MAILBAGS!

So I went a little crazy shopping online...but some can be justified (see above)

Click the title for purchasing info (also links to author / book websites)

Angleberger - The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

 book website

 An odd little book for young adults - I'm hoping it will snag some readers :)

Goldman - The Princess Bride

A classic!!! I need to read this one in a jiffy (I know, I know...I saw the movie as a youngster and loved it, so I'm assuming the book is way fantastico)

Oppel - Airborn

author website

Heard really good things about this award winner.  However it is on a lot of lists of "books for boys" and this rubs me the wrong way, but that is another whole can of worms.

Truss - Eats, Shoots and Leaves

author website

 Given my love for wordplay and grammar, I'm hoping this one lives up to my expectations.

Satrapi - The Complete Persepolis

 publisher's website

Never really got into the graphic novel scene, but a lot of YA books are headed this way, and this story sounds evocative.

Gaiman (editor) - Stories

editor's website

Not sure how I stumbled upon this little gem, but I do love short stories and this one packs a punch.  Oh wait a tic, it must be through "Coraline".  A book which I haven't yet read.  Oh well, I have a good feeling about both :)

Martel - Life of Pi

publisher's website

I haven't read this award winner yet,  but I have no doubts that is will astound and amaze...okay, well maybe not that, but I'm psyched to start.

 

REVIEW: Hollywood Stories by S. Schochet

Title:  Hollywood Stories
Author:  S. Schochet
Genre / Pages:  Nonfiction, Short Stories / 312
Publication: Hollywood Stories Publishing, 2010
Rating:  bottom shelf  
Source:  Publisher Copy
lj's plot in one pot: A collection of tales about Hollywood's stars.

I was initially really excited to read this book...I am a big fan of celeb magazines, blogs, etc.  However, I couldn't really get into this book.  It might be because a lot of the stories are about movie and television stars from before my time, or it might be because the writing doesn't draw the reader in, or it might be the lack of connections/transitions.  

I did see later, that the "stories" are actually scripts from the Hollywood Stories One Minute Radio Feature and at that point, I realized why the transitions were absent.

Anyways, I have no doubt that the author is probably an excellent tour guide, and that the tour would be lots of fun, I just wouldn't recommend the book.

"...Gollum's garbled voice in The Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers came from the sound a cat would make by coughing up a hairball...The personality was based on the actor's observations of heroin addicts." p.96

For the book's website, click here.