My young adult fantasy novel, Two Moon Princess (Tanglewood Press), came out in paperback this week.Many adults I've mentioned this wish me good luck, but they don't even consider reading my book. They assume they wouldn't like it because it's marketed for young adults.This assumption baffles me. To say a book is Young adult (YA) means teens can read it, but that doesn't mean an adult cannot enjoy it too. Reading young adult [...]
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." This, the first sentence in the book The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley describes perfectly for me the mood of the Argentinean movie The Secret in Their Eyes.For one, it takes place in Argentina, a foreign country, literally. Because it was filmed in Spanish, has English subtitles. But the "foreign" quality of the film cannot be translated so easily. The formal way [...]
by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanThey say that Ernest Hemingway was asked by a fan to tell a story in as few words as possible. His answer was “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”.Following this lead, in 2006, Smith Magazine asked readers to write their memoirs in six words and send them to the magazine. Thousands of people answered the call, their answers providing enough material for four books, so far.The titles of the books are:Not [...]
by Carmen FerreiroAs The Secret of Kells starts, a wild eyed goose runs amok through fields and village, up and down the scaffold that frames the walls of the abbey, being chased enthusiastically by a red haired, blue eyed boy and four different sized friars."This won't hurt a bit," the boy says, when he finally catches the reluctant animal. And proceeds to pull four feathers from its tail.The feathers will be used by [...]
I watched the first episode of Life Unexpected back in January because the critic in the Philadelphia Inquirer insisted it was a family drama parents would not be embarrassed to watch with their teens. Always on the lookout for something to do with my daughter that does not include using my credit card, I took his advice. I'm glad I did. Life Unexpected not only has a most intriguing premise, it also has [...]
I don't like action films and didn't plan to watch The Terminator, the SF film with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character, thinking it was about a cyborg from the future, loose in 1984 LA in a killing spree.But when my friend Pilar rented it claiming it was a love story, I reluctantly watched it with her. And she was right. Yes, the pesky Terminator is there wrecking mayhem. He was sent by [...]
Directed by Stephan ElliottBased on Noël Coward's play Easy Virtue (1924)I changed my mind, what I really want for Mother's Day is the CD from the movie Easy Virtue.I loved the movie and as I researched the web today to write this review, I came across the soundtrack on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Virtue-Marius-Vries/dp/B001J36JN4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1273190570&sr=8-7#productPromotions).One of the wonders of this new age is that you can preview the songs right there on the Amazon site by clicking [...]
