Mysterious Skin

Argh, was this movie slow. Plus while I like Joseph-Gordon Hewitt he put a lot of effort into being near TOTALLY unlikable in this. Brady Corbet as the alien abductee kid was pretty good though. I'll have to try and remember to keep an eye out for him in other things. But this movie very much underwhelmed me...

September Book List

Sept 3rd: Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora: A sort of low fantasy crime noir novel. Very good and I'm planning on getting the sequel...

Sept 10th: Thomas L Friedman - The World is Flat: An overview of globalization and its effects on business. Friedman is an unapologetic Free Market Booster, so while he touches on the negatives of this trend, he's more inclined to accentuate the positive results. A tough read for me, but interesting and worth a look...

Sept 12th: Neal Stephenson - Zodiac: A reread of Stephenson's Environmental Activist Action Hero book. Much faster paced then his more recent work. Always a quick, fun read that makes me glad I don't live near Boston Harbor...

Terry Pratchett - Thief of Time: Part of Death's Family sub-set of Discworld books. Which means Susan, Death, the Auditors and other concepts made Incarnate...

Sept 15th: Jasper Fforde - First Among Sequels: The most recent Thursday Next book. Thursday deals with old nemesis in the ChronoGuard, Goliath and the Book World. The book actually ends on a cliffhanger which was new...

Sept 18th: Pratchett - Small Gods: Probably still one of my favorite Pratchett books. A lot of my own beliefs and my own personal brand of paganism are influenced by this one...

Janet Evanovich - One for the Money: 1st in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie is a 'burg girl from Trenton, NJ who becomes a bounty hunter. Fast-paced reads full of colorful characters. The equivalent of a popcorn movie for me; fun and light...

Sept 19th: Evanovich - Two for the Dough: 2nd book in the series...

Sept 20th: Greg Costikyan - First Contract: A brilliant piece of satire on mankind's first contact experience with VASTLY more advanced races...

Sept 21st: Evanovich - Three to Get Deadly: 3rd book...

Sept 22nd: Evanovich - Four to Score: 4th, natch...

Sept 23rd: Mike Mignola/Christopher Golden - Baltimore: A group of three people share stories of horror's they've encountered while waiting for their friend Lord Baltimore. Has a very classic horror feel to it, by two masters of the genre...

Sept 25th: Evanovich - High Five and Hot Six: 5th and 6th books in the series...

Sept 26th: Pratchett - Making Money: A sequel to Pratchett's Going Postal, which makes Moist Von Lipwig's two books part of a 5th sub-set in the series...

Sept 28th: Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker: If you like Pratchett, Christopher Moore or Fforde, Robbins is worth checking out. This one is about the love between a princess and an outlaw bomber...

Sept 29th: Evanovich - Seven Up and Hard Eight: Yes, books 7 and 8 for the series...

Sept 30th: Evanovich - To the Nines: And we close out the month with the 9th book...

Total Books for month: 19