The Amazing Rollercoaster Post

Sooooo...yeah. There is no way to post this in a delicate way. Apparently, The Black Dahlia blows. The critics said it was confusing and disappointing, and didn't really make any sense at the end. Which is sad, because I had high hopes. Especially after L.A. Confidential ended up being so GOOD. Are we still going to see it? Yeah. Am I going to pay full price for it in the theater? Hell no. I won't even pay $8.50 out of my (still fanatic) love for James Ellroy. We are going to wait for it to go to the Silver Cinema budget theater. From what I have read, it shouldn't be a long wait at all.

That was the low part of the post, but this is the high! I am pumped about a new book. I know, I get excited about a new book every other week, but this one looks really good. It is a book of short stories called St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell . It has received a huge heap of praise from critics and regular readers, so I am crossing my fingers for this one. The ten short stories in the book are magic realism-type fairtales, and the stories are supposed to be fantastic and funny. I have had my book budget drastically reduced (to zero) in anticipation of future home repairs, so I have had to rely completely on the library to fill my literary needs. I am number 8 on the hold list for this one and hoping everyone remembers to return their books on time....