Little Obsession

Lately, I've had a slight obsession with Les Miserables,
the soundtrack and book. I'm reading the enormous book
right now, and know almost all the songs by heart.

It's SO good. The book is about Jean Valjean, Cosette, Fantine,
Marius, Eponine... and more. Set during the French Revolution,
it involves love and trauma... I'm not very far, but the songs
kind of explain it. Someone correct if I'm getting this wrong.. (-:

Anyway, I love the song On my Own, a Little Fall of Rain,
Castle on a Cloud... sigh.

tWiLiGhT zOnEs!!!

Lately, I seem to be
watching a large amount
of the 1959-1964 TV
show - The Twilight
Zone. This is an excellent
show in black and white,
sci-fi tales written by
the marvelous Rod Serling.
Each one relays some sort
of supernatural story, be it
aliens, talking dolls, or the future. Each one begins with Mr. Serling,
cigarette in hand, explaining the story, and few end with happy
endings, though they are, in a peculiar way, still satisfying.
Good episodes include The Dummy, Talking Tina, Last Stop at Willoughby,
and more!

Murder By Death

Want to see a funny movie? Then don't ask me.

I don't know if anyone in the whole world actually

thinks that the movie murder by death is as funny

as me and my cousin nicole find it, but wow, do we 

love that movie!!!!

Murder By Death recalls a weekend (which me and 

my cousin have memorized... ), hosted at Lionell

Twaine's house. Mr. Twaine is an electronic master-

mind, and he has decided to prove his genius by inviting the world's greatest detectives to his house - for dinner and a murder. With renowned actors such as Maggie Smith, Peter Falk, and Peter Sellers, this movie is... different. However, I suggest you watch it, just because those who have not seen it just aren't good enough. (-:

Company of Liars

Company of Liars
Karen Maitland

This was an exciting book, both extremely well-written and
shocking at several points. I was confused, delighted, and
very intrigued throughout the story. Well done, Karen Maitland!

This book follows the adventures of nine travelers, during the
year of the pestilince, the black death, or whatever. But each
has a story... and their outer story is a facade. But when members
of the company suddenly are slaughtered by a mysterious wolf,
Camelot, (who the story's perspective is from) begins to learn of
the other's dark pasts.

A must read!

Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door

Me and Margaret watched a lovely but sad Monk last night in which Mr. Monk meets a little old lady, and then befriends her. She's like the mother he always dreamed of, a perfect mother. But since he's Mr. Monk, he suddenly decided that there had to be a catch. She must like him for a reason other than pure love and kindness. So when it turns out her neighbor is a murderer, Mr. Monk decides that Marge, his dearfriend, must be in on it. But is she really? Find out by watching Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door.

Monk Gets Shot

Another new Monk was on Friday! Our whole family watched this one, because it was hardly violent at all.... besides that Monk gets shot!
The storyline is as follows. Mr. Monk and Natalie are hanging around the park, when we see a guy stealing a bike. Adrian and Natalie don't know he stole it, so when he topples over, Natalie goes to help him. And so... he gets away! When Natalie finds out she 'helped' him get away, she is determined to get the bike back.
But when Monk gets shot by the bike stealer, Natalie feels like it's all her fault, and mean Mr. Monk just makes her feel worse, by taking all his anger out on her. I like Stottlemeyer's line, where he tells Mr. Monk to be nicer to Natalie, because he knows that she's close to quitting. "And how do I know?" he says. "Because you're acting like me." OOOOOH! Haha!
It was a very good Monk.

MONK

Tony Shaloub

Season 7, Episode 1

We watched the season premiere of Monk last night... it's called... I don't know. But Mr. Monk's brother, Jack Junior shows up-and he belongs in prison! It seems as he was escaping, he found a dead body in a car, the jail social worker, who everyone loved. Mr. Monk solves the case, but by the end, he has actually found a friend in his half-brother. This episode was funny, because his brother was just so clueless.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Gaston Leroux, Published 1911

I finished this last night because Abbie really has been dying to watch the movie with me... it was pretty good. The way it was told, you'd think it was true, too. Erik was totally my favorite character. He's just so sad! Though the book was written well, though, there wasn't too much of a plot... still it got pretty 'exciting' at different points.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Charles Dickens, Published 1860

I chose to read this for English- but my copy was 400 pages long with print so small a magnifying glass could hardly help. Overall, the book was actually good... Greta and Margaret HATE it, (they never finished) and continually gave it evil stares, but besides the fact that every other word wasn't even in the dictionary, I liked the plot and whatnot. I think Ms. Havisham and Herbert are probably my favorite characters.
What really surprised me was the fact that the book was actually humorous in some parts! The 'Joe giving Pip pudding' scene, the Pocket Household, and the sweety Able Magwitch are just a few. Not to mention Pip's sister's "Rampages"; whatever those are.
So really, it was quite the good book. So there, Greta and Margaret!!