Scribbles and Ramblings

dictator [ dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter ] 1. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a ...

The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See selected by Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, Edited by Wallace Schroeder I...

A long time ago, in a world before smartphones and social media, I was wandering through a bookstore when I came across an intriguing boo...

A trio of books that outline the past, present and possible future. Two fiction, one non-fiction. Perhaps, in the future, all will be co...

When the Euro 2016 Book + Film Spotlight kicked off in Dec 2015 , the goal was to finish watching all the 11 films and finish reading all...

The tradition continues of having a book + film spotlight for a major soccer tournament. The expansion of the European Championship to 24 ...

The recent death of Gabriel García Márquez is a huge loss to the literary world, especially Magic Realism . I owe my knowledge about this s...

Driven written by James Sallis, published by Poisoned Pen Press. Driven , the sequel to James Sallis' noir fiction Drive , catches up...

Mention a zombie movie and images of flesh-eaters comes to mind, dead creatures who prey on humans. However, this image has drifted far from...

Entry #17 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight briefly recaps the 16 books used for the second group games. The results are listed a...