tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126919062024-03-07T17:22:29.244+09:00CentaurI liked the font...Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-14855688631933601592010-02-09T06:54:00.001+09:002010-02-09T06:54:47.073+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 7 - The Piano Man<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><STRONG><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><SPAN class=878424019-29012010><SPAN class=173544321-08022010>The Piano Man</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>by</STRONG></EM><SPAN> <STRONG><EM>M</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=173544321-08022010><STRONG><EM>arcia Preston</EM></STRONG> </SPAN> <SPAN class=173544321-08022010> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><SPAN class=878424019-29012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=173544321-08022010>A 16 year old teenage killed in a car accident - that freak unexplainable accident of nature, and leaves his mom bereaving and hapless..he was her life and he is gone..she cannot forget him, keeps having imaginary but lovely conversations with him..spending nights in his room..she is unable to move on..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><SPAN class=878424019-29012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=173544321-08022010>She comes to know of this person who got her son's heart and goes in search of him..to seek if her son's heart is being treated appropriately..she finds Mason, a gifted violinist though going thru his own personal hell - stillborn son, depressed wife and a congenital heart disease..his wife is in a 'facility' and he is playing piano in a seedy bar..they meet, clash , get together and manage to mend each others lives..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><SPAN class=878424019-29012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=173544321-08022010>The side stories are interesting too - Claire's husband who lives her very early on in life, Nathan's girlfriend, the truck driver..very flowing and quick read..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010> <SPAN class=586193721-21012010> <SPAN class=050230716-25012010> <SPAN class=878424019-29012010> <SPAN class=173544321-08022010> 6</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>/10<SPAN class=878424019-29012010> </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010>People do not change, they are merely revealed</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—<SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> A<SPAN class=926015020-13012010>nne Enright</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-1045156943884058612010-01-30T04:49:00.001+09:002010-01-30T04:49:51.583+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 6 - Scarpetta factor<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><STRONG><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><SPAN class=878424019-29012010>Scarpetta Factor </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>by</STRONG></EM><SPAN> <STRONG><EM>P</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=878424019-29012010> <STRONG><EM>atricia Cornwell</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=878424019-29012010>A tumbled mass of a book - I do not for my life recall why I ever picked this book..I am not a suspense/mystery reader in general..except for few Dennis Lehane thrillers and Mary Higgins Clarks in my previous life I do not remember being attracted to that genre all that much ! </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=878424019-29012010>This is my first Scarpetta read in the series and I dont think anything can induce me to go back..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=878424019-29012010>In short, a forensic scientist lady and her dysfunctional milieu cast , all extremely comptent professionals but messed up in their personal lives..flawed human beings ..set around a perfunctionary case of a jogger murdered in park linked to a disturbed heiress somehow linked to a 2nd rate actor in Hollywood and his so-called aunt ..throw in lot of technical mumbo-jumbo..forensic terminologies and you get about 500 pages of spaghetti lines..not very appetising</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010> <SPAN class=586193721-21012010> <SPAN class=050230716-25012010> <SPAN class=878424019-29012010> 4</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>/10<SPAN class=878424019-29012010> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010>People do not change, they are merely revealed</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—<SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> A<SPAN class=926015020-13012010>nne Enright</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-28606948406223007952010-01-26T01:19:00.001+09:002010-01-26T01:19:57.729+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 5 - Nantucket nights<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><STRONG><EM>Nantucket Nights </EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>by</EM></STRONG><SPAN> <STRONG><EM>E</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=050230716-25012010><STRONG><EM>lin Hilderbrand</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010>Kayla is the protagonist of this story of 3 friends who meet when they were all very young and maintain the tenuous bond with a celebratory swim on labor day weekend with a brand of truth sharing only for the 3 of them. She is an insecure housewife with a successful and handsome husband whom she always suspects..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010>Val is the tough lawyer with a successful practice but un-successful marriage..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010>Antionett is the most mysterious one with a troubled past and equally troubling present , where she is having affair with Kayla's 18 year old son..who falls for her very hard..and she takes an extreme path of disappearing before this comes to light..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050230716-25012010>Entangled friendships, jealousy, relationships, perception, deceit , healing - overall fast read</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050230716-25012010></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010> <SPAN class=586193721-21012010> <SPAN class=050230716-25012010> 7</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010>People do not change, they are merely revealed</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—<SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> A<SPAN class=926015020-13012010>nne Enright</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-7764466076609838492010-01-22T07:11:00.001+09:002010-01-22T07:11:19.632+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 4 - What was lost<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN><STRONG><EM>W</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><STRONG><EM>hat was lost</EM></STRONG> </SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>by</EM></STRONG><SPAN> <STRONG><EM> </EM></STRONG><SPAN class=586193721-21012010> <STRONG><EM>Catherine O'Flyn</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010>Start: </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010> Kate - 10 year old orphan, precocious, lonely, wants to be a detective in the mall, shy, blends in background , one day she just disappeared.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010> Adrian - 22 years old guy, Kate's friend, works in fathers shop, doesent knows what to do with life, last person seen with Kate before she disappeared.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010>20 years later:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010> Lisa - Adrian's sister , works in record store in the mall, aimless life, affected by her brothers leaving after Kate disappeared.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010> Kurt - Security guard in the mall, about the same age of Kate, sees Kate's ghost image on security camera, mightve seen her the day she disappeared</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=586193721-21012010></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mall culture, loneliness, make-believe world, crime, surveillance, intrigue, haunting though-I-have-no-idea-why..</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><SPAN class=586193721-21012010><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010> <SPAN class=586193721-21012010> 8</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010>People do not change, they are merely revealed</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—<SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> A<SPAN class=926015020-13012010>nne Enright</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-88680904437496280702010-01-14T06:25:00.001+09:002010-01-14T06:25:54.610+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 3 - The Gathering<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><STRONG><EM>The Gathering</EM></STRONG> </SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>by</EM></STRONG><SPAN> <STRONG><EM> </EM></STRONG> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010><STRONG><EM>Anne Enright</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=926015020-13012010> Bleak, grim , dysfunctional family saga , with doses of love, hate, loss, alcoholism, imagination, abuse, dissonance..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=926015020-13012010> Veronica - the protagonist narrator delves into past and imagination of past to understand why her near-twin brother Liam committed suicide , why he had a drifters life as opposed to her almost respectable life ..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>did the suspected abuse when they were living with their grandmother which pushed him into the 'box' .. did it happen to her too ? Who is to blame ? Her constantly pregnant and vague mother or her randomly respectable father or her grandmother who does not believes in the past..and all this has affected the whole clan - about 9 siblings all with their share of eccentricity or traits , blamed if they are normal and doomed if they are not..</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010> <FONT face=Arial size=2>The prose is vague and sparse and facts are revealed unexpectedly and in unexpected ways .. you could miss something if you didn't pay attention...and it is a bit difficult to pay attention..the flitting from present to past to imagination is relentless .. but still there is something gripping about the story which keeps you hooked..</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=926015020-13012010><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> <SPAN class=926015020-13012010> 6 </SPAN>.5 </SPAN></SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=926015020-13012010>People do not change, they are merely revealed</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—<SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> A<SPAN class=926015020-13012010>nne Enright</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-50688768753505138182010-01-08T01:00:00.001+09:002010-01-08T01:00:42.320+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 2 - Someone at a distance<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><STRONG><EM>Someone</EM></STRONG> <STRONG><EM>at a distance </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>by</EM></STRONG><SPAN> <STRONG><EM>D</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=608242215-07012010><STRONG><EM>orothy Whipple</EM></STRONG> </SPAN> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> </SPAN><STRONG><EM> </EM></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=608242215-07012010> Last year , a dear friend of mine sent me 2 persephone books from UK and I started on both sporadically but kept them back for a more leisurly state of mind.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=608242215-07012010>I picked 'Someone at a distance' again this weekend and could not put it back. As mentioned <A href="http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=4524&language=eng">here</A> and <A href="http://stuck-in-a-book.blogspot.com/2009/03/someone-at-distance.html">here</A> , no one knows why but you cannot put the book down.. Its not a thriller or anything like that..rather a very ordinary story , extra-ordinarily written..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=608242215-07012010> Ellen is a post-war housewife of a puplisher husband and is very happy managing her house, children , husband and garden. Avery loves his family, his daughter the most and his job too. Ellen would rather be mucking in the garden , than making herself pretty for her husband and in her naive trustfulness she doesnt realises how her husband is being snared by the French au pair - Louise, her mother in law hired to keep her company. It doesnt even happens right away, Avery is first affronted, then irritated and then taken in by her , all the time thinking that he has control of the affair. When it comes to forth though , he runs away with her instead of facing his family and putting things to right , even when he wants to but his pride stops him from eating the humble pie for rest of his life. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=608242215-07012010>Ellen meanwhile has to take care of her innocent and heart-broken daughter and she refuses alimony (very un-characteristic of a 20th century housewife who hasnt earned a penny of her own in her lifetime) . Her feelings are not elaborated more after this or maybe she is just so busy taking care of everything else..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=608242215-07012010> Louise's story also is an interesting look into a small-town girl with un-defined ambitions, who is thwarted in love by the rich kid from the village and how that translates into the disruption of Ellen and Avery's solid married life..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=608242215-07012010> 7.5 </SPAN></SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"</EM><SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> <EM>Wear the old coat and buy the new book</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><EM>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—</EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> <EM>Austin Phelps</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-74604075002612023142010-01-06T02:05:00.001+09:002010-01-06T02:05:50.347+09:00Jan 2010 - Book 1 - Ours, a Russian family album<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010><STRONG><EM>Ours , a Russian family album </EM></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, by</EM></STRONG><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> <STRONG><EM>Sergei Dovlatov </EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> My first book in 2010 is this book of short stories by Russian emigre Sergei Dovlatov. I first heard one of the stories - '<EM>Colonel says I Love you' </EM>on the <A href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/07/13/090713on_audio_bezmozgis">New Yorker podcast</A> and loved it..I am not a big short story reader and however much I may claim to dislike audio books I have come to know some great short story writers through these podcasts..I dont think the story wouldve touched me as much as when I read it..but listening to it gave it lot of depth and nuance and I didnt feel its brevity .. which I think is my main problem with short stories - they are <EM>short.</EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010>Neway, so I checked out this work from library and found it a quick and interesting read. Here, Sergei takes different family members and forms a story around each and its told in a very engaging narrative and one by one his life is un-raveled to us , not sequentially but in a way we can connect all the dots.. I still found his above story the best and his grandfather's the next best..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010>Overall a good fun read ..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> 6</SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"</EM><SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=928145416-05012010> <EM>Wear the old coat and buy the new book</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><EM>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—</EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=928145416-05012010> <EM>Austin Phelps</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-73931166472496056072010-01-05T01:05:00.001+09:002010-01-05T01:05:47.555+09:00Women Unbound Challenge<DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the start of the new year , I want to post this list of books that I want to read for the <A href="http://womenunbound.wordpress.com/about/">Women Unbound Challenge</A> ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Im thinking of going all the way i.e the <STRONG>Suffragette level </STRONG>which means reading 8 feminist/women oriented books, 3 of which should be non-fiction :</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>My fiction projected list , which might change as needed:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <OL> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maggie, a girl of the streets , by Stephen Crane</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hundreth woman , by Kate Green</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>The help, by Kathryn Sockett</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trudy's promise, by Marcia Preston</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>The darkest child, by Delores Phillips</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Push , by Sapphire</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende</FONT></SPAN></LI></OL> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Non-fiction:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <OL> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>When everything changed , by Gail Collins (womens history)</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Indira, Katherine Frank (bio)</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>The story of a soul, by St Therese of Lisieux (auto-bio)</FONT></SPAN></LI></OL> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Will be updating the blog as I progress through it, the deadline is November 2010 - so 1 book a month should be a good target ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785525615-04012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy Reading!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-37357736583764736292010-01-01T01:04:00.001+09:002010-01-01T01:04:40.810+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 7 - Salt and Saffron<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><STRONG><EM>Salt and Saffron , by </EM></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <STRONG><EM>Kamila Shamsie</EM></STRONG> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> Another story based in pakistan, another young pakistani lady - though coming back instead of going to US..and she is very interested in her family story..and what a family..the 'Dard-e-dil' (which sounds very filmy) khandaan has its roots in royalty and all the intrigue , treachery, loyalty attached to it..She expounds on many relationships , some in detail - some fleetingly..sometimes too much..</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009>But she is very much enamored with the theory of not-quite-twins and the curse they bring upon the family..or so it's believed..and one day she learns that she is also a not-quite-twin to Mariam Apa - one whose going has left a big hole in her heart and her life..with whom she had some sort of mystic connection and who by going away made her understand so much more about herself..examine her thoughts, prejudices, social stigma..but she wont let her be obscured from the family history..and maybe she will follow the same path..understanding that that is all that matters in the end..</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><SPAN class=069342121-30122009> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - <SPAN class=069342121-30122009> 6 </SPAN>/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"</EM><SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <EM>No </EM><SPAN class=069342121-30122009> <EM>one who can read, ever look at a book, even unopened on shelf, like one who cannot</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><EM>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—</EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <EM>C</EM><SPAN class=069342121-30122009><EM>harles Dickens</EM></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-80930863037552049332009-12-29T06:34:00.001+09:002009-12-29T06:34:32.670+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 6 - An American Brat<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><FONT size=2><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3>An American Brat</FONT></EM></STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><STRONG><EM>, by</EM></STRONG><SPAN><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=990490521-28122009><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3>Bapsi Sidhwa</FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> Story of Feroza, a pakistani teen who is being unduly influenced by the political tension in the country..or so her mother thinks..and she is sent off to America to her 'Uncle' , who is actually only about 6 years older - as it goes in Indian/pakistani families.. so she comes to America for 3 months and stays back encouraged by her uncle..gets into school and experiences the student life with all its ups and downs..</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009>Whereas her Uncle goes back home and marries a girl from Parsi community as expected, Feroza falls in love with a 'non' which brings her mom and all her melodrama to America...</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009>Its a good, somewhat formulaic and dramatised but realistic account of Parsi pakistani family ..</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - 5/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"</EM><SPAN class=body><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <EM>No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance</EM> </SPAN></SPAN><EM>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—</EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><SPAN class=990490521-28122009> <EM>Confucius</EM></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-35109514696403874742009-12-22T01:14:00.001+09:002009-12-22T01:14:45.192+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 5 - Daddyji<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><FONT size=3><STRONG>Daddyji </STRONG></FONT></SPAN><STRONG>, by </STRONG></EM><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><FONT size=2> <STRONG><EM><FONT size=3>Ved Mehta</FONT></EM></STRONG> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009>Ved Mehta writes about his father and by extension, biography of his family thru older generations..how the family starting from a very humble beginning go on to achieve great success ..how filial duty is respected and withheld..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009>It started very interestingly but fizzled out later because it just became account of events and people..there is no in-depth character building even of Daddyji, the protagonist of the book..his activities are provided in detail..but not his thoughts..I was intrigued by his expectations of his wife and the non-realization but that is not given the space it should've..</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=966010216-21122009> I am interested in Ved Mehta's writing because of his interesting personal story..as excerpted from this <A href="http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?226223">article</A> </SPAN>..<SPAN class=966010216-21122009> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><SPAN class=966010216-21122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM> By any standard, Ved Mehta is a literary phenomenon of our times. He lost his vision when he was four years old. He did his schooling in institutions for the blind. He had as full a life as anyone of his age. He was an active member of the RSS during his years in Lahore. He went on to Oxford, then to Harvard and finally on the staff of the New Yorker for 33 years. He is the author of 24 books. Among the many awards he won is the Guggenheims and the MacArthur Fellowship. </EM> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - 5/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>"<SPAN class=body>Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.</SPAN>"<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>—</EM> <SPAN class=966010216-21122009> <EM>Hellen Keller</EM> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-80667040097872580472009-12-17T01:16:00.001+09:002009-12-17T01:16:38.009+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 4 - The White Queen<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><EM>The White Queen, by Phillippa Gregory</EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philipa Gregory writes about Elizabeth Woodville and her rise and fall from the throne of England..Royalty is where we think grace is, honor is..but the picture presented here is anything but that..Elizabeth gets married to the King Edward in secret ceremony but manages to hold on to the promise and ascends to the Queendom of the kingdom...Narrated by Elizabeth herself this is a very coarse language and lot of suspicion, battles, fights and murders everyday which I sortof skipped over..she conveniently ignores all her husbands wrong-doings against her and people in general and keeps on working on advancing her family members and friends..the highest form of favoritism works here..some intriguing angle is added by the mysticism/witchi-cism inherited from the water goddess Melusina (Little mermaid reference) .. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Overall a fast paced but inelegant read..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I caught up on the history after her time and its interesting..start of the Tudor kingdom and end of Yorkists..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431110016-16122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - 5/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can't."<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>— Mark Twain</EM></DIV></FONT></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-27426241156353883472009-12-12T07:04:00.001+09:002009-12-12T07:04:39.758+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 3 - The Bride<DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><EM>The Bride, by Bapsi Sidhwa</EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bapsi Sidhwa writes about a city girl given to marriage into a tribe with their tribal ways and rituals , pride and honor .. she runs away from them and is hunted by the tribe to be punished/killed for her transgression..there are several bylines in the story and the partition of India is mentioned along with the displacement of people and the resulting dissonance of belonging and not belonging to a place..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is another byline about this american "nobody" who marries a pakistani rich guy and her experience assimilating with him and his family and the society in Pakistan..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - 6/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=154571419-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can't."<SPAN class=154571419-11122009> </SPAN>— Mark Twain</EM></DIV></FONT></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-21156160522362729262009-12-12T06:52:00.001+09:002009-12-12T06:52:32.063+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 2 - The parasites<DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG>The parasites , by Daphne Du Maurier</STRONG></EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Delaneys - people whom no-one would like to be stranded with..Maria , Celia , Niall - children of charismatic dancer and singer duo . They live an enchanted life, following their parents all over the world , before a tragedy shakes them apart...some bonds remain as strong as ever..Maria and Niall , Celia and her father ..Maria and Niall have this deep relationship bordering on incest but never explicit..Celia uses the pretext to take care of her father to not really think what she wants out of her life..Maria marries someone just to be 'Mrs Wyndaham' but of course she has none of the wifely demeanor to play that role and neither does she knows to raise her children..Celia does..and thus they have all these inter-mingled and parasitic lives where they live off each other..but Charles breaks off and asks for a divorce..which leads them to think back on what went wrong..and when ..and why..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>The narrative is in 2nd person but we never know who actually is narrating it and I think its different in each chapter..it adds to the intrigue ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rating - 7.5/10</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=591261319-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"Wear the old coat and buy the new book." — Austin Phelps </EM></DIV></FONT></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-74606592834971740682009-12-12T04:13:00.001+09:002009-12-12T04:13:26.280+09:00Dec 2009 - Book 1 - The Girls<DIV><SPAN class=609454018-11122009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG>The Girls, by Frederick Busch</STRONG></EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009>A couple dealing with loss of their child...Franny trying to understand what happened and why and growing distance with her husband , Jack who loves his wife very much and hurting for the baby too...tries to find some validation by becoming involved in a teenage murder investigation..</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009>I liked the character of the pyshiatrist who tries to help them , almost like a guardian angel or a watchful mother..</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009>Prose style is very sparse but all characters are etched out very deeply</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=609454018-11122009>Rating - 7/10</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><SPAN class=609454018-11122009><EM><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></EM></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><SPAN class=609454018-11122009><EM><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."<SPAN class=609454018-11122009> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>— Jorge Luis Borges</FONT></EM></DIV></SPAN>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-28112131354434008572009-11-13T11:33:00.005+09:002009-11-13T11:57:29.234+09:00A woman's life, by Guy De Maupassant<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><em><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A woman's life , by Guy De Maupassant </span></span></b></em><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It is the story of Jeanne, an exuberant and imaginative girl of noble birth ,who has all the dreams and aspiration of youth - finding love and living the dream life.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She is the only child of her parents and never seen any of her wishes thwarted, cosseted and protected that she is from all the harsh realities of life.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She falls in love quickly and gets married thereafter thinking all the joy will follow as is expected. Slowly the fog lifts, she becomes aware of the person her husband is</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></span></p><i><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In her heart she felt resentful towards Julien for not understanding as much, for lacking this finer sense of modesty, this instinctive delicacy of feeling; and she felt as though there was a veil between them, a barrier, and realized for the first time that two people are never completely one in their heart of hearts, in their deepest thoughts, that they walk side by side, entwined sometimes but never completely united, and that in our moral being we each of us remain forever alone throughout our lives.</span></blockquote></i><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></p><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Her husband gradually takes over the estate and all its doings and her parents placid acceptance of his misdoings turn her into a passive and apathetic being. </span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She stops caring about the open dalliances of her husband and turns to her child and religion for emotional support.</span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The church, in its rigidity demands a too steep price from her and the child ,in his immature ways ultimately betrays her too.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She turns totally inward and looks upon life as something which has treated her un-fair..</span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The journey of her life from an optimistic wide-eyed girl to a fatalistic and wounded grandmother is so vivid that you have a feeling of having lived a lifetime in the span of the book...and a sad life that is..with no hope of redemption or any hint of happy ending..what is the point of that story it seems..</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So, I thought I would try to find out something more about the writer and the writing style :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><div><span><span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guy De Maupassant </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">seems to be the greatest French short story writer of 19th century, influenced by Gustav Flaubert .</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This novel is written in the naturalist style i.e portraying things as they are which might be harsh and stark sometimes i.e poverty, indifference, sexuality, prostitution etc .</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Naturalism</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> goes beyond realism in the attribution of human behavior to their social environment and heredity .. something akin to the evolution theory that a human being's character is shaped by its surrounding and circumstances and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">determinism</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> i.e. belief in a will, but not a free will, rather an enslaved will on account of various factors.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Coincidentally, I saw a marathi movie yesterday - 'Shevri' whose protagonist Vidya is a similar charater..being swayed by the wind of life..by what happens to her...and not something that she makes happen...It is a very sad but also a frustrating story because you expect the character to take charge of their life somehow, sometime..but they never do............</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Note to self: </span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check out the classic American Naturalist work - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets , Stephen Crane</span></span></div></span></span></div></span><p></p></div></span>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-85481101651181610572009-08-12T21:50:00.001+09:002009-08-12T21:50:21.763+09:00Serena , not so Serene..<DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its a saying somewhere that 'A woman is behind every battle and every war' ... Take Ramayana , Mahabharata ... they've all proven that </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009></SPAN><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Heaven hath no rage like a love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned' ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>and then meet Serena Pemberton , the heroine of the book with same name , by Ron Rash..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>She is <EM>ambitious</EM> - dreaming of logging in the un-chartered jungles of Brazil, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>fearless</EM> - she tamed an eagle and it kills snakes @ her bidding ,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>equal to any man</EM> - back in 1920s she is wearing trousers, riding horse astride and greeting each man with a strong handshake, also</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>power-thirsty</EM> - anyone who comes in her way is 'taken care of' and not with much discretion since she is the overlord, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>overbearing - </EM>though her husband is a huge man and has done a lot before she came into his life, he is diminished when she is around , </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>evil</EM> - she sends her 'stub' to track down and kill her husband's illegitimate son because she cannot have her own ,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>autocrat </EM>- she has her own sense of right and wrong, moral and otherwise and infinite power to exercise </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>She is the heroine of this expansive and intriguing story , a contemporary portrayal of Macbeth and the levels to which hunger for power can take you..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=295252720-10082009><FONT face=Arial size=2>READ it !</FONT></SPAN></DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-2203631059679067542009-06-24T06:10:00.000+09:002009-06-24T06:15:09.789+09:00Library loot<DIV><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Todays library loot includes :</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <UL> <LI><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>The English patient , Michael Ondaatje</STRONG> - I have been meaning to read this since long and I finally ordered it from the lib...Ive read Ondaatje's Divisidaro and though a very unstructured novel, I quite liked the feel of it..and 'The English patient' is his most famous one I think...hope I enjoy it..</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Fear and Trembling , Amelie Nothomb</STRONG> - I dont remember where I picked this reference from..maybe one of the blogs I wander about or some book news site..Its described as "Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing" - looks like a good riveting read !</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Purple Hibiscus , Chimamanda Ngozi </STRONG>- I have a distinct feeling Ive read this one already but Im unsure...does that happens to anyone else ?? Sometimes I read reviews, excerpts too many times and start believing that I have read the book too ...</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>In any case, I liked her 'Half of a yellow sun' and thought I will check this one out..If it turns Ive read it, out it goes...</FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Evening is the whole day, Preeta Samarasan</STRONG> - I cannot resist a Desi(being an Indian ex-pat) novel..some chick-lits are intelligently written and some not...lets see what this turns out to be..</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL> <DIV><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=429315220-23062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy Reading !!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-90879217232175600062009-06-13T11:50:00.005+09:002009-06-13T12:14:33.652+09:00Friday Movie watch - Gran Torino (*****)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Yes...thats 5 stars...out of 5 and I would happily dole out more !! </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Clint Eastwood is a great great director , he has created an endearing movie with endearing characters - Walt, Wally , Mr Kowalski whatever you call him...and Sue and Toad and Yum Yum :)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">This man is pure genius I think ! He is 79 years old and he still surprises us with the strength of his performance..just awesome..and Im so surprised he didn't notch the oscars...all awards are a lot of hooey !!!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Im sure all those adjectives are not going to give any idea on what that movie is about (if you dont already know) , but everyone should just go and watch it...bossy...ain't I ;)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What Im going to do here though is list out all the Clint Eastwood movies, mark the ones that I've seen and rush off to get those which I havn't , so here goes (Boy, there are a lot many, but Im gonna try...and update as I do ) :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Actor credits :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><ul style="line-height: 122%; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; "><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810038822/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gran Torino (2008)</span></span></span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Walt Kowalski</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809878407/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2008)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810046436/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808600393/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Million Dollar Baby (2004)</span></span></span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frankie Dunn</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809421080/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Words In Progress (2004)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808402820/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A Decade Under the Influence (2003)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807858516/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Blood Work (2002)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Terry McCaleb</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809427362/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Kurosawa (2001)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800361458/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Space Cowboys (2000)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frank Corvin</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809411436/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Forever Hollywood (1999)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800324868/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">True Crime (1999)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Steve Ev Everett</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800268978/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Absolute Power (1997)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Luther Whitney</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808741220/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman (1996)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808741259/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1996)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800247909/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Bridges of Madison County (1995)</span></span></span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Robert Kinkaid</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809396332/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage (1994)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809410231/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Shooting 'In the Line of Fire' (1994)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Himself</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800194255/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">In the Line of Fire (1993)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frank Horrigan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800197824/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A Perfect World (1993)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Red Garnett</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800182364/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Unforgiven (1992)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Bill Munny</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800145659/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">John Wilson</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800149361/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Rookie (1990)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Nick Pulovski</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800106292/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Pink Cadillac (1989)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tommy Noak</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800054641/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Dead Pool (1988)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Inspector Harry Callahan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800075296/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Heartbreak Ridge (1986)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sergeant Thomas Highway</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800104525/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Pale Rider (1985)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Preacher</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800048002/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">City Heat (1984)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Lieutenant Speer</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800127669/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tightrope (1984)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Wes Block</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800123378/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sudden Impact (1983)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Inspector Harry Callahan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800065415/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Firefox (1982)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Mitchell Gant</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800077793/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Honkytonk Man (1982)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Red Stovall</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800028206/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Any Which Way You Can (1980)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Philo Beddoe</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800041643/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Bronco Billy (1980)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Bronco Billy McCoy</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800062169/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Escape From Alcatraz (1979)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Frank Morris</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800062631/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Every Which Way But Loose (1978)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Philo Beddoe</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800069457/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Gauntlet (1977)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ben Shockley</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800061846/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Enforcer (1976)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Inspector Harry Callahan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800104151/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Josey Wales</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800061041/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Eiger Sanction (1975)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Jonathan Hemlock</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800127522/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Thunderbolt</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800076551/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">High Plains Drifter (1973)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Stranger</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800092219/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Magnum Force (1973)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Inspector Harry Callahan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800083563/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Joe Kidd (1972)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Joe Kidd</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800057578/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Dirty Harry (1971)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Inspector Harry Callahan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800106736/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Play Misty for Me (1971)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Dave</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800033895/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Beguiled (1971)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">John McBurney</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800084851/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Kelly's Heroes (1970)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Kelly</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800130539/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Hogan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800104463/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Paint Your Wagon (1969)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Pardner</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808739274/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Witches (1969)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Husband</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800050443/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Coogan's Bluff (1968)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Deputy Sheriff Walt Coogan</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800074197/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Hang 'Em High (1968)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Jed Cooper</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800134932/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Where Eagles Dare (1968)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Lieutenant Morris Schaffer</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800071790/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Blondie</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800066705/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">For a Few Dollars More (1967)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Man With No Name</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800065773/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A Fistful of Dollars (1964)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Man With No Name</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808735823/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Keith Williams</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800181632/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Hell Bent For Glory (1958)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">George Moseley</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800062159/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Escapade in Japan (1957)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808735863/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Never Say Goodbye (1956)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Will</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808736019/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Star in the Dust (1956)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808735948/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Jack Rice</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800067533/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Francis in the Navy (1955)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800264824/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Lady Godiva (1955)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">1st Saxon</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800184510/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Revenge of the Creature (1955)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Lab Technician</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800182121/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Tarantula (1955)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">1st Pilot</span></span></div><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li></ul></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><h3 style="line-height: 122%; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a name="Director" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director Credits</span></span></a></h3><ul style="line-height: 122%; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; "><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810073710/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Invictus (2009)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809945088/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Changeling (2008)</span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810038822/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Gran Torino (2008)</span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809233012/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Flags of Our Fathers (2006)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809425051/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)</span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808600393/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Million Dollar Baby (2004)</span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808562527/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Piano Blues (2004)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808435941/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Mystic River (2003)</span></span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807858516/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Blood Work (2002)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800361458/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Space Cowboys (2000)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800324868/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">True Crime (1999)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800268978/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Absolute Power (1997)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A Perfect World (1993)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800182364/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Unforgiven (1992)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800145659/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Heartbreak Ridge (1986)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800104525/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Pale Rider (1985)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800123378/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sudden Impact (1983)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Bronco Billy (1980)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800069457/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Gauntlet (1977)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800104151/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808546657/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Breezy (1973)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="even" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 244, 247); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800076551/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">High Plains Drifter (1973)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div><div class="clr" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; height: 0.01em; "></div></li><li class="" style="line-height: 122%; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800106736/info" style="line-height: 122%; text-decoration: underline; display: block; float: left; width: 60%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Play Misty for Me (1971)</span></span></a><div class="ymovContrib" style="line-height: 122%; float: right; width: 35%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Director</span></span></div></li></ul></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-62255613599558040992009-06-06T10:32:00.005+09:002009-06-06T11:18:31.665+09:00Revolutionary Road (****)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Its a story of a couple living on 115, Revolutionary road in an American town in mid 1950s ..a picture perfect couple..2 kids...a picture perfect family..everyone says so too..</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But we know nothing is picture perfect...April is a failed artist with an unknown yearning in her heart..Frank is someone who made her laugh once...a regular guy who is aware of his responsibilities and is fulfilling them through a mundane job..he once had some vague dreams and smart mouth...but not anymore..its all lost in the boring job and if there is some dissatisfaction with life, a casual lay here or there takes care of it..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">April's yearning keeps getting stronger ..she doesnt knows what she is looking for..but this is not what she wanted in her life...afterall they are unique, they are here to fulfill a destiny..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One day she remembers Frank saying that he had never felt more alive than when he was in Paris...maybe thats the answer...moving to Paris...realise Franks dreams...find a purpose in life !</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Frank is made amenable of the idea and things start moving...tickets are purchased...house put on sale...smiles appear on faces and happiness creeps up the eyes...you can feel the energy and joy of new beginings...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You know though - ironically , Frank is 'discovered' by the Big boss and offered a more creative role and better money..he gets tempted...April finds out she is pregnant...putting a damper on their plans...Frank takes it easily, a bit relieved that he doesnt has to find out what he wants to do in his life....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It seems like end of a dream...end of life for April...Frank cannot understand what April wants...why is she not content 'playing house' ...he doesnt realises the depth of her despair and the ending is something that we can predict now, but maybe not in those times...</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">After the movie , I felt thankful to be living in 20th century where I will not be labeled 'insane' if I want a personality apart from what my family defines me..I wont be called abnormal if I want to develop my interests, pursue my dreams...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We should remind ourselves time and again that all the things in life that we take for granted were all fought for by countless men & women before us...all of them...we have come a long way ahead....and there is longer to go..........</span></span></div>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-200877859669720192009-06-05T05:15:00.000+09:002009-06-05T05:16:35.052+09:00Book ToDos<DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since ages Ive been trying to find like-minded readers, some one to share and talk about the books that I read , love , dislike and it was not happening..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last month things started falling in place and I found a bookclub which meets every month..very near to my house too..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also found some online reading groups which are inviting commentary, discussions all openly..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suddenly , I find myself trying to keep track of books to read, comment upon,review upon - which is all very good but I think I might slip or not really be able to contribute..I think I need to pick 2 of them , track them and contribute to them and then maybe expand.. So Im tracking it here :</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <UL> <LI><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I shall be reading 'Motherless Brooklyn' for my book club meeting on June 16th - I have it in my hand already and I think I have next weekend to read and take some notes (which Ive never done before) </FONT></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to contribute couple of reviews at <A href="http://orangeprizeproject.blogspot.com/">The Orange Prize Project</A> , I have asked for and recieved the membership already. First one I have in mind is 'We need to talk about Kevin' , which inspite of reading before almost 2 years still lingers on in my memory , not concretely but as a vague dream.. I might reread one of the books or pick one from the list ..Im still deciding on that..</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>How does everyone deals with all those different reading and review deadlines and keeps track ??</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=268080320-04062009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-70781451603681560412009-06-02T04:35:00.001+09:002009-06-02T04:35:19.104+09:00Booklist<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN class=288121119-01062009><FONT size=2>With <A href="http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/home">Orange Prize for fiction </A>being announced shortly, I cannot very well put this off longer..This is the list floating around on literary blogs, list of all Guardian longlist books from 1996 - 2009...I have striked out the books that Ive read and it seems very few , i.e 29 (lot of books to add to TBR pile.. yay !).. Some of them I distinctly remember as having loved - <EM>Bel Canto , Half a Yellow Sun , We need to talk about Kevin</EM> ; some left me cold - <EM>Ice road, Gil</EM>ead (which I didnt complete..life is short !) ; some forgotten , with some obscure memory - <EM>When we were bad</EM> etc ; some left me questioning - why should a tribute(copy) win an award ?? ..neway...enough books to add to my TBR pile too...</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN class=288121119-01062009><FONT size=2>Neway here is my list : (I found this great blog of <A href="http://orangeprizeproject.blogspot.com/">readers group </A>for these books ...looks interesting..I shall explore more..)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><FONT size=2>A L Kennedy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Everything You Need</SPAN></EM><BR>A L Kennedy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">So I am Glad</SPAN></EM><BR>Ajay Close <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Official and Doubtful</SPAN></EM><BR>Ali Smith <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Hotel World</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Ali Smith the Accidental - shortlist<BR>Alice Greenaway <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">White Ghost Girls</SPAN></EM><BR>Alice McDermott <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Charming Billy</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Alice Sebold <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Lovely Bones</SPAN></EM></S><BR>Allegra Goodman <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Intuition</SPAN></EM><BR>Amy Tan <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Bonesetter's Daughter</SPAN></EM><BR>Amy Tan The Hundred Secret Senses - shortlist<BR>Andrea Barrett The Voyage of the Narwhal<BR>Andrea Levy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Never Far from Nowhere</SPAN></EM><BR>Andrea Levy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Small Island</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR><S>Anita Desai Fasting, Feasting</S><BR>Anita Desai <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Zigzag Way</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Anita Rau Badami The Hero's Walk</S><BR>Anita Shreve The Weight of Water - shortlist<BR><S>Ann Patchett <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Bel Canto</SPAN></EM></S> - winner<BR><S>Ann Patchett The Magician's Assistant - shortlist</S><BR>Ann Weisgarber's <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Personal History of Rachel DuPree</SPAN></EM><BR>Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on your Knees<BR>Anna Burns <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">No Bones</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Anna Quindlen <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Black and Blue</SPAN></EM><BR>Anne Donovan <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Buddha Da</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Anne Michaels <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fugitive Pieces</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>Anne Enright <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Gathering</SPAN></EM> <BR><S>Anne Tyler Digging to America</S><BR>Anne Tyler <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Ladder of Years</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Anne Tyler The Amateur Marriage</S><BR><S>Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife</S><BR>Barbara Ewing <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Dangerous Vine</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Barbara Kingsolver <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Poisonwood Bible</SPAN></EM></S> - shortlist<BR>Barbara Neil <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A History of Silence</SPAN></EM><BR>Bella Bathurst <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Special</SPAN></EM><BR>Bernadine Evaristo <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Blonde Roots</SPAN></EM></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><FONT size=2><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"></SPAN></EM></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"><FONT size=2>B<SPAN class=288121119-01062009>eryl Bainbridge <EM>Every Man for Himself</EM></SPAN><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Beryl Bainbridge <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Master Georgie</SPAN></EM><BR>Carol Shields <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Larry's Party</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>Carol Shields <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Unless</SPAN></EM>- shortlist<BR>Carrie Tiffany <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living</SPAN></EM>- shortlist<BR>Catherine Chidgey <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">In a Fishbone Church</SPAN></EM><BR>Catherine O'Flynn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">What Was Lost</SPAN></EM><BR>Célestine Hitiura <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Vaite Frangipani</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Charlotte Mendelson When We Were Bad</S><BR><S>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun - winner</S><BR>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Purple Hibiscus</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Mistress of Spices</S><BR>Chloe Hooper <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Child's Book of True Crime</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Christina Koning <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Undiscovered Country</SPAN></EM><BR>Christine Dwyer Hickey <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Tatty</SPAN></EM><BR>Christine Pountney <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Last Chance Texaco</SPAN></EM><BR>Clare Allan <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Poppy Shakespeare</SPAN></EM><BR>Clare Clark <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Great Stink</SPAN></EM><BR>Cristina Garcia The Aguero Sisters<BR>Crystal Wilkinson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Water Street</SPAN></EM><BR>Curtis Sittenfeld <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">American Wife</SPAN></EM><BR>Curtis Sittenfeld <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Prep</SPAN></EM><BR>Danzy Senna <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">From Caucasia, with Love</SPAN></EM><BR>Deborah Robertson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Careless</SPAN></EM><BR>Debra Adelaide <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Household Guide to Dying</SPAN></EM><BR>Deirdre Madden <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">One by One in the Darkness</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Deirdre Purcell <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Love Like Hate Adore </SPAN></EM>- shortlist<BR>Dinah Lee Küng <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Visit from Voltaire</SPAN></EM><BR>Donna Tartt The Little Friend- shortlist<BR>Drusilla Modjeska <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Orchard</SPAN></EM><BR>E Annie Proulx <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Accordion Crimes</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Edna O'Brien <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">In the Forest</SPAN></EM><BR>Eilis Ni Dhuibhne <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Dancers Dancing</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Elizabeth Knox <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Vintner's Luck</SPAN></EM><BR>Elizabeth McCracken <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Niagara Falls All Over Again</SPAN></EM><BR>Elizabeth Strout <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Amy and Isabelle</SPAN></EM> shortlist<BR>Ellen Feldman <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Scottsboro</SPAN></EM><BR>Elspeth Sandys <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">River Lines</SPAN></EM><BR>Emma Richler <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Sister Crazy</SPAN></EM><BR>Esther Freud Summer at Gaglow</FONT><S><BR></S><FONT size=2>Esther Freud <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Wild</SPAN></EM><BR>Gail Jones <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Dreams of Speaking</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Gillian Slovo Ice Road - shortlist</S><BR>Gina B Nahai <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith</SPAN></EM><BR>Gina Ochsner <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Fligh</SPAN></EM>t<BR>Haven Kimmel <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Solace of Leaving Early</SPAN></EM><BR>Heather O'Neill <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lullabies for Little Criminals</SPAN></EM><BR>Helen DeWitt <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Last Samurai</SPAN></EM><BR>Helen Dunmore A Spell of Winter - winner<BR>Helen Dunmore <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">House of Orphans</SPAN></EM><BR>Helen Dunmore <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Siege </SPAN></EM>- shortlist<BR>Hilary Mantel <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Beyond Black</SPAN></EM><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">- </SPAN></STRONG>shortlist<BR>Hilary Mantel <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Giant O'Brien</SPAN></EM><BR>Ingrid Hill <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Ursula, Under</SPAN></EM><BR>Isla Dewar <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Keeping Up with Magda</SPAN></EM><BR>Jackie Kay <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Trumpet</SPAN></EM><BR>Jacquelyn Mitchard <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Most Wanted</SPAN></EM><BR>Jamaica Kincaid <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Autobiography of My Mother</SPAN></EM><BR>Jane Gardam<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Old Filth</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Jane Hamilton <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Short History of a Prince</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Jane Harris The Observations - shortlist<BR>Jane Mendelsohn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">I Was Amelia Earhart</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Jane Rogers <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Island</SPAN></EM><BR>Jane Rogers <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Promised Lands</SPAN></EM><BR>Jane Smiley <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Horse Heaven</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Jane Smiley <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Ten Days in the Hills</SPAN></EM><BR>Jane Urquhart <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Underpainter</SPAN></EM><BR>Janet Davey <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">English Correspondence</SPAN></EM><BR>Jayne Ann Phillips <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Motherkind</SPAN></EM><BR>Jeanette Winterson<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Gut Symmetries</SPAN></EM><BR>Jeanette Winterson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The PowerBook</SPAN></EM><BR>Jennifer Clement <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A True Story Based on Lies</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake</S><BR>Jill Dawson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fred & Edie</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Jill Dawson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Watch Me Disappear</SPAN></EM><BR>Jo-Ann Goodwin <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Danny Boy</SPAN></EM><BR>Joan Brady <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Death Comes for Peter Pan</SPAN></EM><BR>Joan Didion <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Last Thing He Wanted</SPAN></EM><BR>Joan London Gilgamesh</FONT><S><BR></S><FONT size=2>Joanne Harris <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Five Quarters of the Orange</SPAN></EM><BR>Joolz Denby <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Billie Morgan</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Josephine Humphreys Nowhere Else on Earth</FONT><S><BR></S><FONT size=2>Joyce Carol Oates <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Middle Age</SPAN></EM><BR>Joyce Carol Oates <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Rape A Love Story</SPAN></EM><BR>Joyce Carol Oates<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> The Falls</SPAN></EM><BR>Judy Budnitz <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">If I Told You Once</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Julia Blackburn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Book of Colour</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Julia Blackburn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Leper's Companions</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Julia Darling<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Crocodile Soup</SPAN></EM><BR>Julia Leigh <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Hunter</SPAN></EM><BR>Julie Otsuka <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">When the Emperor was Divine</SPAN></EM><BR>Karla Kuban <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Marchlands</SPAN></EM><BR>Kate Atkinson Case Histories</FONT><S><BR></S><FONT size=2>Kate Grenville <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Idea of Perfection</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>Kathryn Heyman <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Breaking</SPAN></EM><BR>Kathy Page <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Story of My Face</SPAN></EM><BR>Kira Cochrane <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Escape Routes for Beginners</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Kiran Desai The Inheritance of</S><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Loss</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Kirsten Bakis <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lives of the Monster Dogs</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Kitty Aldridge <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Pop</SPAN></EM><BR>Laura Fish <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Strange Music</SPAN></EM><BR>Laura Hird <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Born Free</SPAN></EM><BR>Laurie Graham <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights</SPAN></EM><BR>Laurie R King <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">With Child</SPAN></EM><BR>Leila Aboulela <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Minaret</SPAN></EM><BR>Leila Aboulela<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> The Translator</SPAN></EM><BR>Leone Ross <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">All the Blood is Red</SPAN></EM><BR>Lesley Glaister <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Now You See Me</SPAN></EM><BR>Lesley Glaister <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Private Parts of Women</SPAN></EM><BR>Leslie Forbes <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fish, Blood & Bone</SPAN></EM><BR>Lily Prior La Cucina<BR>Linda Grant <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Cast Iron Shore</SPAN></EM></FONT><I><BR></I><FONT size=2>Linda Grant <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Clothes on Their Backs</SPAN></EM><BR>Linda Grant <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">When I Lived in Modern Times</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>Lindsey Collen <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Rape of Sita</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Lionel Shriver We Need to Talk About </S><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Kevin</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>Lisa Moore <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Alligator</SPAN></EM><BR>Lissa Evans <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Their Finest Hour and a Half</SPAN></EM><BR>Liz Jensen <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Ark Baby</SPAN></EM><BR>Liz Jensen <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Egg Dancing</SPAN></EM><BR>Liz Jensen <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">War Crimes for the Home</SPAN></EM><BR>Lori Lansens<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> The Girls</SPAN></EM><BR>Lorraine Adams <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Harbor</SPAN></EM><BR>Louise Welsh <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Cutting Room</SPAN></EM><BR>Louise Young <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Baby Love</SPAN></EM><BR>Lucy Ellmann <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Dot in the Universe</SPAN></EM><BR>Lucy Ellmann <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Man or Mango?</SPAN></EM><BR>M J Hyland <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Carry Me Down</SPAN></EM><BR>Maggie Gee <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Flood</SPAN></EM><BR>Maggie Gee <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The White Family</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Maile Meloy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Liars & Saints</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Manda Scott <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Hen's Teeth</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Margaret Atwood <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Alias Grace</SPAN></EM></S>- shortlist<BR>Margaret Atwood <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Oryx and Crake</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin - shortlist<BR>Margaret Forster <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Over</SPAN></EM><BR>Marianne Wiggins <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Eveless Eden </SPAN></EM> shortlist<BR>Marilyn Bowering <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Visible Worlds</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Marilynne Robinson Gilead</S><BR><S>Marina Lewycka A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian</S>- shortlist<BR>Marly Swick <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Evening News</SPAN></EM><BR>Mary Kay Zuravleff <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Frequency of Souls</SPAN></EM><BR>Mary Morrissy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Mother of Pearl</SPAN></EM><BR>Maureen Duffy<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Restitution</SPAN></EM><BR>Meaghan Delahunt <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">In the Blue House</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Meera Syal Anita and Me</S><BR>Meg Wolitzer <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Position</SPAN></EM><BR>Melanie Finn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Away From You</SPAN></EM><BR>Melanie Wallace <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Housekeeper</SPAN></EM><BR>Michele Roberts <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Impossible Saints</SPAN></EM><BR>Michelle de Kretser <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Lost Dog</SPAN></EM><BR>Michelle Huneven <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Round Rock</SPAN></EM><BR>Michelle Lovric <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Remedy</SPAN></EM><BR>Miranda Hearn <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Nelson's Daughter</SPAN></EM><BR>Miriam Toews <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Flying Troutmans</SPAN></EM><BR>Monica Ali <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Brick Lane</SPAN></EM><BR>Nadine Gordimer <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The House Gun</SPAN></EM><BR>Nancy Huston <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fault Lines</SPAN></EM><BR>Nani Power <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Crawling at Night</SPAN></EM><BR>Naomi Alderman <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Disobedience</SPAN></EM><BR>Nell Freudenberger <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Dissident</SPAN></EM><BR>Nell Leyshon<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Black Dir</SPAN></EM>t<BR>Nicole Krauss <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The History of Love</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Nora Okja Keller <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Comfort Woman</SPAN></EM><BR>Nora Okja Keller <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fox Girl</SPAN></EM><BR>Oonya Kempadoo <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Buxton Spice</SPAN></EM><BR>Pagan Kennedy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Spinsters</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Pat Barker <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Ghost Road</SPAN></EM><BR>Patricia Ferguson<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> It So Happens</SPAN></EM><BR>Patricia Ferguson <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Peripheral Vision</SPAN></EM><BR>Patricia Wood <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lottery</SPAN></EM><BR>Paulina Simons Red Leaves<BR>Pauline Melville <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Ventriloquist's Tale</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Penelope Fitzgerald The Blue Flower</S><BR>Philippa Gregory <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Constant Princess</SPAN></EM><BR>Preeta Samarasan<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Evening is the Whole Day</SPAN></EM><BR>Rachel Cusk<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> Arlington Park </SPAN></EM>- shortlist<BR>Rachel Seiffert <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Afterwards</SPAN></EM><BR>Rachel Seiffert <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Dark Room</SPAN></EM><BR>Rebecca Gowers<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> When to Walk</SPAN></EM><BR>Rose Tremain <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Colour</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Rose Tremain <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Road Home</SPAN></EM><BR>Rosina Lippi Homestead - shortlist<BR><S>Rupa Bajwa The Sari Shop</S><BR>Sadie Jones <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Outcast</SPAN></EM><BR>Samantha Harvey <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Wilderness</SPAN></EM><BR>Samantha Hunt <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Invention of Everything Else</SPAN></EM><BR>Sandra Benitez <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Bitter Grounds</SPAN></EM><BR>Sandra Cisneros <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Caramelo</SPAN></EM><BR>Sarah Hall <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Electric Michelangelo</SPAN></EM><BR>Sarah May <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Internationals</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Sarah Waters <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Fingersmith</SPAN></EM></S> shortlist<BR><S>Sarah Waters The Night Watch</S> - shortlist<BR>Sena Jeter Naslund Ahab's Wife<BR>Shauna Singh Baldwin <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">What the Body Remembers</SPAN></EM><BR>Shena Mackay <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Heligoland -</SPAN></EM> shortlist<BR>Sheri Holman <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Mammoth Cheese</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Shirley Hazzard <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Great Fire</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Siri Hustvedt The Enchantment of Lily Dahl<BR>Siri Hustvedt <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">What I Loved</SPAN></EM><BR>Sonya Hartnett <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">What the Birds See</SPAN></EM><BR>Stef Penney The Tenderness of Wolves<BR>Stella Duffy <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">State of Happiness</SPAN></EM><BR>Stephanie Grant <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Passion of Alice</SPAN></EM><BR>Stevie Davies <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Kith & Kin</SPAN></EM><BR>Stevie Davies <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Element of Water</SPAN></EM><BR>Sue Gee The Mysteries of Glass</FONT><S><BR></S><FONT size=2>Sue Miller <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Lost in the Forest</SPAN></EM><BR><S>Sue Monk Kidd <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Secret Life of Bees</SPAN></EM></S><BR>Sunetra Gupta <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Sin of Colour</SPAN></EM><BR>Suzanne Berne <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Crime in the Neighbourhood </SPAN></EM>- winner<BR><S>Toni Morrison Love</S><BR><S>Toni Morrison Paradise</S> - shortlist<BR>Tracy Chevalier Girl with a Pearl Earring<BR>Trezza Azzopardi <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Hiding Place</SPAN></EM><BR>Tricia Wastvedt The River<BR>Valerie Martin <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Property</SPAN></EM> - winner<BR>VV Ganeshananthan <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Love Marriage</SPAN></EM><BR>Xiaolu Guo <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR><S>Zadie Smith On Beauty</S> - winner<BR>Zadie Smith <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">The Autograph Man</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Zadie Smith <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">White Teeth</SPAN></EM> - shortlist<BR>Zoë Heller <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Notes on a Scandal</SPAN></EM></FONT></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-28318426319206494972009-05-29T06:02:00.002+09:002009-05-29T09:13:35.104+09:00Library Loot<div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After a long time I went to the </span><a href="http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/Locations/branches.asp?id=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Main Library</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> here..I love going to that place ..the </span><a href="http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/Services/quotes.asp?pillar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pillar columns</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> at the entrance itself tell you all what is valued..there are all those book quotes which I cant resist to stop and read..every time..</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Inside, its a cool and big space with chairs to sprawl on with your individual book piles ..there are discreetly placed 'recommendations' , some 'specials' .. its like heaven for me..for any book reader..</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyway, I usually order and call on my books to be delivered to a nearby library , which is smaller but quite convenient..So with unexpected time on hands I walked to the library today,and though I didnt mean to - I picked up 4 books and couldnt even wait/risk putting them in the online queue..I had to lug them back so far away..right now :) .. My precious loot :</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Robber Bride</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, by Margaret Atwood - I must confess I am not an Atwood fan, I somehow havnt 'got' her ..Ive read couple of her books..but this jacket description was too powerful ..</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Almond Picker </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, by Simonetta Hornby - Interesting name and book jacket description</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I,The Divine </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, by Rabih Alameddine - Who can resist a book all in First chapters ! and Ive read and loved his narrative style in 'The Hakawati' ..this should be good..</span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Getting married</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, by Theresa Alan - My guilty pleasure - a cleverly written(hopefully) chick-lit </span></span></span><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div><span class="189195218-28052009"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-57495569914723845452008-12-18T04:50:00.000+09:002008-12-18T04:51:41.399+09:00Slumdog millionaire..my perspective..<DIV> <P><SPAN class=708565517-17122008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Times magazine calls it a dervish delight - </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863826_1863833,00.html"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863826_1863833,00.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>W<SPAN class=708565517-17122008>SJ calls it first globalized masterpiece - </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008><A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122661670370126131.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122661670370126131.html</A></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>GoldenGlobe gave it a nod - <A href="http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/104">http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/104</A></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>What happens after this ? Expections..high expections...and what happens to high expectations ? The same as to a big wave...it comes crashing down..now Im exaggerating a bit here...my expectations were not crashed as such...but yes...they were un-realised..the movie was not upto what I expected it to be...and I dont really know what I expected..but isnt that usually the case ?</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>Let me tell you..I am as big a fan of the under-dog getting his redemption at the end-of-the-movie as anyone else...a big fan of Mumbai - where the movie is set...and it is depicted wonderfully..though a bit more block-coloured than I guess it is..I wonder how they paint the slums as colourful when they are struggling for their daily lives...but this is one of the jarring notes...</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>The lead-actors being another...To give a little back story , this is about 3 kids and their coming-of-age in the grits of the underbelly of mumbai , the slums ! Each of the 3 protagonist are showed in 3 stages of their age , and whereas the youngest characters are so real and believable and heart-rending, as they grow older they do not remain so...maybe thats true with us too..Im sure we arent as cute at 17 as we were at 6 or even at 12...</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>The issues that are seen are all very humane...very real...very touching..horrifying at times - the beggers gang in which they get meshed for a while..the toughness and survival skills that you see in those kids, even when they are scamming tourists...the red-light area...I mean each and every of them...and no melodrama...just matter-of-fact life..the way it is actually out there...</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>So one would wonder why Im complaining..its because I think I see all this and I dont see any fantasy element in it..no stretch of imagination...I know it all happens..day in and day out ..along with all the other varied things happening in India..and I think that the audience here love it more because all that they see is not something they have seen or experienced or known to happen...so a sense of wonder is felt more when you see something that you havnt seen before ?? Maybe thats why I liked 'Wall-E' more...</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=708565517-17122008>Slumdog is good no doubt..but bollywood has produced many such movies..I mean not nearly as good..but touching one or many of the issues seen here..as well as mumbai...and slums...it just didnt strike me as unique a fare as it did to the audience here... so yeah...a thumbs up to Slumdog..but let those Wall-Es keep coming too...<can anyone tell I didnt know how to end this really ??></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #004080; FONT-FAMILY: ti"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #004080; FONT-FAMILY: ti"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ti"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #004080; FONT-FAMILY: ti"></SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12691906.post-48739538109634371972008-11-19T05:53:00.001+09:002008-11-19T05:53:28.060+09:005 starred<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Out of the 60+ odd books Ive read so far in the year and logged in Shelfari, apparently only 3 of them deserve 5 stars ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>What does that says about me ..that Im highly discerning or maybe highly stingy in giving out those stars .. ??</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyways , the great books which deserved the 5 stars according to my self-proclaimed exalted opinion are :</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><A href="http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Spider-Woman-Manuel-Puig/dp/0679724494/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227041110&sr=8-3">Kiss of the spider woman , by Manuel Puig</A> </STRONG>- I dont remember where I got the reference for this one, but I did..and I checked it out from my library and read it..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its a very different and unique narrative style for an unlikely friendship (I think its based on real characters and events) developed between two prisoners sharing a cell, but from vastly different background and ideology and interests..the premise is interesting but made fascinating by the dialogue between the two central characters..its just great..I will try to read more by the author though I think this is his best and most well-known work.. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><A href="http://www.amazon.com/Floating-Mothers-Palm-Ursula-Hegi/dp/0684854759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227041186&sr=1-1">Floating in my mother's palm , by Ursula Hegi </A></STRONG>- Hanna malter tells her life story in short snippets and each of them make you crave for more...I did read some other works by the author after this one...and though I do not remember the specifics I remember being very enamored by the book when I read it.. (does this happens to everyone or is it just me ?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=111180215-18112008><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.amazon.com/Shane-Jack-Schaefer/dp/0553271105/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227041346&sr=1-1"><STRONG>Shane , by Jack Schaefer</STRONG></A> - Recommended by some list on great Western novels and it did not disappoint. 'He rode into our valley in the summer of '89' - I am not likely to forget this opening line anytime soon..and though its a very thin book, its very powerful - giving an exact picture of the great historic western mindset..Im not sure if these are just stories or is there some reality behind it..but as a piece of fiction its a keeper..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>Dipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194061978226080268noreply@blogger.com0