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April 07, 2008
Books : Books 2008/04/07
Current count of books pending to be read: 121
Read two, purchased none.
Books finished this week:
Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies and SD-6Kevin Weisman
There is a spectrum of books about TV shows that range from true academic books (like many that I read on Buffy) to pure fan books (collections of essays that express “see how cool this show is” in various ways). This book is closer to the latter than the former, and so I will not refer to it as a “TV Studies” book, although I admit 2-3 of the essays could have made it into an academic journal.
The TV show “Alias” was one of my favorites when it first came out; but lost my interest after a couple a years. Just as eating the same food at every meal can become borring, regardless of how good that dish is. In the same way Alias provided the same kind of excitement week after week and eventually became monotonous. This book however did serve to remind me of why I originally liked the show.
Do You Speak American?Robert MacNeil and William Cran
A sequel of sorts to “The Story of English” which takes a closer look at various regional and ethnic dialects in American – where they came from, where they are going, what effect they have. I’m not sure it added much to my understanding over what I already knew.
Computer Games Played: LotRO
DVDs Watched: none
Next Book: Out of This World
Posted by Steven at April 7, 2008 05:00 AM
