I can already tell  a huge difference in how much more I read and update now that I gave up my main site, I still miss it sometimes but overall it is refreshing not to have so many deadlines and always having to post something. Plus I get so much more reading in and I enjoy it so much more now that I don't have to rush through some of them.

I finally started to read The Other Series that I had sitting here for a long time and I'm loving it so far. I actually bingeing them which is something I haven't done in a while :D lol

For March I don't have any real goals yet but we shall see. There are a few books coming out in March that I'm looking forward to.

Obsidio by  Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman, The Prophecy by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Lake Silence by Anne Bishop and a few more.

I know a lot of people looking forward to 

 

Written in Red by Anne Bishop 

 

 

 

 4 ½ -5 ★

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

 

 

 

5 ★

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

 

 

 

5★

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the twentieth anniversary of the Coen brothers' cult classic film, the ultimate fan's guide to The Big Lebowski, with a foreword by the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, and a new afterword by writer and film critic Daphne Merkin.

 

When it was first released in 1998, The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office. Twenty years later, the movie has developed a massive, passionate, and cross-generational cult following of Lebowski fans (a.k.a. Achievers), who yearly coalesce around Lebowski Fest, the film-screening/party where bowling pins tumble, costumes abound, and White Russians are the official drink of choice--"kind of a 'Star Trek' convention, but without all the geeks"(Associated Press).

 

Written by the Founding Dudes of Lebowski Fest--and with a foreword by El Duderino himself, Jeff Bridges--this new edition of I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski also features contemporary reflections on the movie by acclaimed writer and former New Yorker film critic Daphne Merkin. This is the fan book to tie every Achiever's room together, a treasure trove of trivia and commentary, illustrations, photos, interviews with every major cast member (plus the real-life inspirations for the Coen-created characters), highlights from the Fest, a handy Achiever translation guide, and tips on how to Dude-ify your life. I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski is a raucous and hilarious celebration of the greatest film ever made (condolences, Citizen Kane) and of the glorious revelry that continues in its two-decade wake.

 

 

If you were a fan of the movie then this book is a must read. If you have not watched it, watch it and then come back and read the book. But really either way you should be familiar with the movie.

The book was almost a guide to the movie and it was fun and very enjoyable to read. What can you expect from the book? A lot. Obviously humor and a whole lot more. We get a good look behind the scenes, many pictures of scenes, characters and locations. As well interviews with the cast and crew. Plus some other really fun stuff.

Overall, like I said if you liked the movie you will love this book.

I rate it 5★ it was quick, fun and very informative read.

 

 

 

 

 

The overwhelming image I'm left with after reading this book is that of the sea breathing. Much of the science here is the taking in and giving out of various elements and molecules by water, be it in Antarctic lakes, the ocean, or rivers and the global water bodies in general. Green traces the chemistry of water and where it comes from and where it disappears to. He also paints the picture of the Antarctic he studies, its vastness and stillness and sterility.

The story is mostly science and poetry. I feel like the emphasis was more on the poetry. Green got to write up his science in scientific papers. This book was his opportunity to let loose, to try to convey the magic he sees in his research and in his work. There are bits of memoir, but they mostly show up in the vivid dreams he recorded while he was "on the continent". I felt like they were part of the poetry.

The science that's there is clear and accurate, while spiced with more poetry. But that's what makes this a beautiful, inspiring book. He lets us in on the questions, the mysteries in his field. The world's rivers dump copper and calcium in the ocean, but the ocean doesn't have much copper or calcium in it. So where does it go? How the the ocean cleanse itself?

The research summer in Antarctic is pre-internet, pre-phone service down south, so the whole thing has a ring of the ancient to it that would be entirely missing from a similar tale today. And the forward from 2008 to the edition I read that Green added to actually mention global warming lends more context to it, but the work exists in and of itself outside of time, the way Antarctica is described.

Deeply beautiful words, startling photos. Wonderful.