I check the charity book table at my local shop more in hope than expectation of finding anything I'd be interested in amongst the old cook books, mountains of Jeremy Clarkson drivel and biographies of disgraced celebrities, but today I was rewarded for my perseverance with these two schlocky '70s tomes! 🖤🧌💚💀❤️🧛🏻♀️💚🧟♀️🖤 😱😁
pickFun and quick read about the guys who made watching arguments entertaining. 👍🏼 I always enjoyed “Siskel & Ebert” — they were smart, sharp and opinionated. In this bio Siskel comes across as a jerk, though. 👎🏼 The “pranks” he played on Ebert behind the scenes weren‘t very funny — it sounds more like bullying to me. 😖 Thanks to @JoeMo and #AuldLangSpine for putting this one on my radar!
From another favorite movie of mine, The Birds.
The flapping of wings,
trapped like a bird in a cage;
predator now prey.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #TheBirds #Hitchcock #TippiHedren
Better day at work. The collection development librarian let me take first crack at taking any of the weeded books before putting them on the cart for patrons to take because he knows I‘m interested in film. Took the tagged because of the author - I still haven‘t seen Citizen Kane! (Perhaps it‘s time to fix that 😆)
pick(2019 Ed.) It's a fast and humorous love letter to horror films in the form of a handbook for readers who think they might be in a horror movie and wish to survive. I expect that it would appeal most to horror fans: others may not get the joke, mistake it for ridicule, or find that it wears out fast. But I dug it, and if you enjoyed the Scream series for its meta commentary, or Cabin in the Woods for any reason at all then you may too.
pickThis was such a fun coffee table book!
This book is just like the title suggests, good movies as old books. Essentially, movies turned into vintage book covers. The term “good movies” is subjective. The author states in his introduction, “These are films that made me laugh, cry, think, question, and celebrate” (pg. 7).
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/review-good-movies-as-old-books/
This week we celebrate the best in the books we read in the past year. It's time for the Book Oscars!! We debate fun categories such as best villain and best scene before announcing the winners for best book, best character, and best author. We love doing this episode!
Also, if you like upcoming book news we have a bit of that in the beginning. Thanks for listening and enjoy!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KJ5tQM00jZlX7zqZeVy2Q
I‘ve seen Toy Story 3, The Help, Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper, La La Land, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born, Joker, West Side Story, Elvis, Barbie.
I want to watch The Social Network, The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Martian, The Revenant, Get Out, Little Women, Sound Of Metal, Top Gun: Maverick (but I want to watch Top Gun first), Wicked (I‘ve only seen the musical).
#threelistthursday
#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #5 covering 2010-2024! LAST ONE! 🤩
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Suggestions for other lists? Comment below! 😍
Tagging some who've played before.
DebinHawaii, wanderinglynn, peaKnit, melissajayne, tpixie, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Leftcoastzen, shortsarahrose, Susanita, Blueberry, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, janreadsalot, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, JessClark78, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, Pogue, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, ImperfectCJ, Sparklemn, AnnCrystal
