Check It Out @ MPPL tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-577869 2009-12-31T13:00:00Z TypePad Don't Try tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a789fe3c970b 2009-12-31T07:00:00-06:00 2009-12-31T13:00:00Z "Don’t try" is written on Charles Bukowski’s headstone. Someone asked him, “What do you do? How do you write, create?” and Bukowski said, “You don’t try. That’s very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality.” You make... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/dont-try.html A Fabled Adventure tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a7784441970b 2009-12-28T07:00:00-06:00 2009-12-26T16:34:51Z Once upon a time in the land of fairy tales, the characters we loved as children were exiled from their happily-ever-after existences. Forced to live in secret in a fictional land called New York City, they strive to blend with... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/peter-max.html Tell Us Your Holiday Favorites! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a76e532f970b 2009-12-21T14:13:54-06:00 2009-12-21T20:15:07Z Sometimes the right movie is just what we need to bring out the holiday spirit. One of our favorites is the scene in Meet Me in St. Louis when Judy Garland sings, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” For a... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/tell-us-your-holiday-favorites.html The Christmas Truce tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef012876578d46970c 2009-12-17T07:00:00-06:00 2009-12-17T13:00:00Z There were candle-lit Christmas trees in the trenches of the Western Front on December 24th, 1914. British, French and German soldiers spent Christmas Eve with grounded weapons, holiday carols and shared humanity. The movie Joyeux Noel, French for Merry Christmas,... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/the-christmas-truce.html A Christmas Story and Other Disasters tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a743d32d970b 2009-12-14T12:09:12-06:00 2009-12-14T18:06:15Z Ralphie Parker and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun are just as much a part of holiday traditions as any Rankin and Bass special. Humorist Jean Shepherd based A Christmas Story on several of his previously published short... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/my-entry.html Medicate through Music tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef01287640bfa5970c 2009-12-10T11:05:16-06:00 2009-12-10T18:41:43Z Davey Havok, the lead singer of A.F.I., wears gold pants and sings lyrics like, “I’d tear out my soul for you, my dear.” Dramatic and yet it works. A.F.I. began as a hardcore punk band in 1991 and redefined itself... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/medicate-through-music.html Queen at 16 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a70e3a94970b 2009-12-07T11:06:07-06:00 2009-12-07T17:04:51Z Tales of England’s kings and queens are ever full of passion and intrigue, which makes them ideal candidates for film. While Henry VIII and Elizabeth I may be the flashier monarchs, be sure not to overlook the remarkable Jane Grey.... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/queen-at-16.html Son of a Witch tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a6ef363b970b 2009-12-03T07:00:00-06:00 2009-12-03T13:00:00Z Mary Jane of Information Services recommends Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire: Travel caravan leader, Oatsie Manglehand, stumbles upon the body of an unknown young man, badly beaten, comatose, but still alive. Novelist Gregory Maguire returns to Oz where... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/12/son-of-a-witch.html National Book Awards and New York Times Notables tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef012875dc8cd7970c 2009-11-30T11:46:06-06:00 2009-11-30T17:47:06Z If you were held spellbound by the documentary film Man on Wire, you’ll already have a connection to the 2009 National Book Award winner for fiction. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann is the story of a diverse... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/11/my-entry.html The Weird West tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341df63153ef0120a6e30765970b 2009-11-27T16:30:59-06:00 2009-11-27T22:20:52Z What really led to the shootout at the O.K. Corral? Emma Bull layers Tombstone, Arizona's most famous event with subtle fantasy in Territory, the first of a two book series. Wyatt Earp may or may not be a good man.... Readers Advisory http://mppl.typepad.com/read_reel/2009/11/the-weird-west.html