blown away

I've watched a lot of television, and I've seen a lot of movies.

I'm well familiar with the standard tropes of "small town America" and "sports as a metaphor for life" and "the big game".

But I have to say that I can't recall being moved as deeply by a narrative, being seized as immediately by characters, as I was by watching the pilot of Friday Night Lights.( Read more... )

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I was thinking the other day, "I have this big pile of books I need to add to my 50 Books 2010 list reviews." Well, I'm looking at my tags, and I appear never to have *started* my 50 Books 2010 list. Ooops!

Well, I certainly don't have time to review them all, but I'll list the ones I have to hand and try to get to them soon. If there're any in particular you'd like to see me write on, comment and I will do those first. ( Read more... )