Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Dead [courtesy of HuffPost Books]
Roger Ebert Dead [courtesy HuffPost Entertainment]
[Book Nerd News] Roger Ebert, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Dead
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Tag Archives: Entertainment
[Book Nerd Links] Literary Board Games
10 Literary Board Games for Book Nerds [courtesy of Flavorwire]
I’ve never really liked board games, but I’d be willing to give most of these a whirl*. A few even look a bit exciting. Which ones would you play?
*Especially with a drink in hand. Don’t judge me.
[Book Nerd Movies] The New Gatsby Trailer
Voices from the Grave #42: Gwendolyn Brooks Reading ‘A Song in the Front Yard’
Gwendolyn Brooks reading A Song in the Front Yard.
Daily Diversion #59: Bouillabaisse
I don’t spend all of my waking time writing. I occasionally take time off to eat. The evidence is below.
“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”-Franz Kafka
Book Nerd Humour: The (Mad) Hatter
Be truthful. This is exactly how you’ve always pictured The (Mad) Hatter, right? Right? Who’s with me?
19th century actor in character as The Hatter.
(Source: Retronaut)
A Year in Books/Day 214: Me
- Title: Me Stories of My Life
- Author: Katharine Hepburn
- Year Published: 1991 (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
- Year Purchased: Summer of 2010
- Source: My momma
- About: Dear Kate: You were such an iconoclast. I know, I know; what an over-used word. I’m not proud of trotting out something so stale, especially in reference to
English: Photograph of the actress Katharine Hepburn in the 1932 play The Warrior’s Husband. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
someone as amazing as you were. Really, though, what choice do I have? What else is there? Rebel, nonpareil, maverick? Nonconformist, idol, icon? Legend, paragon, nonesuch? They’re all too pale, weak, humourless. You were too kick-ass to be so neatly boxed-in, anyway. Now let’s get to business. Continue reading
A Year in Books/Day 213: Drinking with George
- Title: Drinking with George A Barstool Professional’s Guide to Beer
- Author: George Wendt with Jonathan Grotenstein
- Year Published: 2009 (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
- Year Purchased: September, 2011 (at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati)
- Source: George Wendt
- About: George Wendt’s love affair with beer is a thing of epic beauty. Drinking with George is part personal biography and part encyclopedia of beer. It’s a strange combination that pairs as wonderfully as barley and hops. You could really say that he poured his heart and soul into this project. Tee-hee. It’s incredibly funny, informative, and can be read in the time it takes the average person to drink a couple pints of Guinness. It even comes with a bit of real, human romance: his love for his wife Bernadette Birkett (who voiced Vera Peterson on Cheers) is sweet and moving, if nearly as hilarious as his beer-induced exploits.
- Motivation: The author hawked his book at last year’s Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. Only a humourless, beer-hating twit could resist buying a copy from the man himself.
- Times Read: 1
- Random Excerpt/Page 35: “Looking to lighten my load, I packed a leather travel bag I’d overpaid for in Marrakesh with my untouched and completely unnecessary suit and dress shoes. I sent them back to the States via tramp steamer, addressing the bag to my friend Joe Farmar so as not to offend my dad. A few months later, I would try to recover the clothes, only to discover that Joe had torn the suit, the shoes, and even the bag itself to shreds. This was entirely my fault: I hadn’t bothered to include a note, which confused Joe until he put “bag” together with “Marrakesh” and decided that I’d hidden hashish somewhere inside.”
- Happiness Scale: 10
George Wendt , with yours truly cropped out.
Book Nerd Humour: The Lisa Simpson Book Club
Voices from the Grave #38: William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Speech
William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech.
