Media

After I read Harry Potter, I took a little bit of a break. I had to give my eyes a bit of a rest. But recently I started Nick Hornby's new book: A Long Way Down. After reading About a Boy, and making it most of the way through High Fidelity, I was pretty excited to check out his newest offering. I was kinda disappointed with his other one: How to Be Good, but I might not have given it a serious try. I was determined to give A Long Way Down a fair shake.

I was a little intrigued by the dust cover's description, too. Four people who have decided, more or less, to kill themselves at a popular London jumping spot at the same time (awful coincidence, huh, on a New Years Eve) meet each other in the most awkward way. Well, I'm about half way through, and it is really good. It is told through the First Person Narrative of each of the four principles. I found it a little disconcerting at first, to abruptly (sometimes after only a page or two) change viewpoints so often. But now I have found that after reading of a compromising situation, or something, I actually look forward to reading how another member of the quartet viewed it through their experiences, and eyes.

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In another form of media, William recommended that I check out the show "Entourage". After watching as many of them as I could, I must say that they are really good! It is a show on HBO about this group of 4 guys who live in LA. One of them is a up-and-coming movie star, and the other guys are his (yes, Kyle, you guessed it) his entourage. All of them are his friends from Queens, NY, where they all grew up. I'm not sure why I like it so much, but I really have enjoyed every episode.

I'll let you know more as my brain percolates on the show.