woodge blog
Blog URL http://woodge.posterous.com/
Located Boston, Massachusetts USA
Tags books, movies, doodles, epic fantasy, family, vocabulary, media consumption
books, movies, doodles, kids, words, pixilated tomfoolery (mostly reviews of recently read books and recently seen movies)
Latest Blog Posts
- The World Without Us: Required Reading on Nov 20, 2009
The World Without Us ~ Alan Weisman trade paperback 432 pages ISBN-10: 0312427905 ISBN-13: 978-0312427900 When I told people I was reading this non-fiction book and that the premise was "What would happen to the earth if the human race suddenly van...
- Naruto vol. 1 on Nov 18, 2009
Naruto, Vol. 1 ~ Masashi Kishimoto trade paperback 192 pages ISBN-10: 1569319006 ISBN-13: 978-1569319000 I've only been aware of manga -- the term for Japanese comic books or "graphic novels" -- peripherally. And sometime in the past de...
- Mayan madness on Nov 17, 2009
Yes, the "science" is ridiculous... yes, much of the action is wildly implausible... yes, it's sometimes hokey as hell. But it was also entertaining in a wildly apocalyptic over-the-top fashion with earthquakes, tsunamis, toppling buildin...
- NOvember on Nov 2, 2009
Here's my favorite poem about November: No, by Thomas Hood: No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member --No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds --November!
- Valkyrie is DOA on Nov 2, 2009
Tom Cruise as real-life would-be Hitler assassinator Claus Von Stauffenberg. *rolls eyes* ... Things wrong with it: 1) Tom Cruise is not a good actor. 2) I bet even Paris Hilton could guess the ending. (Maybe). 3) Not suspenseful. Things right with i...
- airships, pirates, and zombies -- oh my on Oct 30, 2009
Boneshaker ~ Cherie Priest Trade Paperback 416 pages ISBN-10: 0765318415 ISBN-13: 978-0765318411 This adventure tale falls into the growing steampunk genre (a genre that's hard to pin down). Boneshaker is set in an alternate history. In this tal...
- Peter Pan redux on Oct 30, 2009
Peter and the Starcatchers ~ Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Trade Paperback 480 pages ISBN-10: 078684907X ISBN-13: 978-0786849079 Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's first foray into kid-lit borrows Peter Pan and creates this story that happened...
