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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The Thematic Gravity of Death
Back when I was still in school, where I had to read Serious Texts and Think Seriously about them from a Serious Creative Viewpoint, I read a lot of books in which people died. Character death wasn't just popular--it was required. Once, in a short story class, I received the packet of required reading and my friend… Continue reading The Thematic Gravity of Death
Red Dog
What? A book review two weeks in a row? It's almost like this is actually a blog about writing and not just TV shows I like. Huzzah! Last week I read Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres, which might very well be one of the cutest books ever. It is super duper short--I was through it… Continue reading Red Dog
The Lost World
I read a book! You might not know it judging by how little I've written about them lately, but I'm pretty much constantly reading something (if you want to know what I'm reading right now, there's a goodreads widget on the bottom of my sidebar - let's be friends!). This time, the book I read… Continue reading The Lost World
Female vs. Male Narratives in Cloud Atlas
If you haven't read/seen Cloud Atlas, you've probably at least heard of it (but beware the SPOILERS). I wrote a review of the movie about 9 months ago, when it first came out (it's kind of a disaster, especially in the make-up department), and recently finished reading the book, which is far better than the film (though… Continue reading Female vs. Male Narratives in Cloud Atlas
M.M. Jordahl 