Monday, August 6, 2007

The Stacks - August 6, 2007

The Stacks, a weekly list of all I’m currently reading, or watching on DVD. New materials added are underlined.

Books:
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
The Dark Tower (Dark Tower book 7) by Stephen King
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukayaneko
On Writing by Stephen King
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Tumble Home: A Novella and Short Stories by Amy Hempel
Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton
I, California by Stacey Grenrock Woods
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Bite by Richard Laymon
His Dark Materials – Book III: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Magazines:
Paste issue 32, June 2007
Corel Painter: Official Magazine #5

DVDs:
The X-Files: Season 6 (TV series)
Eureka: Season 1 (TV series)
Weeds: Season 1 (TV series)
Deadwood: Season 3 (TV series)
Futurama: Season 2 (TV series)
Black Snake Moan
The Replacement Killers
Spawn: The Animated Collection (TV series)
300
Rome: Season 1 (TV series)
National Treasure

Comics:
Blood: A Tale (TPB)
The Other Side (GN)
Beyond! (TPB)
Pearls Before Swine: Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My! by Stephan Pastis (Treasury)
Grendel Archives (TPB)
Grendel: Devil by the Deed (TPB)

Look for reviews/thoughts of selected materials from The Stacks…when I finish something. Anything.

4 comments:

Midnight Sprinter said...

You just bought National Treasure?? Is it because the sequel comes out "soon"?

Do you think The Last Legion will be any good?

Escape Pirate said...

Yes, I just bought National Treasure. I was holding out just in case they released a special-er edition of the movie with extra features. I finally just wanted to see the movie badly enough (again) that I picked it up for cheap at Best Buy.

I think The Last Legion does look pretty good. Whether it will be or not...who's to say? I like sword-fighting movies and give them an easier time when it comes to my review. The preview looks entertaining enough.

Ryan said...

It looks like you finally finished Harry Potter. Now...finish the Dark Tower!!!

Escape Pirate said...

I'll get to it soon. I just bought a book today from one of my favorite authors - William Gibson - and it jumps ahead of everything. It's his first new book in over 3 years.

And yes, before you say - "Isn't Uncle Stevie one of your favorite authors?" - he is. It's just I reached a stopping point in that book, so there is no urgent need to read it right away. Once I start it back up again - soon - I'm sure I'll be hooked, and finish it.