. 035) Of Many Hearts and Many Minds: The Mormon Novel and the Post-Utopian Challenge of Assimilation by Scott Hales, finished May 22 ...

. Doctorow 's book had so many people calling it both IMPORTANT and thrilling that I felt obliged to pick it up. Which I did, from th...

. Though a minority, the prophets of the Church in Book of Mormon times were always Nephites. This may have been a contributing reason to ...

. 032) Mormon X: Confessions of a Latter-day Mutant by Ben Christensen, finished May 8 This roman à clef slash allegory about a young...

. In between visiting relations, I will spend this weekend's Saturday afternoon speaking on three topics: Representations of Mormons ...

. 028) Road to Bountiful by Donald S. Smurthwaite, finished April 7 See review at AMV. A couple complaints that didn't fit ther...

. In theaters: Amazon.com Widgets Inside Llewyn Davis ( 2013 ): Unquestionably a well made movie. I don't get the point of the b...

. When Lady Steed and I first moved to the Bay Area (moved back, in her case) and became [re]acquainted with her teenaged soundtrack, Live...

. 021) Love Letters of the Angels of Death by Jennifer Quist, finished March 14 a I was scheduled to go under the knife today, but i...

. On Facebook Sarah asked, "What are the top ten books that sort of defined your childhood? Books you read over and over and were in...

. CLOOOOOOSE-UUUUUUUUUP Now THAT's thexy!

. This begins with the entry from my latest list of watched films, then includes the notes I took as I was watching. I have to return th...

. 017) Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers by Dav P...

. 013) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, finished February 12 My students have been requesting a John Green parody from me for ye...

. Helium The actor playing the dying kid is a pretty good actor, but besides getting sweaty, he always looks ruddy and healthy. Makeup co...

. Nominated animated shorts: Get a Horse! I appreciate the technical whatsit and the use of vintage voices (when did Disney himself las...

. Well, it's happened again. Therious Literary Artist has gone and published some genre poetry. You might almost think he doesn't ...

. Look what I found on the Internet yesterday! [ NOTE: the applicability of these to valentine's day may vary ]

. I am surprisingly terrible at announcing publications here at Thutopia. But here are a few from recent months I've neglected (more...