Posted in Adventure, Andrew's Picks, Books, Crime fiction, High suspense, Historical fiction, Thrillers on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
On this week’s Blogging for a Good Book, I’m posting about four authors who are coming to the Williamsburg Library Theatre on Monday, March 31. We’ll be having a relaxed conversation with Margaret Coel, David L. Robbins, and Jacqueline Winspear, led by Willetta L. Heising. The event starts at 7 pm in the [...]
Posted in High suspense, Movies, Todd's Picks on January 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably and viciously attacked by thousands of birds.
Of course we know birds to not attack people, but that’s ok…let’s suspend belief and look at this wonderful Hitchcock film that was recently thrown back into the spotlight [...]
Posted in Characters, Documentary, High suspense, Movies, Nonfiction, Rebekah's Picks on September 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Some of you may be familiar with this film. Spellbound was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002 for the Best Documentary category. It lost to Bowling for Columbine. Ebert and Roeper gave this film “two thumbs up.” That alone may compel some of you not to see it, or vice versa. While I heard [...]
Posted in Books, Characters, High suspense, Thrillers, Todd's Picks, Young Adult on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Let’s end the week with another Cormier book, that is soon to be a major motion picture starring Russell Crowe.
Eric Poole started out just killing small animals, kittens and birds, but soon finds himself in a juvenile detention center for killing his parents. Eric claims he was being abused and the murders were in self-defense. [...]
Posted in Andrew's Picks, Books, Fast-paced, High suspense, Plot, Sense of place on August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Chicago, a few years in the future. An unspecified terrorist attack has caused the President to cancel elections, declare military law, and beef Homeland Security up to perform random searches, warrantless arrests, and wholesale exile of ‘undesirables’. Fear and support for the security measures keep most people either unaware or supportive of the [...]
Posted in Books, Fast-paced, High suspense, Mysteries, Neil's Picks, Thrillers on June 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I used to tell people that if the world were fair, T. Jefferson Parker would be a famous writer. After years of great books though, Parker has finally found a devoted audience. So now I’ll revise my original statement and say that if Parker wrote a series, he would be the most popular police thriller [...]
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