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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

3-2-1 Chapter Review for Anyone But Him







3-2-1 Chapter Review for Anyone But Him by Sheila O'Flanagan.


A widowed mother meets a man old enough to be her son, much to the detriment of her two daughters.


I passed over this book for a few other choices in the local Greek library, but finally it made it to 'best option'. It would have got there a lot sooner if I'd read it before (yes I know - egg before the chicken and all that jazz!). I found Anyone But Him to be right on the outside edge of chick lit, well written and difficult to put down. So here's my 3-2-1 Chapter One Review.


The Good - Andie touches the necklace just gifted to her by her lover, Tom at a moment when she's feeling particularly nervous and you can almost feel Andie gather strength and confidence from it.


The Good - The characters are all very humanised, something to like and dislike about all of them, which is how it should be.


The Good - Andie is attending her shared birthday party and Sheila O'Flanagan sets us up with a lovely little mystery as to why Tom isn't attending too, as they are so obviously in love.


The Bad - Walks across a lawn in posh dress and her posh sandals sink in the mud and she arrives at the door covered in muddy shoes then doesn't go to clean them. I fully recognise I would probably be the only person anal enough to be bothered by this fact.


The Bad - Two small bad for the price of one; I think the agreed spoon gifting was a little overworked and the term 'oneupmanship' was used three times... in one chapter... hmmm!


The Beautiful - 'She wondered if it was actually possible to be the sort of person you knew you should be, or whether everyone's efforts were doomed to failure.'

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Director Dolly Tarantino



the DIRECTOR DOLLY














NameQuentin Tarantino - QT to friends 
Quirk: Dubbed as 'Director DJ' as he mixes genres 
Born: 1963 
FromKnoxville, TN     Raised: California    Lives: California 
Studied: Acting - did not go to film school but watched bucket loads of films. 
Career Advice: Take the money for film school and use it to make your own movie. 


A Few Fave Movies: 
Rio Bravo - Howard Hawks 
Battle Royale - Kinji Fukasako 
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese 
Blow Out - Brian De Palma 

On The Map Movie: 
Reservoir Dogs - Sundance Film Festival, 1992 

And The Rest: 
My Best Friend's Birthday (short) / Pulp Fiction / From Dusk Till Dawn / Jackie Brown / Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 (& 3 in the near future) / Death Proof / Inglourious Basterds / Django Unchained 

Pennies Worth: 
Jackie Brown was actually my first Tarantino movie and it was the twisted plotting that got me hooked. (no surprises there!) Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 are my absolute favourite films. I have finally stopped performing the Five-Point-Palm-Exploding-Heart-Technique on my family and friends. 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

'Tis Decided.

I want to be a film maker.
I want to write them.
I want to direct them.
I want to make them.
Done.

So watch out for the Director Dolly giving a snapshot of directors current, past and future. First in the line up, my personal favourite Quentin Tarantino.