Predictions for Season 5 of True Blood

   The show True Blood has been around since 2008 and the books have been around since 2001.  True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana.  A fictional drink in the show called Tru:Blood is reason for the name; the drink being a synthetical blood for vampires.

Now, I have enjoyed watching the show every now and then but never really got into it.  That is, until this past summer, when I watched all three seasons, one right after the other.  I love the show.  And then, the fourth season came along.  Many people will (and have) argue that the fourth season is better but honestly I feel that the third season was the best.  Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself.  This isn't about what season is better but what happened in the fourth and my predictions for the fifth season.

Fourth Season Recap:  Okay, so to those who do watch the show here is a recap (my complements to Wikipedia)
Episode title: And When I Die.  

> As Bon Temps celebrates Halloween, Marnie's spirit possesses Lafayette's body and kills Jesus to take control of his magic powers. Sookie and Sam make up and Sookie gets her job back. Alcide asks Sookie to be with him and have a normal life together. Sookie, Tara and Holly find Bill and Eric being held captive by Marnie. After Antonia and other spirits, including Adele Stackhouse, rise from the dead and convince Marnie to let go, they lead Marnie to the afterlife. Adele tells Sookie that being alone isn't a bad thing. Terry receives an unexpected visit from an old friend, a marine. Rene's spirit appears to Arlene to warn her that the ghosts of Terry's past will not stay buried forever. Pam admits that she is jealous of Sookie. Luna and Sam have a funeral for Tommy where Maxine is the only mourner. Holly and Andy begin to get closer. Sookie tells Eric and Bill that she loves them both but cannot choose between them, so she chooses to be alone. Jason tells Hoyt that he slept with Jessica, after which Hoyt beats him up. Jason sleeps with Jessica again, but she tells him that she doesn't want a relationship. 

Steve Newlin appears at Jason's door as a vampire. Sam finds himself confronted by a werewolf. Alcide discovers that someone has dug Russell Edgington out of his cement grave in a parking garage. Nan Flanagan tells Eric and Bill that she has been fired and wants to start a mutiny against the Authority. She also tells them she knows that Sookie is part fairy. Bill deals her the True Death (she's dead dead) and Eric kills her guards. Lafayette and Tara stay at Sookie's house.  Debbie breaks into Sookie's house and tries to kill her. Trying to save Sookie, Tara pushes her out of the way and is shot by Debbie. Sookie grabs the gun and kills Debbie. Sookie cradles Tara's body, screaming for help. 

Okay, so a lot happens in the last episode.  Bare with me as we go one step at a time.

My predictions:

1)  The werewolf that confronts Sam is Luna's daughter Emma or someone looking for Marcus (who is dead).
2)  Steve Newlin can not enter Jason's house without being invited in (so logically Jason is safe).  However, I think Newlin is there to either a) get revenge for Jason sleeping with his wife or b) ... nope, Jason is a dumb blond man-whore and that's all I can guess for that one.
3)  Alcide may tell everyone about R. Edgington or may keep it to the pack to hunt him down and find him.
4)  Eric and Bill are in trouble for killing Nan and have to run from the unseen Authority (Vamp. like Gov.)  OR they run off to fight the Authority and this opens up a new can of worms because we will find out more about the unseen Authority (i.e. more plot).
5)  Now, because Lafayette is upstairs when Tara and Debbie are shot he will obviously wake up (if not for Sookie's screaming).  He will either see Tara's spirit (meaning she is dead) or he will some how remember something Jesus taught him and (in a deus ex machina way) save Tara.
6)  If Tara is dead she will stay on as a spirit who councils Sookie and Lafayette.  If not dead she will be in critical condition and hospitalized.
7)  Lastly, Sookie has killed Debbie.  She and Lafayette will bury her body and hide it from Alcide (her ex) only resulting in Lafayette being haunted by her.  Or Sookie will have to go into hiding because Marcus' pack will find out and go after her.  Either way, Sookie is in deep Sh** and nothing can get her out of it (unless of course for the deus ex machina).

Verdict:  Okay, I normally wouldn't do this but I like the show...sure they got ridiculous with the whole Hoyt-Jason-Jessica thing (it pisses me off).  The whole Fairy thing about Sookie was pointless and overall I didn't like season four because it felt like Drama for the sake of Drama.  Personally, I'd rank the seasons like so:

Season 3
Season 1
Season 2
Season 4

Again, that's just me.  I look forward to next summer 2012 to find out if Tara lives, what happens to Sookie, Eric and Bill.  But I will end on this note; I'm glad R. Edgington is back!  I loved him in the third season and I just know that the fifth season is going to be good.

Signed The Carnivorous Rabbit

Sweden vs. Hollywood

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has become a household name both in Sweden and in America.  The crime story has brought many followers to the crime genre and movie genre.  

The book and movies are split between two main characters.  Mikael Blomkvist is a publisher of the Swedish political magazine Millennium who is hired by Henrik Vanger to find a long lost grand niece (long believed to be dead).  The second main character is Lisbeth Salander (the Girl) a computer hacker with great researching skills.  Together they work to clear their names, find missing people, and get revenge.

So with the American movie coming to theaters what do I have to say about the book and the Swedish version of the movie?  Also, my thoughts for the American version and my expectations.

The book:  I do not like crime stories.  I find reading crime/mystery stories long winded, dull, and their endings to be fantasy based.  

Pros:  However, Dragon Tattoo opened with a true mystery-hook.  Meaning that it pulls you in right away.  It's fresh take on crime and mystery makes me want to go read crime/mystery stories.  I love Salander, she is a strong willed twenty something year old who can take care of herself.  She is limited to things because of her past and many people hold her to it.  But she is not mentally incapable, she only has a high school degree but writes and reads at a high college level.
As for Blomkvist, I've never read about a man-whore like this before and I love it.  Blomkvist has a married business partner who is also his lover.  He hooks up with three women total through out the book but when it comes to his work he is focused and determined.

Cons:  As I stated, I don't like crime stories because of the long and detailed information.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo can be like this but, based on your taste and reading level, it depends.  The middle portion of the book, when Blomkvist is looking for the long lost niece, gets heavy with information and dull story line.  It picks up after a while so don't put it done right away.  There are curse words, sexual matters (rape, sexual debasement, gender hate and casual sex), and violent scenes.  The original title of the book is actually Män som hatar kvinnor which translates into "Men who hate women".  This was done so that the book could be sold in America to avoid controversy.

Overall:  Read the book, that's all I'm going to say about it.

The Movie (Swedish Version):  Of course, do to some of the things in the book a few things have been left out.  Such as Blomkvist's sexual partners, actions and family background (in the book he is divorced, movie it is unknown).  Salander was the redeemer of the movie for me; I thought Noomi Rapace captured the persona of Lisbeth Salander and I wish she was in the American version.  Personally, if the American version doesn't suit my fancy, I will stick to the Swedish movies.  The problem there is I Love the Swedish version movies and will buy them, but that leads us back to the American version.

The Movie (American Version):  I hope Danial Craig does the same that Michael Nyqvist did in the Swedish version, and makes Blomkvist come alive.  I'm also concerned about Rooney Mara performance.  I haven't seen her in anything else and I'm hoping that she can do the same Rapace did.  Because America is careful not to offend people and wants to avoid a higher rating than 'R' I am sure that the rape scene, the background information and casual sex partners may be limited if not removed.  Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm sure it will stay in the story line but it will not be shown.  A locked door with screaming coming from it?  Yes.  Hinting at past lovers?  Yes.  The other dark stuff in the book/first movie?  ....That's where I get concerned.  I'd hate to go see it and feel that half the story isn't being told but that won't stop me from going to see the movie.

My Verdict:  
Read the book, watch the Swedish version of the movie and wait before seeing the American version.
Do so in this order and you can appreciate the story more.  If you decide to go backwards or in any way out of order, you may be disappointed.

Signed, The Carnivorous Rabbit

Book Review: Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

Note: I'm going to do something totally different...rather then holding back my opinion until the end I am going to present it first then explain why I like/dislike it as well as the pros and cons of reading it.  Shall we get our examining gowns on and place the patient on the table?  This will be fun.

This story takes place at an Asylum, for the most part that is.  Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove longs to break free from her respectable life as a Victorian doctor's daughter and become a doctor herself (unheard of in those days).  But her dreams become a nightmare when she is sent to Wildthorn Hall; labeled a lunatic, deprived of her liberty and even her real name.  As she unravels those who've betrayed her and incarcerated her, she comes to know some of the patients and workers and even finds love.

You may not see from the picture but it states; 

Treachery locks her away.  Love is the key.  

My verdict:  The best book I've read this year.  I'm not being sarcastic.  I have been looking for a book with a developing character, someone who changes from the beginning of the book and becomes a new person.  Someone who does not give up her dreams and life for a boy or has love triangles.  Someone who breaks the rules of society and it's taboos.  And I've found it.  Louisa Cosgrove is my 2011 Best Character of a teen fiction book.  The plot is refreshing and full of action and suspense.  I devoured this book in only three (3) days!

So you know why I like it, now here is why I think you'll like it.  

Pros:  Hello, the plot is something new; a girl who is falsely accused of insanity is sent to an asylum, and she's clearly not crazy, and must escape.  It's even based on a few events in history of how patients in the asylums where treated.  It will amaze you at how much the doctors and workers got away with such cruel things.  It forces you to acknowledged that 'Gentlemen' are not that great.  I've heard people say that they wish men were more like that (gentlemen like) - usually the Victorian era - and be romantic again.  The truth is they were the way they were because men felt that women were inferior and stupid. 

 If you were told you couldn't follow your dreams, that you had to marry and bare children and look good in society, would you be happy?  Louisa Cosgrove is the embodiment of a modern woman in the Victorian era who says no to this question.  How she plans to escape, how she escapes and the friends she makes are the height of this story.  I also think it's important that we read something that ask us what we would do in the same situation.  Would we trust the people Louisa does or would we side with another?  

I find it difficult to persuade you to read this without giving away a few spoilers (no, not who-did-what but a few facts) so please bare with me.  Louisa starts off as this angst-y teen who wants to follow her dreams.  By the end she, her dreams, and the reasons for them, have been altered.  She, in her attitude, as been altered.  Her view of life is changed drastically and I find it wonderful that a character can look at life in an adult manner and learn from it.

Cons:  I wanted to add this to the pros but I feel that not everyone would read it if they knew this.  Louisa falls in love near (and I do mean near, like ten passages before) the end...but not with a boy.  Yup.  The best character I've read this year likes girls.  Though it is never stated that she is a lesbian it is ambiguous (Open to more than one interpretation) to it throughout the story.  So why, even though I love the character and the story is this in the con of the argument?  Because I don't know you, the reader of this blog, and if you'll be let down.  It would be rather unfair of me to tell you this is a love story (to me it is but there's more to it) only to have you hate it for it's different choice of love interest.  Personally, I liked it.  I loved that there is a new love interest, that there are stories like this that don't fully focus on the sexuality of it all.  But rather the story and sexuality happens to be in it.  There is one MAJOR con in this book;  the author does this present vs. past style of writing.  There are four parts to the book and only in the first part does this happen.  The story opens with Louisa in a carriage going to what she believes to be her new employers house.  Once it's revealed where she's really at the section ends.  Note: there are no chapters only sections of writing.  The story breaks into a bold text that tells us about her life as a child.  Then back to the present, then back to the past, then present and then past, etc.  Again, only in the first part.  After that you see why this was done.  It is a writing style and if done correctly, it can work, however, I found it annoying.  So, I cheated and read the bold text past before going back to the light text present (the past and present are separated by the text; past=bold, present= italic styled).

Overall:  So some of you may not like the whole girl likes girl issue (see my last blog post to understand why this story makes me happy) and the issue of going back and forth from past to present can be annoying.  Yet, with a fresh plot of treachery and adventure, a character who you can relate to and want to succeed  makes this book great.  It's an easy read, though the size may make you think otherwise, and something I will absolutely be rereading again in the future.  

So in the end this curious rabbit says READ THIS BOOK!!!

signed; The Carnivorous Rabbit 

p.s. I told you I'd have a positive review ;)

Once upon a movie...

  It started with Disney, when he took classic fairy tale stories and animated them for children.  He took out the horror and morbid morals buried in them and made them family oriented.  Now that we are older we are making our own idea's about these fairy tales and how they can be redone.  The age of vampires is done, does this mean that it all about princesses, prince charming and wicked witches?
  Beastly 2010
 Red Riding Hood 2011.


It started here, the tween years, that fairy tales became the in thing.  Let's take the two themes of these two movies and examine them.  Beastly, the first to open the door, gives us a new look at the tale as old as time Beauty and the Beast.  This is an over used plot that follows the same lines.  The only difference is that this is a modernize version.  But the main plot points will stay in.  In Beastly the Beast will become normal again and the Beauty will love him all the same.
The problem?  It's not original.  Sure, you modernize it, and make it more relate-able, but when you misuse Wicca and a true beauty it's sick.  The Wicca Religion/belief has one rule that is broken in the movie: Do what you will, so long as it harms none.   Now, if we remember correctly was the story of Beauty and the Beast for children or not?  So children were warned about witches, why?  Because of history and religion.  Fairy tales contain morals for a reason mainly due to a cultures beliefs and one of the biggie religions was Christianity.  In Christian (and Jewish) doctrines it is claimed that witches (or pagans) are not well liked.  So in stories witches are used either for good or bad, but mostly bad.
Overall, I know it's just a movie, fantasy and escapism.  But when you call a guy with tattoos and piercings a "Beast" well, now you're being stupid.  I don't find men with tattoos "ugly" or piercings "hideous", i think it's hot.  It's the stuck up pretty boys that i think are ugly.  Do you get the sarcasm?  The point is, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, to depict a person as being ugly in this way (the movies way) is contradicting the meaning of inner beauty.
As for Red Riding Hood, I personally do not like it for reasons that are not acceptable to explain on this blog.  A few issues i have with it are so: having a random love triangle has no premise to me.  If the outcast wood cutter was left out of the story it would have been fine, the story would flow all the well.  However, if he was only used to be a red haring, killed off and, thus proofing he isn't the werewolf, was misjudged this would have been better.  Before seeing the movie I was hoping (praying) that Amanda Seyfried was the werewolf - I would have loved to see this twist in the story's plot.  Sadly, this is not so.  
Again, it is a fantasy.  It's hard to judge fantasy because it isn't real (duh!) and maybe that's what bothers me.  I like fantasy but I also like the issues (realistic issues) that come up in the fantasy story.  Rather then having Mary Sue and Garry Stu stories, I'd like to see a fairy tale story with two women or two men.  Imagine Cinderella (the guiltiest of all overused story plots) going to the ball but instead of being with a prince she meets a girl who inspires her to give her step family the finger and leave.  Or the story of the 12 dancing PRINCES (not princesses).  Imagine, a prince has a friend who is helping him and his brothers go out dancing but they are loyal to one another, so when the king is all 'where are they going out to?' the friend helps keep the secret.



*~* Detour Rant *~* ## skip ahead if you want to know the point.

Of course, though, we can't have girl on girl (guy on guy) fairy tale stories, because it's not romance its erotica.  You can have an emotionally abusive guy fall in love *coughlustcough* with a one dimensional, personality lacking, ninny and call it romance or true love.  But God forbid there's a story about two same sex, intelligent, well developed characters fall in love.  NO!  it's not love it's all about sex and filth.  Frankly, it has nothing to do with sex or sexuality or what have you, it's a matter of story, plot and characters.  It seems Hollywood is dead and so people just keep remaking movies and using abused plot lines to make a movie.  What about creativity?  Why they just grab the hottest book of the New Yorker and make it a movie, it's about money!  Not story telling.  If people put half as much time in telling a great story as they do in making money, I assure you they would double their profit.
Fairy tales are overrated.  Cinderella isn't about a girl going to a party to have fun who happens to snag a prince.  It was about parents telling their children (daughters) that if they do their work and earn their play time they may marry a prince one day.  It was the hope that a daughter would be marry off to a good man one day and not the town drunk who knocks her up.  Beauty and the Beast is about telling your daughter that her father will sell her off to a older man but if she is good of heart and has patience she will learn to see her husbands inner beauty (kindness) and learn to love him.  
Frankly, fairy tales are no better than the vampire craze we went through.  First you think you're coming out of this vampire-hangover only to learn that Hollywood injected you with Fairy Tale Dust (FTD=the new LSD) and now you have to go through five years of fairy tale freak trips.


*~* Continued point to the blog *~*


Whether or not this is a new age or if these is truly the days of Hell we need to take note of some future works that will be coming to theaters and DVD soon.
  Sleeping Beauty 2011
   Snow White and the Huntsmen 2012

I will confess that Sleeping Beauty interest me.  Mainly because it is not set in a fantasy world or has fantasy elements.  It is modern and realistic yet fulfills that fairy-tale-dust addiction that America is hungry for.  Although it has yet to be seen in America I'm sure it will be received well do to the title alone.

As for Snow White and the Huntsmen (why not just call it Snow White?  Oh, that's right, it's a romance between S.W. and the Huntsmen, how silly of me to forget) I again state that due to bias feelings I can not express my true feelings about it.

From the trailer I first expected it to be centered on the wicked Queen.  Imagine a movie (The Wicked Queen - good title right?) where the main character is a manipulative intelligent woman who wants to reach immortality.  Sounds great but then they introduce S.W. and from there it goes down hill.  Not just down but drops suddenly into the crust of Earth.

Final thoughts:

Only time can tell if the tween years of America will result in unfulfilled marriages, unreachable expectations and "true love" or not.  I, meanwhile, will stick to the Grimm's version of these fairy tales and continue to look for that perfectly flawed, well rounded character in that all original plot.

And here I thought Hollywood was dead.


Signed, The Carnivorous Rabbit (one day I'll have a positive review)

The thing about Nicki Minaj ...

 
Nicki Minaj, born Onika Tanya Manaj, is a rising star in the music world with her hit songs like "Super Bass", "Moment for Life" and "Fly". What do I have to say about her music?  Well, let's examine it.


"Excuse me, You're a hell of a guy
you know I really got a thing for American guys
I mean, sigh, sickenin' eyes I can tell that you're in touch with your feminine side
Yes I did, yes I did, somebody please tell him who the F I is
I am Nicki Minaj, I mack them dudes up, back coupes up, and chuck the deuce up"


The first time I heard "Super Bass" I grew very annoyed by her constantly telling us that she was Nicki Minaj.  What is she singing about?  It's as if she's flirting with a guy then randomly punches him in the junk box screaming her battle cry ("Nicckkkiiii Maaannnaaj!").  I don't like the way she raps - her voice to be honest - and I don't hear anything in it that makes me want to continue listening.  My biggest complaint is the grammar/spelling/dialect that is used.  But, as a reviewer, I continued.  


When I listened to "Moment for Life"  I did not like the beat HOWEVER I liked the imagery she used and the chorus of the song.  I see this more as a poetic piece rather than a song.

Opening:  "I fly with the stars in the skies,
I am no longer trying to survive,
I believe that life is a prize,
But to live doesn’t mean you’re alive"

Chorus:  "I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life

Cuz in this moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive"

The song "Fly"  may be the only song I find some interest in.  I will tell you straight up that I do not care for Rihanna; the only song by her I like is Umbrella, and nothing more.  So why is this song even remotely good?  I like the softness of Rihanna's voice in the chorus line and Nicki's rapper style that tells a story.  The beat isn't like nails on a board, I really like it - I would go so far as to have it as a ringtone for when my boyfriend calls.  I can't stress enough that the beat is good.  The lyrics are if-y but overall I enjoy this song.

Opening for Rihanna - Chorus

I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
To fly, to fly

Opening for Nicki Minaj
I wish today it will rain all day
Maybe that will kinda make the pain go away
Trying to forgive you for abandoning me
Praying but I think I’m still an angel away
Angel away, yeah strange in a way
Maybe that is why I chase strangers away

My verdict.

Do I like Nicki Minaj?  No, not really, but that doesn't mean I dislike her music.  Minaj seems to be copying Lady Gaga (who some believe is copying Madonna) and has brought nothing new to the music genre.  She hasn't presented a new beat or a way of singing that makes her any different than those on American Idol.  If you like Nicki Minaj that's fine, if you dislike her, that's fine too.  The only reason that I dislike her is simply because there is nothing in her music that pulls me (physically, emotionally or spiritually).  Whose music does?  I'll tell you that in another blog.

Sincerely, The Carnivorous Rabbit.

Book Review: Elixir by Hilary Duff

With her new book Devoted just out people may be wondering if this actress has any talent.  Well, welcome to the lab table.  I have Elixir on the dissecting table so gather round and watch as we examine this book.

Just to give you an idea of the story, here is a synopsis.
Clea Raymond, daughter of a renowned surgeon and a prominent Washington DC politician, is a photographer who travels around the world.  But after Clea’s father disappears while on a humanitarian mission, Clea’s photos begin to feature eerie, shadowy images of a strange and beautiful man—a man she has never seen before. 
With a close friend, she goes off to find out about her father’s disappearance, and discovers a centuries old truth that ties her to the mysterious man in her pictures.  There's more but for times sake lets move on.  

The pros of this book:
For a first novel it's not bad.  You get romance, travel, suspense, adventure, supernatural and the promise of soul mates.  What more could you ask for?  The chapters are lengthy though there are only thirteen chapters (just over 300 pages) it's fast pace and a page turner.  Clea is close to her friends Ben and Rayna, she spends time with them and has trust in them.  The places she goes to are described in such detail that you can almost imagine really being there.  You can relate to the characters, their emotions and actions.  What starts off as a normal world of a young girl becomes a supernatural fantasy that takes her from the beaches of Brazil to the busy streets of Japan.  The relationship between Sage and Clea is breathtakingly beautiful, best of all we get a love triangle!  This book is perfect for those 16+, for the hopeless romantics and for those who believe in soul mates.

Now on to the cons.
I will try my best to keep the spoilers out so bare with me.
Elixir is co written by Hilary Duff and Elise Allen.  So what's the problem?  It's obvious in the book that two people wrote it.  The first half of the book is written with a slow feeling yet has promising pose.  The characters are presented well yet by the second half of the book you start to wonder what happened.  The story picks up and the pose is all over the place.  The characters never develop, their actions are borderline ridiculous, and the number one thing that is the biggest con is something of a spoiler.  I can't reveal it but I'll tell you this;  the story starts out with a goal in mind and that goal is never met.  It is the leading reason for the events but the issue is never solved.

My final verdict.

I read this book over two months ago and my feelings for it have settled so that I may give an honest and logical response to it.  My verdict; do not read this book.  If you couldn't guess my opinion from the cons then you shouldn't, absolutely, read this book.  I have read books that I've considered bad (The Twilight series) but never has there ever been a book that I've regretted buying.  After reading this book I actually wanted to read Twilight again.  Okay, why is it bad?  The plot is lost;  looking for her father is shadowed by Clea's feelings for this mystery guy named Sage.  The 'love triangle' is old.  Best guy friend and the mysterious cold guy she just met.  I wonder if the YA publishers think readers are this stupid that we don't care about plot, character development or structure.  Clea is annoying and naive (i.e. the fact that she blames all the problems she is having on her friend Ben and listens to her friend Rayna when she should have listened to her head).  Sage is just a bad boy, with the same arrogant, self centered attitude that is flooded in YA books these days.  Rayna is the typical over-sexed nitwit friend who gives Clea the worst answers when she can't think for herself.  Ben is probable the only character that I found redeeming.  I wish Ben was given more focus (a chapter or two of his own?) and honestly I felt bad for him.  He is a believable character who was pushed off to the side.   
All in all, avoid it.  If you can't, and you must read it, consider this your warning:  It's predictable and has a WTF ending.  What's a WTF ending?  Some say it's a cliff hanger but if it leaves you saying "WTF?" then it's a bad ending.  An ending that I pray no reader should ever go through again.  Oh, the humanity!
P.s.  The pro part of this blog was written with sarcasm, seriously I almost vomited all over my keyboard.

Signed, The Carnivorous Rabbit .......(who has a stomach ache from this review)

P.p.s.  Reading this was like getting smashed in the face with a shovel.  Honestly, I'd rather shoot myself in the foot then read this again.

First Blog

Hello to anyone and everyone who is reading this.
My code name is The Carnivorous Rabbit, yes that's right, a meat eating rabbit.  Although rabbits are cute and innocent there are those, like me, who like to tear things up.  What will I be tearing on this blog?  Books, Movies and a little bit of music.  I'm going to select a book or a movie once a week to review.
I know what you're thinking, 'how is this blog any different from someone else?'.  Well, it's different because I'll tell you why something is good or bad by gutting and examining the book/movie/music to give you a better understanding of the subject.  Rather then simply telling you why a movie is great or a book is bad, I'll break it down into a pro vs con list before giving the final verdict.
Books, movies and music all have meat, and i'm a hungry, hungry rabbit.  I am looking forward to gutting, examining and review for the future.