Archive - 2008 - Book Review

Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work

Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work

author: J.J. Murphy

name: Steev

average rating: 3.69

book published: 2007

rating: 5

read at: 2008/12/05

date added: 2008/12/05

shelves: filmmaking

review:
This is a great read for filmmakers or screenwriters frustrated with the standard hollywood way to write a screenplay.

The Savage Detectives: A Novel

The Savage Detectives: A Novel

author: Roberto Bolaño

name: Steev

average rating: 3.93

book published: 1998

rating: 5

read at: 2008/11/23

date added: 2008/11/23

shelves: novels

The Devil's Highway: A True Story

The Devil's Highway: A True Story

author: Luis Alberto Urrea

name: Steev

average rating: 4.02

book published: 2004

rating: 5

read at: 2005/11/10

date added: 2008/10/28

shelves: politics

review:
I read this when I first moved to Arizona and it gave me a healthy respect for the desert and a great sadness about the modern-day exodus across that desert that is happening.



Sad, shocking, inspiring, enraging book.

Concrete Island: A Novel

Concrete Island: A Novel

author: J.G. Ballard

name: Steev

average rating: 3.69

book published: 1973

rating: 3

read at: 2003/01/01

date added: 2008/10/23

shelves: novels

review:
Not one of Ballard's best, but still great.

Genesis (Memory of Fire 1)

Genesis (Memory of Fire 1)

author: Eduardo Hughes Galeano

name: Steev

average rating: 4.35

book published: 1982

rating: 4

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date added: 2008/10/20

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Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World

Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World

author: Eduardo Hughes Galeano

name: Steev

average rating: 4.17

book published: 1998

rating: 3

read at: 2008/10/01

date added: 2008/10/20

shelves: politics

Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station

author: China Miéville

name: Steev

average rating: 4.04

book published: 1999

rating: 5

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date added: 2008/10/20

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Planning the Low-Budget Film

Planning the Low-Budget Film

author: Robert Latham Brown

name: Steev

average rating: 3.50

book published: 2006

rating: 3

read at: 2008/10/19

date added: 2008/10/19

shelves: filmmaking

Herzog on Herzog

Herzog on Herzog

author: Werner Herzog

name: Steev

average rating: 4.62

book published: 2003

rating: 5

read at: 2008/09/01

date added: 2008/10/13

shelves: filmmaking

Invisible Monsters

Invisible Monsters

author: Chuck Palahniuk

name: Steev

average rating: 3.85

book published: 1999

rating: 5

read at:

date added: 2008/09/30

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