The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Very excited (thanks to Tom) to hear that one of my favourite Roald Dahl books is going to hit the big screen before the end of the year: The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

We used to have it on audio cassette and I remember listening to it in the car again and again and again . . .

It was up there with Esio Trot, The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me and George’s Marvellous Medicine.

What was your favourite Roald Dahl book?

My Sister’s Keeper

I really really want to tell you all about this book but I’m aware some of you will want to go and see the film at the cinema so I won’t give too much away.

I will say though that you have got to read the book, whether you see the film version or not. I’ve just watched the trailer and can already see lots of things they’ve changed. It is such a  powerful story which I think will definitely be best portrayed in writing.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been hooked on a book but I haven’t been able to put this one down over the past few days. It’s the story of a family who’s eldest daughter has leukemia and who had a second daughter, who was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for her sister. But, after 13 years of operations, when Kate goes into renal failure and Anna is expected to donate a kidney, she decides to sue her parents for medical emancipation – the right to make her own decisions concerning her body.

It’s heart wrenching – morality and ethics get all mixed up when it comes to saving the life of someone you love. As the “right” choices are sought, this terminal illness tears a family apart. Can a judge and a legal ruling really heal that?

I haven’t cried like I did today for quite some time – it is so engaging and, even if you’re fortunate enough to never have seen a loved one seriously ill or die, we all know the reality of the fear of such events.

Read the book – I’ll lend it to you. Then tell me when you’re free to come see the film.

Twilight

Don’t have much to say, except that I’ve seen this film twice in four days and absolutley love it!! The books are better but it’s a very good adaption.

the books: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilightseries.html

the film: http://twilightthemovie.com/