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March 21, 2012
The Thing
Monsters Blog #10
Why the dogs?? Why?
If I hadn't been obligated to watch this movie, it would have gotten turned off immediately. Involving the dogs crosses my line of tolerance.
Yet, I watched it. I had been warned that the movie was gross, which I'm grateful for, because I think that allowed me to put up the necessary filters in my brain to get through this movie. The plot is fairly simple: researchers in Antarctica find alien thing, it tries to do whatever it is it wants to do, they...
March 16, 2012
The Wolfman
Monsters blog #9
The first few pages of this book didn't give me much hope. I had never read a novelization of a movie before–mostly because I prefer to experience a story in whatever medium it was originally meant to be in. I've learned over the years to be forgiving of movies based on my favorite books, knowing that what works on the page doesn't always translate well to visuals and so occasionally things need to be changed. With that in mind, I went into this book. The first scene...
March 7, 2012
Alien
Monsters Blog #8
I think I went into this movie with an odd disadvantage. I'd never seen it before. Never. I know, everyone's seen it. But not me. Today was my first time. However, I have grown up in a culture that references this movie ALL THE TIME. And it is from that which my disadvantage stems.
I may have never seen Alien before, but I know what it is. That creature with the two mouths. I've seen it on Family Guy, with a silly high pitched voice and humorous dialogue. That thing b...
March 2, 2012
World War Z
Monsters blog #7
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to write about this book. There's so much here that I'm convinced I'm going to forget things as I keep reading. As such, I am writing this blog in two parts. Yes, I could just draft and add, etc, but I think the point that this book is so intricate that I need to collect my thoughts as I go is important. So, two parts it is.
PART ONE
My initial thought when I started reading this book was "Wow." Max Brooks had put...
February 22, 2012
The Yattering and Jack
Monsters Blog # 6 (Updated)
Oh, this poor creature. And that stupid jerk knows!
This story is so, so different from the last story we read by Clive Barker–Rawhead Rex. This story is . . . tragically comical. The Yattering is a lesser demon charge with the task of tormenting and creating madness in a very banal man who's mother never followed through on her Hellish bargain. But Jack just can't be broken, and instead The Yattering is the one being tormented, and his master, Beelzebub, will ...
February 15, 2012
30 Days of Night
Monsters blog #5
I remember when the movie came out, and I saw pieces of it, and I have heard of this graphic novel before this, but let me just say that when I saw the introduction from Mr. Clive Barker on the first page, I decided to alter my expectations. (After seeing what Barker likes in his own writing, and learning a bit about him outside his writing…yeah.)
I also have to point out, that as an avid reader of manga, reading this graphic novel left to right was…disconcerting and odd. ...
February 8, 2012
Rawhead Rex
So, this story is my introduction to Clive Barker, whose name I have heard thrown around ever since I entered the professional writing community. And I must say, I like.
Down to this particular story. I love the beginning. I love the idea of the invasion of the tourists! Run and hide! As a native of Connecticut, where the New Yorkers come to breathe a bit of fresh air and occassionally drive very slowly down my country roads on Sunday, I know exactly what this feels like. And, like the Z...
February 2, 2012
Breeding Ground
Monsters blog #3
From page 105 to 106 of the kindle version, it made reference to Doctor Who.
That was my favorite part.
But now to the important stuff.
I'm going to keep my comments mostly to my thoughts about the "monster" of this book as its own entity, mostly because I don't generally believe in saying negative things about books on the internet where all can see. I'm sure there are people who greatly enjoyed this novel–Sara Pinborough certainly knows how to construct a sentence, and from w...
January 29, 2012
Cover Art!
It's finally here! And I am so excited to show it to everyone. ^_^
Eternal Shadows, to be released February 14th (ebook). (Print will follow soon after)
And here's the back cover, blurb and all!
January 22, 2012
The Funeral
The second of my Monsters blogs…
OMG. (Yes, omg) I loved this story.
Loved it. It was freaking awesome. A fantastic surprise. One of the most fun things I've read in a long time. Richard Matheson won my love here. After reading I Am Legend–which had its good points, I'm not saying that it didn't–I was trying to think of people I could give the book away to so I didn't have to possess it any longer.
No more. I will now keep this book solely for the ten pages of awesomeness that is The...
