It's been just over 6 months since I moved to the e-book reader (Nook Color!) and I have discovered one thing. I'm probably reading MORE than ever before (and that's saying something). The advantage is that I don't have to choose which books gets stuck in my backpack or whatever. I'm carrying around 40 volumes... Continue Reading →
Movies and Books – Reviews
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) A young girl is placed under a curse that makes her look like an old woman. She ends up in the walking castle of a self centered young wizard and his very funny fire demon who make a deal with her - get him set free from his deal with the... Continue Reading →
Books and Movies
God's War by Kameron Hurley - Hurley is a fine writer but the book leaves something to be desired. Looking into her philosophy explains some of it. She doesn't like what's referred to as "infodump". In simplest terms it means explaining the world in which your story takes place. As a consequence you spend the... Continue Reading →
From the Reading List
Two audiobooks: A Darker Place by Jack Higgins - This is yet another in the series of novels Higgins has written involving former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon (there have been 18 so far). All the usual characters are here - Dillon, Brigadier Ferguson, the Salters (reformed East End criminals) and the rest of the crew... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Harper Collins and Library E-Books
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Now that I'm an e-book reader owner (still enjoying my Nook Color a great... Continue Reading →
3 Movies and 7 books
The King's Speech - (2010) Quite simply this is the best movie I've seen in a very long time. Fabulous script, incredible acting, wonderful story. THIS is what movies are supposed to be about. This is the story of a man who was never supposed to be king and never wanted to be king. Albert was... Continue Reading →
Movies and Books
Been trying to get a few things processed here: Movies Wild Hogs - (2007) This is one of those movies that looks like it might be a lot of fun but you're afraid it's going to be just awful. Tim Allen, John Travolta, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, even Jill Hennessy... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Nook Color
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. Two weeks ago I took the plunge into a new realm of media. One... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Mark Twain
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, radio, the movies and more. I love them, and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View from the Phlipside. My first reaction to the current Mark Twain controversy was as a book lover... Continue Reading →
Books – 3 Mysteries
I've been on a bit of a mystery roll right now. This forms an interesting trio of books. Three mysteries, two about kidnapping, all about mind games, one a private eye story, one a police procedural, and one something a little different.. Two are very good and one, well... The Danger - Dick Francis -... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 