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pegkerrSalon describes a new book by Susanna Clark entitled Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell to be when Harry Potter met Jane Austen. I find myself unreasonably irritated by a book blurb description so baldly calculated to appeal to my tastes, but despite myself, I must admit to being intrigued. It sounds as though fans of Sorcery and Cecelia would like it.
I went to see Reece Witherspoon's Vanity Fair tonight, despite the bad reviews and the departures from the book. I was in just the right mood for it. Quite fun to try to identify the various actors and figure out where I'd seen them before. Ah, saw her in Grossford Park. She (Amelia) was in Nicholas Nickleby. And as for her hopelessly pining would-be lover, William Dobbin--that was Spike in Notting Hill?? No way!
Great fun.
I went to see Reece Witherspoon's Vanity Fair tonight, despite the bad reviews and the departures from the book. I was in just the right mood for it. Quite fun to try to identify the various actors and figure out where I'd seen them before. Ah, saw her in Grossford Park. She (Amelia) was in Nicholas Nickleby. And as for her hopelessly pining would-be lover, William Dobbin--that was Spike in Notting Hill?? No way!
Great fun.