Something you may not know about me: I love a good zombie movie. I realize that the slow-moving zombies are kind of silly, but there's something about the idea of regular people that you know and love becoming your greatest enemies that I find both chilling and sad. David Moody has a new book, Hater, which is a highly addictive, modern-day "zombie" tale. While not the traditional brain-eating monsters you might be used to, the "zombies" in this tale find themselves filled with a sudden fear of those around them, and the need to kill or be killed. Moody does an excellent job of building tension, and showing how easily the main characters can shrug off the growing violence. This is one of those books that plunged me directly into the action, and creeped me out more than once. The plot goes in an unexpected direction about 2/3 of the way through, and I believe I've heard that a sequel is already written.Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Goose Bumps on a Hot Summer Day
Something you may not know about me: I love a good zombie movie. I realize that the slow-moving zombies are kind of silly, but there's something about the idea of regular people that you know and love becoming your greatest enemies that I find both chilling and sad. David Moody has a new book, Hater, which is a highly addictive, modern-day "zombie" tale. While not the traditional brain-eating monsters you might be used to, the "zombies" in this tale find themselves filled with a sudden fear of those around them, and the need to kill or be killed. Moody does an excellent job of building tension, and showing how easily the main characters can shrug off the growing violence. This is one of those books that plunged me directly into the action, and creeped me out more than once. The plot goes in an unexpected direction about 2/3 of the way through, and I believe I've heard that a sequel is already written.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Book to Movie
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger has been made into a movie starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. It comes out in theaters on August 14th.
Friday, July 10, 2009
I took advantage of Bargain Night at the theater this week. My daughter and I saw Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. The movie portrays the lives and deaths of several infamous bank robbers of the 1930's, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and of course John Dillinger. The charismatic Dillinger and his gang are pursued by J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling police force of "young, strong, like-minded men" (creepy, I know). Christian Bale plays special agent Melvin Purvis, charged by Hoover to run Dillinger and his gang down. Dillinger's girlfriend, Billie, is played by Marion Cotillard. The movie is good, if a little long, and both Christian Bale and Johnny Depp play their parts with satisfying intensity. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.
If you'd like to learn more about John Dillinger and his gang, the movie website, www.publicenemies.net has interesting historical information on all the gang members and FBI agents involved. Or try, The Dillinger Days by John Toland in the biography section of the library.
LeAnne
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