A Bit of Book and Movie Randomness

Read another book that I found at the RT convention this year. I was running around, collecting books, and stumbled on a friend of mine at an author's table. She hands me a book and says, "I think you really like this." I read over the back, added the book to my pile and last week, I finally read it.

I enjoyed THE DEVIL INSIDE by Jenna Black very much. I was intrigued by the premise (an exorcist who gets possessed) and the story was very well done. I especially liked how the author discussed a character's fetish in unbiased terms, while demonstrating how much her main character hates it. It was an interesting contradiction that was handled masterfully. I already have her next book on order.

Other information that has come my way recently...

Joining Stephen King's Gunslinger series, Marvel is adapting THE STAND into a comic series. The first one comes out in September of this year. Having seen the beautiful work Marvel has done on the Gunslinger comics, I can't wait to see how THE STAND is treated.

The well-known children's series, R.L. Stine's Goosebumps, is being adapted for the big screen. This should make both parents with young children and nostalgic grown ups very happy.

I am always looking for some sort of database management system for keeping track of my books. I have tried Access, Excel, online systems like Shelfari and Librarything, but haven't found one that I have stuck with for more than a couple dozen of my books. A friend of mine can't stop raving about Bookpedia. He loves the Amazon detail integration, the book cover snapshots and how he can keep track of when he read the book as well as a rating system. Might have to try it soon.

Nicole