Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: nfp
What I’m Reading: Ungifted
Ungifted, by Gordan Korman, is a humorous book for middle schoolers. It stars Donovan Curtis, a born trouble-maker, an eighth-grade smart-aleck who cuts class with his two buddies, the two Daniels, to play pranks and escape sitting in boring classrooms. Donovan gets in more… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Ungifted”
Ranking the Superman Movies
All right, we’ve done the X-Men movies and the Avengers movies, let’s do the Superman movies. As before, the ranking system isGreen=excellent Blue=pretty good Black=Okay Red=avoidSuperman (1978) (rewatched it recently and found it still excellent)Superman II (I’ve seen it a number of times over the years… Continue Reading “Ranking the Superman Movies”
Ranking the Avengers Movies
A few weeks ago I ranked the X-Men movies, and promised I would do some more superhero movies in the future. Let’s do the Avengers movies, from best to worst. If you recall, the ranking system was arranged so:Green=excellent Blue=pretty good Black=Okay Red=avoid Iron Man–The best… Continue Reading “Ranking the Avengers Movies”
What I’m Reading: Goya
Goya, by Robert Hughes, is a big, thick, beautifully-written account of Francisco Goya’s life, with a lavishly generous selection of many dozens of Goya’s paintings and etchings included. I first picked it up at a book sale, amazed that such a gorgeous art book… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Goya”
What I’m Reading: Counting by 7s
True story: Under the “Taste Preferences” tab in Netflix, where you can review what sort of movies Netflix believes you like to see, my wife and I have earned a “never watch” in the categories of feel-good, inspiring, and sentimental. With that in mind,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Counting by 7s”
Ranking the X-Men Movies
Today, my son and I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past, based on a much-loved X-Men story arc from the 80s. It starts in the not-so-distant future, when robots called Sentinels have hunted down nearly all mutants on Earth, and the few remaining X-Men… Continue Reading “Ranking the X-Men Movies”
What I’m Reading: Becoming Mr. October
So here’s my baseball book for this year: Becoming Mr. October, by Reggie Jackson. I saw it on the New Arrivals stand at the library and picked it right up. Reggie gives us a few chapters on growing up in a small town in… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Becoming Mr. October”
