Η σκιά στο σπίτι by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης My rating: 4 of 5 stars Έχει spoilers ρε, τι δεν καταλαβαίνεις; Κατάπια άλλες 220 σελίδες χτες βράδυ πριν κοιμηθώ, λίγο μετά το update που έλεγε ότι είχα διαβάσει +150 σελίδες χτες, κι ειχα φτάσει τις 220. Δεν διάβασα τις τελευταίες 100 γιατί είχα ήδη εξαντληθεί και τα μάτια μου δεν μπορούσαν να κρατηθούν ανοιχτά. ...
Danse Macabre by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stephen King Chronological - Notes #13 No one is exactly sure of what they mean on any given subject until they have written their thoughts down. * * * This is Stephen King's first attempt at non-fiction, of course after giving the world a taste of his style in his introductions. And I'm ...
Carrie by Stephen King My rating: 4 of 5 stars Project Stephen King Chronological - (Anachronous) Review #1 The man in black fled into the desert, and the gunslinger followed. Ok, this is not a quote from this book. Nor is it in the language I first read it in. But I need to pay tribute to the book that introduced me to King which I first read in Greek, ...
Indian Summer by Hugo Pratt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Disclaimer: This is an adult-themed comic book. It contains (maybe unnecessary) female nudity. You've been warned. This one served as an introduction for me to both Pratt and Manara. And I'm sure Pratt's fans, as much as Manara's, would have much to say about how inappropriate an introduction this ...
"Don't just write people off. Not even when they have written you off to defend by the skin of their teeth a false narrative. Let people make mistakes, allow yourself a few as well in the process, but don't write them off. Instead, be creative and send them your deepest, most sincere, and heartfelt 'fuck off'." Baulo Costel ...
It's not a death rattling coda, although it's filled with some remorse, nor is it moderate mid-life crisis, a fugal, miserable theme we hum (while chopping onions midnight naked, upon a dirty cutting board); It's just the crown of realisations that each overture of expectations grows up with you but shrinks with age ...
Πιστεύω σε μία, αγία, καθολική και αποστολική ευαισθησία. Πιστεύω όμως ότι το συναίσθημα, όταν το εξηγείς χωρίς να το δείχνεις, όταν το αναλύεις χωρίς να το απευθύνεις, όταν το επιβάλλεις μονομερώς, ευτελίζεται. Είναι χυδαίο. Όταν το εμπορεύεσαι, εκδίδεσαι. Όταν το πουλάς, γελοιοποιείσαι. Οι σχέσεις είναι εξισώσεις, κι αν τολμάς να γενικεύσεις την ασήμαντη ...
Is there a word more spiteful? Is there a curse more hurtful? An observation of the obvious An understatement of a state Of mind Of mine Of my mind, of our mind set – visceral, lateral, visceratical. Pick up your brush and paint it Take your pick and choose A moment can be abstract, ever-expanding, marvelous Anything else but literal. (Photo ...
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars How do you cope with being a famous author and a fanboy at the same time? How do you kill off a super hero without killing him? How do you answer a question without answering it? Have a crack at this amazing, deluxe edition volume (also including a fantastic ...
The Art of Reading Poetry by Harold Bloom My rating: 4 of 5 stars Let's start with the obvious cliché: You can either love or hate Bloom. I've loved him since my college years for his take on Shakespeare, I was impressed with his contribution on poetry criticism with the anxiety of influence (and intertextuality all at once made tremendous sense), ...
The Unbelievable Hamlet Discovery by David Crystal My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hardly hysterical, hypothetically hilarious, hyperbolically humorous - harmless, however. View all my reviews ...
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow, I had no idea Neil Gaiman had written that many introductions and speeches. Nor did I know that he thought his stories have genders (and apparently that I am sort of sexist, having read only his little-boy's book, Neverwhere, and his male novel, American ...
Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don't think I'll forget The Landlady, The Man from the South, The Way up to Heaven, William and Mary, or Skin anytime soon. I'm grateful to all those who insisted I had to have a crack at Dahl's short stories. The Great Switcheroo's plot was funny and bizarre and oopsy-daisy-awkward, ...
Through the fingers of boredom that support my forehead (What a wonderful sight to behold) A hopeless rain droplet falls on my window (and begs for attention) Its movement narrates a story untold. I squint and on its reflective course I see an immovable mass of rigid self-righteousness, an unstoppable force of fluid unhappiness, perplexed with the molecules ...
Yeah, hi there, I think I have an issue with my Mango Super Drive. I’m trying to rip my music CD collection, and I have Madonna’s Music in there, and it’s only showing 10 tracks instead of 11. Please, help me! It's broken and I wanna just die! Well, hi Patricia, I’m Costas. Of course I understand this is super important for you. I always hate it when my ...
the night was still young, I was lucid and I had it all planned, we were still catching up, and we ate, drank and laughed, and we both ignored the bogeyman unnoticeably –how civil!– creeping around, chewing off the air’s big chunks of a b-movie’s sensual, horror plot waiting to unravel, while I was mustering the courage, to sit closer and lean over ...
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Firestarter by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars Stephen King Challenge #10 Well... this is awkward. The only reason this is getting a third star is because I found the idea well ahead of his time. Mind you now, this book is 36 years old, I've read my fair share of Stephen King books in succession and I could really use a break at this moment. ...
The Mist by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars And this brings me to the end of the 70s, in this chronological reading of Stephen King's body of work. This was one average monster story. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it to any non-fan. Don't introduce anyone to King with this book, anyway. Two points escape this generalisation: (1) the exploration ...
Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom My rating: 4 of 5 stars Yalom's insight of the human psyche, along with the embrace of his own issues and his curiosity for the healing factor, delivers a read that becomes an authentic, true, therapeutic experience in its own right. This book highlights the importance of existential ...