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1. Interesting article on Slate regarding authors complaining about people tagging them in negative reviews posted on Twitter.
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2. All caught up on The Passage now. It's gotten better. Yes, it does require a bit of a suspension of disbelief and plays hard and fast with various government conspiracy cliches. Other than that -- it's compelling and I like characters, all of which are being developed in depth. The set-up, much like Manifest, reminds me a little of Lost. Where each episode -- the writers find a way to give us a flashback into the characters previous lives or backgrounds.
It is laughable in places, making me think it's not taking itself all that seriously:
( spoilers up to last week's episode )
3. Also all caught up, well almost, just one episode behind on Manifest. I don't like it as well as The Passage. The kid/Dad team aren't as compelling, and it falls into cliche and plot muddles more than the Passage. Both borrow heavily from Lost in both plotting and narrative structure, but I think the Passage is the better written and structured of the two -- so far. I'm finding Manifest's plotting to be a bit muddled. Also it's characterization is all over the place. But alas, there are characters I care about, so I can't let go of it.
( Spoilers )
4. Borrowed my first E-Book from the Library -- on to my Kindle. I think this may work. They don't have as wide a selection as Amazon, but it does help. If I don't like the book -- I'm not out any money at least. Free pleasure reading -- interesting concept.
( Read more... )
2. All caught up on The Passage now. It's gotten better. Yes, it does require a bit of a suspension of disbelief and plays hard and fast with various government conspiracy cliches. Other than that -- it's compelling and I like characters, all of which are being developed in depth. The set-up, much like Manifest, reminds me a little of Lost. Where each episode -- the writers find a way to give us a flashback into the characters previous lives or backgrounds.
It is laughable in places, making me think it's not taking itself all that seriously:
( spoilers up to last week's episode )
3. Also all caught up, well almost, just one episode behind on Manifest. I don't like it as well as The Passage. The kid/Dad team aren't as compelling, and it falls into cliche and plot muddles more than the Passage. Both borrow heavily from Lost in both plotting and narrative structure, but I think the Passage is the better written and structured of the two -- so far. I'm finding Manifest's plotting to be a bit muddled. Also it's characterization is all over the place. But alas, there are characters I care about, so I can't let go of it.
( Spoilers )
4. Borrowed my first E-Book from the Library -- on to my Kindle. I think this may work. They don't have as wide a selection as Amazon, but it does help. If I don't like the book -- I'm not out any money at least. Free pleasure reading -- interesting concept.