August 2012
15 posts
Happy birthday Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley!
Fact: Frankenstein is my favorite book of all time.
Casting Gone Girl
You may have already heard that Reese Witherspoon’s production company snapped up the film rights for Gone Girl. If the movie is meant to be a vehicle for Witherspoon to star in, I suppose I could get used to the idea but she wouldn’t be my first choice. Here is how I would cast it:
Nick: Ryan Gosling
Amy: Someone on Twitter suggested Rachel McAdams, and I kind of love that for a McGosling reunion, but I’m going to have to go with Charlize Theron.
Go: Ginnifer Goodwin
Desi: Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Andie: Amanda Seyfried
Who would you like to see in the movie version?
Gone Girl.
Does Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl need another glowing endorsement? Probably not, especially since I feel like I am one of the last to read it. Here’s my simplified review anyway: read this immediately! In thrillers/mysteries the twists and turns are usually so obvious they are beating you over the head, but that is not at all the case with Gone Girl. Be sure to clear your schedule first because you won’t be able to stop thinking about what will happen next.
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I really blew it by not naming my dog Dorothy Parker. Never going to forgive myself for this oversight.
“It is as if all of their edges have bled a little into the space where Handy had been, the way separate stews eke across the plate to mingle when the rice in the middle has been eaten.”
—Lauren Groff, Arcadia. I love this image.
This American Life: Show Me The Way
In an attempt to make treadmill running more palatable, I started listening to This American Life podcasts at the gym. The first act on the episode “Show Me The Way” was so delightfully nerdy that it had me laughing out loud and smiling my entire run. A fifteen year old sci-fi book nerd runs away from home to seek asylum with his favorite writer. So good.
The Great Gatsby Movie Release Pushed to Summer 2013 →
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There go my plans for Christmas Day.
“I often recommend writing as a tool for self-discovery because it’s helped me so much. I use writing in different ways: I write as an artist but I also write when I’m just trying to work through something or make a tough decision. And I think, a lot of times, even people who aren’t writers will write in crisis. They’ll write in their journals after breaking up with someone, even though they haven’t written for two years. That’s because it’s a way to essentially practice your thoughts and see what’s there. Writing forces you to locate your clarity.”
—Cheryl Strayed in an interview with The99Percent.com.
