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February 19, 2010
Monkey Laughs, episode three - "It wasn't that funny."
Wow, I am on a real Kids in the Hall kick lately. But can you blame me? Watch this and see.
I really relate to how insane this gets. I often blow things way out of proportion in my mind.
February 15, 2010
Monkey Droppings - Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
The Monkey travels to the depraved depths of modern London.Which is pretty damned depraved, as it turns out.
Ordinary Thunderstorms
by William Boyd (2009)
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock coined the now-famous term 'MacGuffin,' referring to that event that triggers a plot to propel itself forward. For Hitchcock, it was not important whether the audience believed in the MacGuffin or not, what mattered was that the characters believed it.
In Ordinary Thunderstorms, British writer William Boyd takes that...
February 12, 2010
Monkey Droppings - The Incident Report by Martha Baillie: "The unconjugated afternoon unfolded."
The Monkey discovers that libraries are far more romantic and mysterious places than he previously thought possible.
The Incident Report
by Martha Baillie (2009)
To label Martha Baillie's beguiling novel The Incident Report as being 'a book about the daily goings-ons in a library' does it a grave...A beautiful young man, whose large dark eyes seemed to be watching a movie the rest of us could not see, walked slowly up the Reference Desk and sat down in the chair intended for patrons with questions.
February 8, 2010
Monkey Laughs - episode two - "If I don't get a pizza here in ten minutes, I'm letting the monkeys loose!"
Another excuse to laugh, courtesy (again) of the Kids in the Hall.The Monkey is particularly pleased with this one. I think you'll understand why.
February 5, 2010
Monkey Droppings - Heaven is Small by Emily Schultz: "Moments after his death, an event he had failed to notice..."
The monkey contemplates death and what comes after.The monkey is not pleased, and vows to avoid the event if possible.
Heaven is Small
by Emily Schultz (2009)
To start off this review, I do not want in any way to get into some sort of discussion on the merits of Heaven as being an actual place. No one knows what Heaven really is, or if it exists in any form, so if the depiction of the ethereal plane we are about to discuss offends you as being inappropriate to your own understanding of the...
February 3, 2010
Monkey Laughs, episode one
As an object lesson in writers' block (yeah, this hits kind of close to the bone at the moment), I present for your entertainment a classic Kids in the Hall sketch sure to delight and amuse.
Enjoy, won't you?
Enjoy, won't you?
February 2, 2010
Critical Monkey! Update the 7th!
Man, what a month! Two disqualified entries, new reviews from four contestents, a newbie with three(!) reviews in one month, and a whole lotta pain and misery.
Bring it on!
Acceptance (seven reviews)
Depression (six reviews)
Anger (five reviews)
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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Roses of Glory by Mary Pershall
Spock's World by Diane Duane
A Texan's Honor by Leigh Greenwood
Star Wars: Rebel Dawn by A.C. Crispin
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer *ineligible for contention*
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January 29, 2010
Monkey droppings - Away from Everywhere by Chad Pelley
Today, the monkey weirds out on lingering family resentments.
Away from Everywhere
by Chad Pelley (2009)
Families are funny things, sometimes. Sure, we all rhapsodize about the strengths of familial bonds and the importance of community to your proper upbringing, but deep down inside, in those areas of the brain we rarely explore, there is always that hint of doubt, that niggling of uncertainty best left unspoken; If I wasn't related to these people, would I be friends with them? Would I even...
January 21, 2010
Paul Quarrington, 1953-2010
I apologize up front; this may be a rambling post.
For those you haven't heard, Canadian author (among many other careers) Paul Quarrington died this morning at the age of 56. He had been suffering from lung cancer for some time, but his passing was still a sudden blow.
I barely knew Paul. I met him in person only one time, at a reading in Winnipeg, but I found him a very warm and approachable man. He had read (and remembered) my complimentary review in the Winnipeg Free Press of his novel Galv...
For those you haven't heard, Canadian author (among many other careers) Paul Quarrington died this morning at the age of 56. He had been suffering from lung cancer for some time, but his passing was still a sudden blow.
I barely knew Paul. I met him in person only one time, at a reading in Winnipeg, but I found him a very warm and approachable man. He had read (and remembered) my complimentary review in the Winnipeg Free Press of his novel Galv...
January 18, 2010
Monkey droppings - The City & the City by China Miéville: "Nothing are still like the dead are still."
Today, the monkey tries to see two points of view at once.
My brain! MY BRAIN!!!
The City & The City
by China Miéville (2009)
I can't speak for everyone, of course, but...She turned her head and looked at me. I was struck by her motion, and I met her eyes. I wondered if she wanted to tell me something. In my glance I took in her clothes, her way of walking, of holding herself, and looking.
With a hard start, I realised that she was not on GunterStrász at all, and that I should not have seen her.
