1) The release of Bridge of Clay by the awesome, clever, brilliant, awesome Markus Zusak has been delayed (yet again). I've read that it's supposed to come out this September (September 1st to be exact!), but it doesn't even have an amazon page yet. A little puzzled when I saw, I searched and searched the web until I came upon this answer about the book by Doubleday (Markus Zusak's publishing company).
If you don't feel like pressing the link, I'll spare you the news quickly: We now have to wait until 2013 for the book. Nooooooooooooo.
2) I landed on a spoilery review for Goliath. NOOOOOOOOOO The review though was only mildly spoilery, and my eyes only caught one thing before my mouse clicking reflexes started working again and I clicked out of the page. Of course, that one thing ended up being something something I was looking forward to seeing. EPIC FAIL.
I learned my lesson. I'm never ever ever going to look up reviews for it anymore.
Please excuse me while I weep and gnash my teeth on the other side of the room.
the miscellany:
1) Bill Gates read (and really liked) the Hunger Games. No really, it's true. That's pretty cool, yes? :)
2) I want to watch Super 8 sometime before it leaves the theater because it seems like the type of movie that should be seen in theaters.
A little tidbit about this movie which got me waayyy too over eager to see it: it's called Super 8 because the kids are shooting a film with a super 8 camera. (I like cleverly named movies.)
I should also mention that it came out on my birthday. That little birthday fact could be playing a big role in my increasing want to see the film more than other reasons. Heh...because really, when's the next time that a Steven Spielberg movie (a critically successful one at that too) is ever going to come out on my birthday?! ;)
3) It's happening again. Articles similar to the the Harry Potter farewell/in memoriam/good-bye articles that came out during the release of Deathly Hallows are now slowly coming out day by day.
The site I really want to point to for this is Tor, for their insightful and profound homages to JK Rowling and HP several of its bloggers are writing (as part of their Harry Potter celebration, Potterpalooza).
They're all worth a read, but some of my favorite essays are:
And though this essay's not part of the HP celebration, it's HP related and I've been wanting to link it since forever so, here you go:
I would also suggest taking the time to read the comments too. Most of them are just as thought-provoking and touching as the essays themselves. :)
Hope everyone is having a good (and hopefully tribulation-less) Tuesday!
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