And now we come to the book-to-movie adaptation from one half of my inspiration for this series. Oh, John Green. I have such complicated feelings about you as an author. Excellent feelings about you as a human being, but as an author, just...complicated. This is also the only book on this year's movie list that… Continue reading I Read It First: Paper Towns
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I Read It First: The Longest Ride
What the hell do people see in Nicholas Sparks that keeps getting his pointless drivel turned into movies? I don't understand. It's not even good romance. He just throws poorly realized trauma-victim stereotypes at one another and mashes their faces together like a toddler playing with barbies. IT'S JUST NOT GOOD. Goddammit. Okay, let's get… Continue reading I Read It First: The Longest Ride
I Read It First: Kingsman: the Secret Service
And here we come to the only comic book in this series (unless I decide to do Fantastic Four at the last minute)! This one had me worried, because despite being a comic book that it took me two hours to read, people at the library were taking their sweet time working through it. It's… Continue reading I Read It First: Kingsman: the Secret Service
Drunk Movie Monday – Avalon High
Welcome to July and another installment of Drunk Movie Monday! On-time this month, because I am a responsible adult who can maintain schedules she sets for herself on her own blog. Occasionally. This month, we're tapping once more into the fruitful vaults of the Disney channel original movie genre, because it is a genre unto itself. I… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Avalon High
Fictional Real People
A couple months ago, I read The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Getting through it took quite a bit of effort, which was disappointing because it's the source material for one of the most interesting films I've ever seen: Adaptation.. I have mentioned Adaptation before, and like all dutiful book-lovers I try to read movie source material… Continue reading Fictional Real People
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