Last month my mother-in-law, Katie, read Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. She so enjoyed it (finishing it in less than two days) that I was inspired to borrow it and read it myself. I knew that I’d read this book at some point in my public school education, but only the names of the [...]
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A Truly Pleasurable Read
Posted in books, fiction, film, listen online, midmorning on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why I Love Iron Man
Posted in comics, film, midmorning, reviews on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Earlier this week I heard the beginning of Kerri Miller’s interview with Kenneth Turan, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, on MPR’s Midmorning. Bemoaning the influx of cheesy, “frothy” movies released each summertime, Miller & Turan discussed the fact that so many summer movies are geared toward “13-year-old boys.” Miller expressed particular frustration [...]