Books & Films / August 2004

This month's must read book is "Cold Comfort Farm".
This month's must see movie is "Before Sunset".

Books Read

The Jesus Mysteries - Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy
Surfacing - Margaret Atwood
Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
With Nails - Richard E. Grant
Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
Jeeves in the Offing - P.G. Wodehouse
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Lizard - Banana Yoshimoto
The Player of Games - Iain M Banks
Fireworks - Angela Carter
Momo - Michael Ende
Something Fresh - PG Wodehouse
Summer Lightning - PG Wodehouse
Heavy Weather - PG Wodehouse

Here is my August reviews post to 50bookchallenge.


Cinema Trips

13 Going On 30
Before Sunset
New York Minute

Film Reviews

"13 Going On 30"
I thought this was a very sweet film, mainly because of Jennifer Garner.

"Before Sunset"
I saw "Before Sunrise" when it came out, but that was 9 years ago, so I couldn't remember much about it. Having seen the follow-up, I'd now like to see the original film again. In the follow-up, Jesse is in Paris promoting a book based on their first encounter. Celine turns up at the book shop having seen a poster advertising the talk and they only have a short time before Jesse has to fly back to the States. It's a short film, only 1 hour 20 minutes, and takes place in real time, as they walk through Paris discussing the book, their careers, the state of the world and why they didn't meet up in Vienna as they had promised, before moving on to the subject of their love lives. I usually think of myself as a cynic, but I guess I must be a romantic at heart, because given the way Jesse smiles at the end of the film . . .

"New York Minute"
Mary-Kate and Ashley play twins who tangle with the Triads and repair their damaged relationship. My only excuse for seeing this movie is that I was on a ferry and it passed an hour and a half.