Books read and other media of note: (free Kindle books unless otherwise noted) |
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan. Another
satisfying mystery, told in a straightforward manner by the thief.
Instead of the Maltese Falcon, the McGuffin everyone wants is the
3 wise monkeys that see, hear, and speak no evil... The Dark Knight Rises (film) Although forever marred by association with the Colorado shootings, and more visceral in some of its scenes for the similar violence it portrays, this was a great movie... Touch by Elmore Leonard (paperback) I like Elmore Leonard for his snappy plots, sleasy con men and interesting situations. This older book of his stands out for being about a genuine faith healer and the riff raff that line up to score off him... It was not theological, just a plot driven by this "what if" notion... Amazing Spiderman 3D (film) Although the zipping above the streets scenes were good in 3D, the rest of it seemed to make nodding use of it... The acting and story were good, given that I, like the average film goer, don't have an obsessive memory of the first Spiderman series. The bad guy seemed to have a human dimension, on the Jekyll-Hyde theme... Back of Beyond by C J Box (genuine library hardback) This is a combined thiller/detective novel set in the modern West. Although the plot is convoluted and highly unlikely, Box manages to make sense of the senseless in the end, and keep the reader guessing and up late reading.. |
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