You Had Me at “Tacos”: Trivia Night Goes Hollywood

I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse. “You talkin’ to me?,” you might be saying. Yes, yes I am. I’m digitally looking at you. Here’s looking at you, kid. What if I told you you could have a killer time eating tacos and playing free trivia? “Surely you can’t be serious,” you say. … Continue reading →

The Case of the Curiously Not-So-Book-y Oscars

Oscar Sunday is about celebrating movies deemed to have reached, or at least approached, the pinnacle of filmmaking excellence. As we’ve discussed before in this space, many movies make it to such lofty heights by riding the coattails of topnotch books, which provide source material screenwriters love to poach steal adapt. Lit-to-film adaptations are usually … Continue reading →

Books: The Stars of Oscar Sunday

Oscar Sunday is once again upon us, and while it’s mostly a time to celebrate movies (or, if you’re fancy, British, or fancy British, films), I look at it as another sweet reminder of how awesome books are. As I’ve previously discussed in this space, many movie makers mine material from their motion-impaired mates in … Continue reading →

And the Oscar Goes to…Books

The Oscars: a majestic celebration of the magic of cinema, or frivolous, self-congratulatory pageantry? The answer to that question will be revealed…elsewhere. While some Oscar bashing may be warranted, ‘round here we talk about book-y stuff, so book-y stuff I shall discuss. It’s an incontrovertible fact that book renditions of stories are superior to their … Continue reading →

Silver Linings Playbook: A Very Pleasant Surprise

With Oscar Sunday fast approaching, as of last weekend, I had yet to see any of the movies nominated for this year’s Best Picture. Admonish me for failing to keep up with popular culture if you will, but in my defense, I work at a library, meaning I’m used to getting my fix of books … Continue reading →