a try wit … more »
Waking Ned Devine
Janet wrote 6 months ago: Can you imagine a worse twist of fate than winning big on the lottery only to drop dead with the sho … more »
The Full Monty
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Janet wrote 6 months ago: A movie about six unemployed steel workers, set in the depressed industrial north of England, doesn … more »
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard
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Jennifer D. wrote 7 months ago: If you’ve read Hamlet, you should read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. It is a play within … more »
Much Ado about Nothing, by William Shakespeare
Jennifer D. wrote 7 months ago: Well, it was inevitable. Any list of plays must feature something by Shakespeare. Even if the list w … more »
Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Jennifer D. wrote 8 months ago: Did you ever wonder what happened to fairy tale characters after “They lived happily ever after” … more »
1776: a Musical Play, by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
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Jennifer D. wrote 8 months ago: This week I’ll be featuring plays for my blog entries. When possible, I will include not only a l … more »
One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis
Barry wrote 10 months ago: The setting here is Rome in the 1st century CE. Vespasian is emperor, and making his way as best he … more »
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett
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Jessica wrote 10 months ago: It boggles the mind that no one has yet written on this blog about Discworld, but since none of the … more »
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon
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Andrew wrote 12 months ago: Michael Chabon has created an inspired setting for one of the most noir books I’ve read in a long … more »
The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer
Penelope wrote 1 year ago: I do not doubt that Jane Austen would have disapproved excessively of Sophia Stanton-Lacy, who keeps … more »
Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld
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Charlotte wrote 1 year ago: First, forget the yellow marshmallowy creations; those aren’t the Peeps we’re talking about. Wes … more »
Deal Breaker, by Harlan Coben
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Jessica wrote 1 year ago: Harlan Coben has made a name for himself as one of the hottest thriller-writers around. We’re not … more »
Stranger Than Fiction
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: For a change of pace, here’s a film review, although the movie in question does revolve around fic … more »
Green Grass, Running Water, by Thomas King
Charlotte wrote 1 year ago: In this magical-realist crazy quilt of a novel, four very old Indians, escapees from an institution, … more »
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers
jinker wrote 1 year ago: I love those Golden Age mysteries! I particularly love Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey series because sh … more »
Crossing California, by Adam Langer
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Does any time in life compare to the years when one is coming of age? An adolescent’s capacity for … more »
