Recent media intake that I ought to review

Over the past three weeks, I have read (or viewed) the following:

Bujold's "Sharing Knife" tetralogy. Expect a full review of the fourth book, due out soon, because I owe one to LibraryThing in exchange for the galley copy they sent me. Short review: great series, the fourth book was a little disappointing but mostly because the first three had established very high expectations. I don't usually enjoy fantasy but this had Bujold's rigor to redeem it. Highly recommended.

Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book". To quote introverte, "Sure, when I recommend a book, you put on the 'to read someday' pile; when the ALA gives it a Newbery, you move it to the top of the pile." Glad I did.

Howard's "Frost/Nixon" (movie). Yes, H and I went out on a --- what's that word again? Oh, yeah --- date last night and saw one of those moving-picture things. Seriously, this was so well-done that I didn't even notice that two hours had gone by, and didn't mind sitting on the extreme left-hand seat two rows from the screen. [Amusing note: the last movie we saw was "Good Night and Good Luck". So I guess we have to wait for someone to make a docudrama about Jim Lehrer interviewing George Bush for our next movie date?]

R' Natan Slifkin's "The Challenge of Creation". Another one that deserves an in-depth blog post of its own. R' Slifkin does an excellent job explaining how Orthodox Jewish belief and a modern scientific understanding of both cosmogeny and biological evolution can be mutually consonant without compromising either.

Recent media intake that I ought to review

Over the past three weeks, I have read (or viewed) the following:

Bujold's "Sharing Knife" tetralogy. Expect a full review of the fourth book, due out soon, because I owe one to LibraryThing in exchange for the galley copy they sent me. Short review: great series, the fourth book was a little disappointing but mostly because the first three had established very high expectations. I don't usually enjoy fantasy but this had Bujold's rigor to redeem it. Highly recommended.

Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book". To quote introverte, "Sure, when I recommend a book, you put on the 'to read someday' pile; when the ALA gives it a Newbery, you move it to the top of the pile." Glad I did.

Howard's "Frost/Nixon" (movie). Yes, H and I went out on a --- what's that word again? Oh, yeah --- date last night and saw one of those moving-picture things. Seriously, this was so well-done that I didn't even notice that two hours had gone by, and didn't mind sitting on the extreme left-hand seat two rows from the screen. [Amusing note: the last movie we saw was "Good Night and Good Luck". So I guess we have to wait for someone to make a docudrama about Jim Lehrer interviewing George Bush for our next movie date?]

R' Natan Slifkin's "The Challenge of Creation". Another one that deserves an in-depth blog post of its own. R' Slifkin does an excellent job explaining how Orthodox Jewish belief and a modern scientific understanding of both cosmogeny and biological evolution can be mutually consonant without compromising either.