Tag: Junot Díaz

by M. Bijman January 8, 2017 0

Discussion of current events

GoodReads 2016 – A Year in Books

This is the report of my year on GoodReads.com, where I repost short versions of my reviews. Goodreads still hasContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 19, 2016 0

Award-winning novel Books for Summer Discussion of current events Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of modern fiction

Almost incomprehensible English – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

Hard to read but worthwhile reading Some books are hard to read and hard to finish. It could be becauseContinue Reading

The Exorcist (1973) August 31, 2019
“I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.” — Demon The Exorcist was not your average blockbuster film. Called “the greatest horror film of all time” by many, it has remained unparalleled in terms of its initial reception, its cultural impact and its subsequent adoption into the American film canon. With a worldwide gross of over $440 million, countl […]
Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019
“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]