Confession time...I have a weird obsession with Jason.
Yes, really.
I dressed up as Jason in middle school for Halloween.
Yes, really.
I did a paper in college on Jason as a tragic hero.
Yes, really.
I actually hate bloody slasher movies. I've only actually seen one of the Friday the 13th movies (and most of it my eyes were hidden in my then boyfriend's chest). I don't plan to watch them either. But I have READ just about everything on the character from a psychological standpoint, including why we (meaning people like me) are drawn to such a character.
In looking for memoirs to update our collection (if you weren't aware, our seniors must read a memoir and we have ours pulled out in a special collection section), I came across this. It was out of stock on Amazon, so it went on our Follett wish list. When we placed the most recent order, it went out there too and had to be cancelled. BUT, the paperback was now available on Amazon, so I ordered it. It'll be donated on Wednesday.
Anyway, I LOVED this book. It's semi-autobiographical. There is an author separate from Kane Hodder doing the actual writing, and both admit parts are creative, as memory is unreliable (remember The Things They Carried?). Hodder has played Jason more times than anyone, and really, it's his portrayal you picture when you think of Jason. That menacing deep breathing thing and the head twist before moving thing is Hodder's creation.
Hodder was a stunt man first, and does nearly all of his own in the Jason movies. He's become a cult hero, to the point that his fans were rabid when he was not cast in Freddy vs. Jason. (There's a WHOLE lotta psych work than can be done with Robert Englund and Freddy, but that's another post.)
I laughed out loud several times (Hodder likes to prank, a lot), got teary eyed a few times (he carried a wheelchair bound fan through a haunted house when it wasn't accessible!), and got really angry in a few places (see previous paragraph).
I hope you enjoy this one too!
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Monday, February 20, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
I took a few days off to do an SLJ review...look for it in March 2017--it's horror!
Anyway, this book was #3 of the B&N clearance sale. It was half off the list price. This one was worth it!
You may have heard of the author. She wrote a little novel called Twilight and its sequels.
A former government scientist (real name Julianna, currently going by Alex) is on the run years after her lab partner and mentor was murdered. She knows too much and represents a liability. It seems now though her former employer needs her. They have discovered a terrorist plot to release a viral agent of mass destruction. Only someone of her caliber chemist can help them.
Their sole lead is an urban history teacher named Daniel. All of a sudden tons of money is appearing in his bank accounts after trips to Mexico and Egypt. It would appear the educator is claiming to be helping Habitat for Humanity, but is instead running drugs, viruses, money, or all 3.
Alex kidnaps Daniel to torture him for information. NOTHING is as it seems.
One of the main characters is a German Shepherd who steals the show, along with a Great Dane and a Bassett Hound.
Trigger warning: several other dogs are killed in a gun fire fight. They die as heroes and there is no harsh or violent description of their deaths, but I think younger readers should know.
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Anyway, this book was #3 of the B&N clearance sale. It was half off the list price. This one was worth it!
You may have heard of the author. She wrote a little novel called Twilight and its sequels.
A former government scientist (real name Julianna, currently going by Alex) is on the run years after her lab partner and mentor was murdered. She knows too much and represents a liability. It seems now though her former employer needs her. They have discovered a terrorist plot to release a viral agent of mass destruction. Only someone of her caliber chemist can help them.
Their sole lead is an urban history teacher named Daniel. All of a sudden tons of money is appearing in his bank accounts after trips to Mexico and Egypt. It would appear the educator is claiming to be helping Habitat for Humanity, but is instead running drugs, viruses, money, or all 3.
Alex kidnaps Daniel to torture him for information. NOTHING is as it seems.
One of the main characters is a German Shepherd who steals the show, along with a Great Dane and a Bassett Hound.
Trigger warning: several other dogs are killed in a gun fire fight. They die as heroes and there is no harsh or violent description of their deaths, but I think younger readers should know.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett
This was another book I picked up at the clearance sale at B&N, $28 down to $6. The snippet on the jacket indicated a connection to the Shakespeare authorship question, something Miss Stevens and I love to debate about.
I do not believe the actor/director William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. There is not even proof the man wrote a letter to his long ill wife, let alone full length plays in iambic pentameter. I believe Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford or a group comprised of de Vere, Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, and others wrote them. That makes me an Oxfordian.
Side note: there's a theory that what's hidden on Oak Island isn't treasure, but the original manuscripts of the plays, as written by Bacon. I am obsessed with Oak Island.
So, about this book. I wanted to love it.
A rare book collector's wife passes away and he moves to the English countryside to escape their home. He takes on side jobs evaluating and appraising old books. In this work, he finds what appears to be the basis one of the plays, with handwritten notes by William Shakespeare. It is the Holy Grail of literature.
The story is told in in 3 ways--the present, the year Peter and Amanda met, and England in Shakespeare's time and after.
I could not get into it. I tried so hard.
Peter was wimpy, whiny, and weird. Shakespeare was a pompous jerk. Amanda was a rich brat.
I'm sorry to say I did not like this book!
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I do not believe the actor/director William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. There is not even proof the man wrote a letter to his long ill wife, let alone full length plays in iambic pentameter. I believe Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford or a group comprised of de Vere, Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, and others wrote them. That makes me an Oxfordian.
Side note: there's a theory that what's hidden on Oak Island isn't treasure, but the original manuscripts of the plays, as written by Bacon. I am obsessed with Oak Island.
So, about this book. I wanted to love it.
A rare book collector's wife passes away and he moves to the English countryside to escape their home. He takes on side jobs evaluating and appraising old books. In this work, he finds what appears to be the basis one of the plays, with handwritten notes by William Shakespeare. It is the Holy Grail of literature.
The story is told in in 3 ways--the present, the year Peter and Amanda met, and England in Shakespeare's time and after.
I could not get into it. I tried so hard.
Peter was wimpy, whiny, and weird. Shakespeare was a pompous jerk. Amanda was a rich brat.
I'm sorry to say I did not like this book!
Follow me on Twitter @RamblingsLMS
Tweet what you are reading #whhs #read
Submit your reviews to The Westie Review in The Rostrum
All opinions expressed on this blog are solely those of Mrs. W.
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