Carol/Bonadie's comments
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Carol/Bonadie's comments from the Book Nook Cafe group.
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I just bought tickets to the Metropolitan Opera rebroadcast of Carmen that shows in my local movie theater, in February. Woo-hoo!
madrano wrote: "So, DH may, indeed, be getting this book, too. Won't he be surprised? And he'll owe it all to you...."
Oh, I hope he does! It would be a great story to recount if we ever meet.
madrano wrote: "We always had dark gravy with our turkey but i thought it came from making the sauce with giblets. However, as noted above, Kitchen Bouquet was always in the pantry, so maybe not. ..."I am not the Gravy Queen by any stretch of the imagination but I thought the darkness of gravy came from how brown you got the flour/meat drippings mixture that you start with before you add water to get the consistency you want. My dad made turkey gravy on Thursday, without any of the additives mentioned above, and it turned out to be the brownest we've ever gotten with turkey drippings, a dark dark brown color.
madrano wrote: "Good question. While i can see the problem with the steady diet of this sort of film, when it outshines others, as i've been told PRECIOUS does, then i won't fault a system which presents it to the public. However, i am not African American so my slant comes from a different perspective...."Deborah, I'm willing to bet that even among my fellow AAs you will find a diversity of opinion on the issue of whether negative portrayals of this type of circumstance in the AA community should be squelched. For me it depends entirely on whether this is the only, or the majority, depiction of AA life in the movies, which I think in this day and time it is not. But I think the debate is great, because it reminds those who might be tempted to think this is the reigning image that there are many, many positive stories in the AA world.
Donna in Southern Maryland wrote: "Forgive me for starting a whole new thread for this, but those Book Nookers who have been with me for this journey over the last several years will inndulge me.DH is flying out to AZ on Thurs..."
Donna, I'm sorry for Charlie's bump in the road regarding his GF (what has she been thinking!!) but I'm thrilled for you that he is coming home, and thrilled for him that he has a loving home to come to. He has much to be proud of, and I know he will use this opportunity to propel himself forward.
And you can tell him that his Book Nook Aunties are rooting for him all the way.
Please keep us posted, and thanks for sharing your news.
madrano wrote: "Thanks for that info, Carol. I try to buy a sports-related bio for DH each Christmas. Looks like this year it'll be this one.deborah"
Well, now, Deborah, if you could find it in your budget to buy two, I would suggest you consider When the Game Was Ours by Boston Globe sportswriter Jackie MacMullan. She was recruited by Magic and Larry Bird to co-write their stories, and by all accounts it's a wonderful read about their rivalry from college on and ultimately, the tight friendship they developed over the years. The interviews I've heard with her have been riveting, including recounting how Bird heard about Magic's positive HIV diagnosis and how he responded.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I should add this to MY Christmas List!!!
Alias Reader wrote: "Let us know your thoughts on Precious."
I liked it more than I thought I would. Some very tough subject matter, but, if I can go all cliche-y on you, the humanity of the character, and everyone around her, even the bad people, came through loud and clear and made it riveting. Some powerful acting there.
There are some interesting disucssions going on in the blogosphere about two movies out at the same time where the African American main character from dire circumstances gets "rescued" and about whether or not it's apropriate to have yet one more film about an African American woman who has been brutalized. I can see both sides on that one, but I think authentic stories have to be told.
Alias Reader wrote: "Anyway, I saw on the news...are you ready for this...they are infested with bed bugs! I don't know how this happened. It sure is gross. ..."Oh I think I'm going to be sick....
Alias Reader wrote: "Have you or anyone here read any of her books or a bio that they would recommend?..."
No, A, haven't read anything of hers. Not the sort of thing I'd read, I read little nonfiction except that which I read with my Dad, which is why BookTV is such a treat.
Speaking of which, a friend of a friend, Wil Haygood, is going to be on CSPAN2 at 10pm EST discussing his latest book, "Sweet Thunder" a bio of Sugar Ray Robinson. I attended a booksigning of his here in Boston a few weeks ago and bought a copy of the book.
Alias Reader wrote: "Jane Goodall, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink ..."Jane Goodall was on Bill Moyers' show this evening. What a remarkable woman she is.
madrano wrote: "This reminds me to ask here if anyone else is watching "At the Movies" this year? We've watched it since the beginning in the mid '70s when Siskel & Ebert were on PBS with it. The changes have been fun & frustrating...."
Deborah, I've been watching At the Movies since the Siskel and Ebert PBS days as well. So sad what happened to the both of them. I watched the "auditions" Richard Roeper had for Ebert's replacement and was disappointed at his final choice. I thought there were much more interesting options. Then all of a sudden he was gone. I guess there was a contract negotiation issue. I didn't like Lyons and the other guy for the longest time, and was just getting used to them when they were gone as well. I find the current guys okay, they each auditioned for the replacement spot earlier so I was used to them but not overly impressed. At least they don't get in the way of the review, like the other guys did.
JoAnn/QuAppelle wrote: "I think the studios make a big mistake in previews when they wait until the very end to reveal the name of the movie. It makes me crazy. ..."
My complaint about the previews is that they reveal almost every single plot twist in the movie, so it leaves little mystery as to where the movie will go and where it will end up. Like the previews for Blindside laid out all the plot points.
Alias Reader wrote: "the previews were so loud...don't laugh...I had to put my fingers in my ears. I could do without the previews, too. The preview for 2012 was nuts. It was too loud and the end of the world visuals were overwhelming and over the top. ..."Alias, I have long thought the previews were too loud for me. My only consolation was that I believed they were pumped up and then the sound lowered for the feature. Many times I will put my iPod ear buds in until the feature comes on. Then I went to see the Will Smith movie where he is one of a handful people left on the planet. It was soooooooo loud, and also so suspenseful, that I wore my ear buds through the entire movie.
JoAnn/QuAppelle wrote: "I am looking forward to seeing Blind Side, the story of Michael Oher, who plays for the Baltimore Ravens. I heard that Sandra Bullock is very good, and the story is so heartwarming...."I tried to take my Dad to a late afternoon matinee of this but it was sold out. Good for the movie, bad for me. I'll probably go next weekend; tomorrow it's Precious.
Alias Reader wrote: "Would I recommend it? It depends. It is a very sad movie and it deals with very difficult topics ..."I'm planning on going with my best friend tomorrow. I wasn't planning too, as the subject manner was too grim, but now that I know most of the plot points (I think) I can manage it, and I've heard the acting is phenomenal.
Mary wrote: "I hate going to the theatre anymore, the one closest to our house (still a 30 min. drive) is a nightmare. Talking, yelling, using cell phones, bringing tiny infants, fighting, you name it. The very worst of human behavior...."
That is disgusting, Mary. People should know better. I'm lucky to live in an area that is teeming with movie theaters so I can avoid the ones that are skanky (dirty floors, crude patrons). Harder to avoid the rude people, but even they pace themselves.
Donna in Southern Maryland wrote: "Well, here I stand, twirling, holding my dress out on one side, smiling. Hoping Carol will do whatEVER she needs to do to come and play with us more often! <big grin> ..."
You know I will, Donna! But if my responses are limited to the minimal-post topics, you'll know why! ;-)
Donna in Southern Maryland wrote: "Carol, I'll teach you a little secret. If there's a thread that you KNOW you are no going to read --for me it's Top Chef -- if you click on that and open it, then close it, it won't keep showing up..."Donna, yes, I know how to mark a thread read, and I do that routinely with threads I'm never going to read, like the reality shows. My problem is threads where I DO want to read them, but would rather read 10 or 20 at a time because I don't feel like spending the time to read 50 or 100 posts. (and I think in your post you meant marking UNREAD will show the posts in that thread as NEW)
Anastasia wrote: "Hi,I am reading the first book 'Dead until Dark' and I must say that it's pretty good, I can't put it down.(haven't seen the tv series though)
If you have read this or the others what are y..."
Hi Anastasia,
Welcome to the BNC group! I haven't read the series, but am putting it on my list. I saw Charlayne Harris at a book conference a few years ago and she was a hoot, talked about the series and the TV show.
I know my BNC friends won't mind if I also recommend you to the M/T Reading Friends Group for this question. There are a few readers of the Sookie Stackhouse series there.
Donna in Southern Maryland wrote: "Carol, glad to see you back here! Glad you wrote out that scene from Tootsie; I love that movie. Don't be a stranger. :o) "Thanks, Donna. I'm trying to chime in where I can after an absence. It's not so easy with GR because there are threads with 50 or more new posts, and you have to commit to reading them or skipping them. Not like AOL where you can launch into the middle and go back and read unread posts later.
