Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
First Lines: The Journals of Captain Cook
[1768]
Friday May 27th to Friday 29th. Moderate and fair weather, at 11 am hoisted the Pedant and took charge of the Ship agreeable to my Commission of the 25th Instant, She lying in the Bason in Deptford Yard.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
First Lines: Irene Nemirovsky - The Wine of Solitude
In the part of the world where Helene Karol was born, dusk began with a thick cloud of dust that swirled slowly in the air before drifting to the ground, bringing the damp night with it:
New Stuff: Noruwei no mori
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
First Lines: Anne Enright - The Gathering
I would like to write down what happened in my grandmother's house the summer I was eight or nine, but I am not sure if it really did happen.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
The classic Victorian detective downgraded to contemporary cinema blockbuster standards; the sets are quite spectacular, though.
Oxygen (1999)
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini.
Psychological thriller based more on character than on action, but slightly overdoes it with the protagonists' mental disorders.