Category: Gabbler Recommends
Gabbler Recommends: Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O’Brien
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of the most hilarious things I have ever read.
Fact: Cory O’Brien is B.L.A.’s spirit animal. I’m sure of it.
O’Brien is arguably helpful to the ancient myths, giving modern context to things I hadn’t paid attention to before…maybe because my mind is not as fundamentally dirty as his (where he actually “gets” myth, I tend to romanticize it — but such is the curse of a lit major).
Gabbler Recommends: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
This movie, based off a French comic, is kind of like a cross between The Mummy and Amélie. It is silly and fun and quite a good time — where mummies can speak French (of course they can, if they live in France long enough) and dinosaurs come back to life.
She’s kind of the female Indiana Jones, but in a French, comic-book way.
Gabbler Recommends: Saga Vol. 2
So, our favorite part of Saga Vol. 2 was the part where Alana tries to get her so-called “Work Friend” to read a novel so that they can both talk about it. Alana tries to sell the novel as: “They mostly just hang out and play board games, except sometimes they leave their apartment to eat…” As seen in exhibit A:
After work-friend’s resting bitch-face, this happened:
“I don’t know Alana. Sounds a little…boring.”
“It is! That’s kind of the point, I think!”
We need more novels that are a little boring. A little boring with a point.
Ugh, and please don’t comment on the crappy phone pics of the pages. They’re just there to give you a general idea. Don’t get your panties in a wad. We’re writers, not photographers. Geez.
See also: Chekov and the setting of simplicity.
Gabbler Recommends: Travel Light, by Naomi Mitchison
I am going to start this new thing called “GABBLER RECOMMENDS” (also searchable as a tag “category” — see the side bar). It will showcase items that both BLA and I enjoyed. Feel free to recommend interesting books/novelties/artifacts to us in the comments below. There’s probably a lot we haven’t tried.
***CORRECTION*** BLA tells me that s/he has tried everything and therefore should make it clear that it’s only ME who needs help in my cultural development. Perhaps BLA is right. After all, I backed THE AUTOMATION. Ahem.
But to the post!
Gabbler recommends… Travel Light.
Why? Because this novel has nice dragons in it. Not all need to be slain. This novel weaves together various myths and magical creatures into one beautiful fairytale-like story. It was a very quick read (very short), and worth your time.