Responsibility and Consequences
“I will not desert you! I will protect you by every means in my power, dearest love, whatever you may have done or not have done!” (p.386)
Oh Mr. Hardy, must the female protagonist always die?
In the case of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the answer is a yes. But not before struggling for her [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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Where Angels Fear to Tread: Heaven’s Gate and the Sinking of United Artists
Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the making of Heaven’s Gate, the film that sank United Artists
Looking to prevent your movie from becoming a runaway production? Read Final Cut by Steven Bach and you will learn a great many lessons [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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"Because there was some doubt about Riel’s sanity, I delayed the execution until November 16th and had him examined by three doctors. They all agreed that he was NOT crazy." - John A. MacDonald
I haven’t had the opportunity to read many graphic novels published in Canada or North America for that matter. Majority [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Ehren
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But I wasn’t born Republican. It’s not genetic. Believe me–I’m familiar with genetics. I have McMurphy, the eight-hundred-pound gorilla I carry in my DNA, a total loose cannon rolling around my personality.
Born to Rock is Gordon Korman’s most recent creation and unleashes a relatively fast-paced coming-of-age adventure focusing on the Leo Caraway, a “to-be” graduate [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Ehren
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Each time I put my weight on a fresh dagger, my heart went into my mouth.
I was in grade 8 when I first read Cue for Treason, which was assigned by my English teacher. While I rarely put any effort into doing the homework, and on occasion not completing the work at all, I read [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Ehren
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Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Wasting Candles
"Thus, in the midst of the mud and at the heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery." (p.18)
Those with a penchant for reading about the dark underbelly of Victorian London need go no farther than Charles Dickens Bleak House. Bleak House is [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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People You Once Knew
“I sit at the bottom of sleep, As on the floor of the sea. And fanciful Citizens of the Deep Are graciously greeting me.” (68)
I always find short stories to be somewhat depressing. They are short bursts of reality. A melancholic photograph of a life. Despite the sadness that is always a [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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"Wonderful music like this was the worst hurt there could be. The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen." (p.143)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a book about people. It is a book filled with characters that captivate and enchants the reader from the first page until [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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"Banana’s rarely acknowledged each other’s existence, and when we did, the sniping and back-stabbing and incessant questioning was ridiculous. We were a ragtag collection of militants, intellectuals, mama’s boys, capitalists, whitewashed sellouts. Why bother even trying? I have no use for a ‘pile of sand.’" – Rick
One of my many favourite quotes from Banana Boys [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Ehren
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