false 26 151 149 true 5719043 read 2 true 4238709 currently-reading 0 true 4238708 to-read <![CDATA[new comment from Juliet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/243225-who-colorized-my-black-and-white-movie Juliet made a comment in the Second Wind Publishing group:

There aren't a lot of movies that are very satisfactory renderings of books, that's for sure. Even the glorious recent LOTR films changed, (in ways which didn't make sense to me)the original story, perhaps aiming for a stronger "dramatic" effect. Movies have to be simpler than books, because time is the deciding factor. Good characterization takes time and words--so you will see many movie with fascinating minor characters cut or reduced to simple stereotype. Do I prefer movies or books? Each has a place, but a movie is often simple entertainment, while a book may be far more than just something to amuse and pass time. A case in point for me is Perez-Reverte's "Club Dumas," which Polanski turned into a film called "The 9th Gate." I appreciated "The 9th Gate" and it did it's job which was to thrill and terrify and tell a heck of a good occult story, but the book, which it simplified greatly, is a work of great sophistication. There are shades of gray, and it ends with a host of philosophical and moral questions, rather than the satanic chuckle which ends the movie.

(And sort of re Claire's original question--although Turner has preserved an amazing film library, TT's colorization of b&w treasures was a disaster. We've even gone so far as to adjust our set to remove the color.) ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Juliet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/240586-library-books-or-new-books Juliet made a comment in the Second Wind Publishing group:

Mickey, yes, I love libraries. Maybe this is a function of age, but I used to adore getting books with my Mom. I remember reading through all the children's stuff, and then beginning to read what she took out.

The most splendidly Gothic Library near me is the PA State Library. The building is in terrible repair; rain sometimes drips on the top floor. There are open ironwork stair cases and a large research room into which you may look down if you are walking around and around in the stacks layered above--it's vertigo central. Despite that, the smell and feel of the books there is for me a hypnotic.

I've spent literally days of my life sitting on the floors of libraries, reading. I buy books, too, but tend only to buy books I'm going to use/re-read again and again. (I'm on my third copy of Robert Graves' "The White Goddess.")

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Juliet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/236266-stormy-weather-by-sherrie-hansen Juliet made a comment in the Second Wind Publishing group:

"Hand-me-Down Bride" has a tornado, too, as a defining moment. We do have them in PA, but not as frequently as we did in Ohio, where I was born. I've experienced some doozies out there, and was visiting during the Xenia tornado in '74. Nothing like it for clearing away all delusions of human self-importance. It reminds us that all we really have in the face of a great big and sometimes hostile universe is each other--our community, our neighbors, our family.
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Another knock-out literary murder mystery by Perez-Reverte, a compelling page turner from start to finish. (He's my favorite modern writer.) This mystery, set in the slippery and arcane world of international art dealers, wealthy afficianados, and talented specialists in art history and restoration, was satisfying from beginning to end. The solution was both ghastly and apt. I loved the well-drawn characters and setting, and the look at the inner workings of a rarified scene with which most of us will never be familiar. ]]> <![CDATA[Juliet added 'Cutter's Island: Caesar in Captivity']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77223909 to: Cutter's Island: Caesar in Captivity (Hardcover) by Vincent Panella
A beautifully constructed and written historical. The tale of Caesar in Captivity was not familiar to me, but it seems to have been a turning point in his young life. The author has recreated the episode with sophistication and absolute familiarity with the world in which his story is laid. A real jewel of a book. ]]> <![CDATA[Juliet is on page 22 of Painter of Battles ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77223595 Juliet is on page 22 of Painter of Battles ]]> <![CDATA[Juliet added 'Painter of Battles']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77223595 Painter of Battles (eBook) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Juliet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/232783-series-novels-what-sells-them Juliet made a comment in the Second Wind Publishing group:

Mysteries seem to lend themselves particularly to series, as you can have a clever sleuth character to solve a multitude of murders. I read a lot more series mysteries as a younger person, but the last ones I read for setting and detective were "Brother Cadfael," who launched the history/mystery genre, still growing by the minute. I find many to be simple and formulaic. I tend to follow authors, not characters. Lately, in the mystery genre, I've been reading Arturo Perez-Reverte who writes what might almost be called "literary mystery." His books are heady mixes of art, history, crooked antiquities dealers and daring thefts of ancient treasures which lead to murder(s). If the name is unfamiliar, his "The Club Dumas" was transformed into a stylish horror movie, "The 9th Gate."
]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Juliet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/225841-adding-memories-and-deleting-them Juliet made a comment in the Second Wind Publishing group:

OH rats--that's "would not" above... ]]>