It has been a fun yet exhausting day today, but I wanted to get my initial reaction to the movie published tonight. I’ll write in more depth tomorrow. The movie was good, not great, but enjoyable. All of the characters in the film were caricatures of their counterparts in the novel, but that is to [...]
24 Hour Countdown
28 Feb By 1 Comment
24 hours from now I will be sitting in the theater watching the film adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl. Despite my reservations, I’m starting to get excited. I’ve even talked a co-worker of mine into taking a half day off with me. Lunch at Red Robin followed by nearly two hours of Henry. Who [...]
An Exciting Opportunity Coming Our Way!
28 Feb By 1 Comment
Earlier this week I was approached by one of the Online Marketing Managers at HarperCollins to see if I would be interested in receiving an Advanced Readers Copy of Eleanor Vs Ike by Robin Gerber. Here’s a short description of the book: “Captivating and fast-paced, Eleanor vs. Ike pits the unforgettable Eleanor against the enormously [...]
The Other Boleyn Girl Virtual Book Club Contest
27 Feb By 10 Comments
This contest appears to have been completed. You can’t view the site any longer. Thanks to everyone who participated! _______________________________________ Sony Pictures has sponsored a fun contest surrounding the release of The Other Boleyn Girl. People create and join virtual book clubs. Each person who joins takes a quiz to earn points for their club. [...]
#60 ~ Eat, Pray, Love
27 Feb By 8 Comments
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert I don’t typically read books about food. For whatever reason, I get bored reading paragraphs filled with nothing but food preparatory details. Knowing this about myself, I never considered even picking up this book off of the shelf to [...]
Gregory Discusses the Differences between Fiction and Film
21 Feb By 4 Comments
Here is an interesting article that Philippa Gregory wrote about writing and reading historical fiction and the differences between her novel and the upcoming film rendition of The Other Boleyn Girl. If I gain nothing else from seeing the movie, I really enjoyed reading this article. A big thank you to Butterflylady from HistoricalFiction.org for [...]
Interview with the New Boleyn Girls
20 Feb By Leave a Comment
USA Today printed an interview with Scarlett Johannson and Natalie Portman. It’s not terribly enlightening, but you might want to check it out. No mention of the kiss…
A Royal Disaster?
17 Feb By 3 Comments
The Other Boleyn Girl was my introduction to modern historical fiction, Philippa Gregory, and my beloved Tudors. When I heard the news that a film based on TOBG was in the works, I was thrilled. It was a such a powerful read and I was hopeful that it would make a wonderful movie. It didn’t [...]
#59 ~ Gardens of Water
15 Feb By 9 Comments
Gardens of Water: A Novel by Alan Drew Gardens of Water tells the story of how the lives of a working class, conservative Muslim family from outside of Istanbul were impacted by the horrible earthquake of 1999. Sinan Basioglu, a hard-working man with a club foot, tries to do his best by his family and [...]
#58 ~ The Witch’s Trinity
15 Feb By 3 Comments
The Witch’s Trinity: A Novel by Erika Mailman I’ve been reading a lot of historical fiction recently and most of it has centered on London. The greatest portion of that has taken place during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. I wanted to change things up. So, when I read the list of Divia’s holiday [...]
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