Books Read & Films Watched during February

Books Read

The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark
Gloriana, or the Unfulfill'd Queen - Michael Moorcock
The Vinland Sagas (Graenlendinga Saga & Eirik's Saga)
The Persistence of Vision - John Varley

I've joined the 50bookchallenge, which as you might guess, is a challenge to read 50 books during 2003. As I've been posting reviews of the books I've read there, I decided to include them in my monthly books summary here as well. ( Read more... )

Cinema Trips

About Schmidt
I cannot believe that anyone would choose to have a waterbed! It may just be due to being extremely prone to travel-sickness and tending to wake up with a stiff back in the morning if I'm not on a firm mattress, but I can't stand the thought of sleeping on one.
Oh and Jack Nicholson was very good, if very un-Jacklike. The cinema was filled with roars of laughter.

Catch Me If You Can
Was also very funny. LdeC was more endearing than I usually find him.

Chicago
For the second time.

Two Weeks Notice
Funny, but that's enough romantic comedies for me for a while.

Final Destination 2
OK, but nothing new after the first film. The protagonists' explanation for what was going on did not make sense, but I guess that's because they didn't understand Death's plan as well as they thought!

DareDevil
I was subtly disappointed in Daredevil. ( Read more... )