Weekend review

We just saw The Bourne Ultimatum. Very enjoyable. If you are a fan of the series, I recommend it heartily.

They gave away one of the best moments of the movie in the trailer, which was irksome, but as Treebeard says, in a choice between marketing and art, art loses every time.



Watching Jason Bourne on his quest reminded me again of the Jimmy Coates novels by Joe Craig. Both Bourne and Jimmy are creations of a secret government agency that is willing to use them to nefarious ends. They are both in search of their history and trying to come to terms with their past.

Unrelated:
I have a sibling who is a high school principal, God bless him. Another happy note this weekend was the discovery that "Principal Blandsworth" has read both Maude March books this summer, is listening to The Thief Lord while he works on his high school's "master schedule", and uses Jack Gantos's Hole in My Life as a cautionary tale in his work. He asked for some more good audiobook suggestions!

He is so awesome.

Goal!!!

Well, I step away from the computer for a few days and a blogging friend gets a book deal!

Our fearless leader and Cybil Nonfiction Picture Book Wrangler, Chris Barton has sold his book, S.V.T. to Little, Brown.

Chris blogs at Bartography and he will give away a free copy of the book (when it comes out) to the first person to guess what S.V.T. stands for. He says people see it as a "boy" book so I am thinking the "S" has to be "slime" or "super." The "v" could be "vomit" but on reflection that is a little strong for a title, it is probably a noun... I'm thinking "t" is for "team" or "terror" or "turbulence."
Slimey Vulture Terror -- Super Vacuum Team?