One hell of a job

After stuffing myself with some Chipotle madness we head over to Starbucks to top off with a grande iced green tea, half sweetened, nuckas! Right by the pick-up counter and I can't help but inch my way towards Forrest. He's reading Working For The Devil by Lilith Saintcrow. The cover features the femme fatale, Dante Valentine, heroine extraordinaire in Saintcrow's books. Word on the internet streets is that this is book 1 in a series.

The book is about a necromancer who's under contract with the devil! She's working for the man down under and killing demons left and right. Kind of like the Reaper on the CW? Mayhaps. I wanted to know how Forrest came about such a book. Necromancer under contract with el diablo? Had to be a recommendation or something! Forrest had actually read other books by Saintcrow and loves them HENCE his graviational pull towards her work.

No face shots, please, because his tennis game had left him frazzled and not camera-ready

Typically you can find Forrest reading books about cops, spies, swordsmanship, and sorcery. Magic and espionage adventures - can't go wrong with that.

Favourite book of all time? He'd have to go with the Lord of the Rings books. I asked him what he thought about the movies. To his liking? Forrest thought the movies were alright and naturally enjoyed the books more but explains that the books, like any book, contains dialogue and intricate layers that is often left out in movies because it's often difficult to incoporate every nuance. These are more often than nought better found on the pages and left off the big screen.


Has there ever been a movie adaptation of a book that you actually liked/found to be as close to true-blueness?

Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road comes out in December! Finally saw a billboard ad. I really enjoyed the book and hope Leo and Kate don't fail me. I hope I can shake off the Titanic visuals whilst watching it.