Dare MeAuthor: Megan AbbottKarpman Drama Triangle... the Victim is not really as helpless as he feels, the Rescuer is not really helping, and the Persecutor does not really have a valid complaint.After The End of Everything, Abbott had to up her ante. And she did.Dare Me, seemingly about teenage girls with no parental presence trying to control their only world, cheerleading, relies on taut psychological theory to sustain Abbott’s Lost Girls. Actually, everyone is lost in Dare Me, for there is ... continue reading...
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Music Reviews: Maestro Classics ~Swan Lake
The Story of Swan LakeStory and Music CD for ChildrenMusic by TchaikovskyLondon Philharmonic Orchestra“Once upon a time, long, long ago, when magic was a respected art…” So starts Maestro Classics’ story of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky’s music swells, entrances, spills onto your lap and the Grand Waltz envisions princes and princesses swirling and whirling in the Palace ballroom….once upon a time, and a long time ago. “It was a magnificent ballroom, everyone in their finest, ladies ... continue reading...
Book Reviews: The Ice Cream Girls
The Ice Cream GirlsAuthor: Dorothy KoomsonDorothy Koomson spins a tale that reads cogently and originally, and that startles in its intelligent demeanor. The tale is an old one – girls sexually, physically and emotionally abused who act out on their terror – and yet Koomson doesn’t follow the script. The Ice Cream girls demands an all nighter – one of those novels that read so true that we linger after midnight to finish and savor the characters into our dreams, and nightmares.Serena Gorringe, ... continue reading...
DVD Reviews: Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] When I completed the first episode of this show I felt overwhelmed! There was so much to take in and understand. The language, names and places were impossible to keep strait. Fortunately this show deserves more than one episode. This show deserves as many episodes as it damn well pleases. It is complex, multi-layered, surreal, vibrant, imaginative and it draws your eye in to the surprising level of detail, from the sweeping vistas, to ... continue reading...
Guest Post: The Boy Who Loved Batman
Excitement about the newest Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is already revved up for its July 20th premiere. Details about the Warner Brothers film starring Christian Bale as Batman and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman are cloaked in secrecy. But executive producer and diehard Batman fan Michael Uslan knows a Dark Knight thing or two that may surprise you.“I grew up immersed in comics. I loved them all. My hands-down favorite, though – then and now – is Batman,” says Uslan, who wrote about his ... continue reading...
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