Author: Scott William Foley
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Valeria’s Last Stand by Marc Fitten – A Book Review
I have to admit that I only chose to read this book because I liked its cover, so nothing could have prepared me for just how much I would love it. Valeria’s Last Stand takes place in a tiny Hungarian Village during the modern day. It features Valeria, who is an old woman and the…
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The Discreet Pleasures of Rejection by Martin Page – A Book Review
This story features a man named Virgil who comes home to find a woman he can’t remember breaking up with him on his answering machine. Great premise. Unfortunately, the rest of The Discreet Pleasures of Rejection is a disappointment. Virgil is your classic egocentric, neurotic, delusional sort of character who believes himself to be far…
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The Road – A Movie Review
Though The Road opened around Thanksgiving, it just came to my town a few days before Christmas. This, along with the multiple delays and reshoots, gave me great concern that the movie would not live up to the source material. My fears were unfounded. Absolutely bleak and morose, the film perfectly captured the essence of…
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Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll – A Book Review
I’ve read Carroll’s Land of Laughs and found his characterization very impressive in that particular book, although I felt his plot bottomed out toward the ending as it abandoned those previously established traits. With Bones of the Moon, however, I never really connected with his protagonist, Cullen James, or her friends and family. While they…
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Horse Crazy: The Silver Horse Switch by Alison Lester – A Book Review
Intended for young readers, Horse Crazy is the story of Bonnie and Sam, two young girls living in the bush of Australia. Though they don’t have their own steeds, they do everything they can to ride their fellow townspeople’s horses. One night, a wild horse jumps the fence and switches places with Sam’s father’s horse…
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Nasreen’s Secret School by Jeanette Winter – A Book Review
Though not particularly full of machismo, I am not prone to cry, but this book made the old eyes water just a bit. Based on a true story during Taliban-occupied Afghanistan, Nasreen is a little girl whose parents are taken by Taliban troops. She retreats within herself, no longer smiling or talking. Desperate, her grandmother…
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RE: VERSE STRIKES AGAIN!
Dear Educators, Librarians, Writers, and Poets, Downtown Bloomington’s TheatresCool is excited to again present RE: VERSE, a night of poetry reading and performance. All ages are welcome to attend this open mic event, and anyone fourteen or older is encouraged to perform an original poem or dramatic reading. We’d like to keep this a monthly…
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