The Introverted Detective

 I'm finally reading the books I stare at in the living room. Let's dive into The Lord of the Rings trilogy. These are my husband's books. Because of that, I acquired see-through sticky notes to annotate the book. I'm not allowed to write directly on the page. I highly reccommend using these sticky notes, as they make the book look nice, but allow annotation to happen.  This is the first book of the trilogy, where Frodo acquires the ring from Bilbo and they find out it's the One Ring. It begins in the shire and is a lot of travel - and running from dark riders.  Thoughts The dark riders are a big problem. They can smell the ring on Frodo. The ring also wants to be found, so when they come around the urge to put on the ring is amped to 11 out of 10. The second time we see one, it is crawling towards Frodo and the hobbits (while they are hiding in the woods). It was almost game over and we haven't reached Rivendell. Frodo was lucky the elves were traveling that pa...

 I'm taking on reading the Odyssey, with help from a YouTuber who has summaries of each book. I'm starting with Book 1 and slowly working through it. I was inspired by Epic the Musical. Let's get into it.  Courtesy of lookandlearn.com Telemachus and Mentes The first thing I did was listen to a summary of book 1. I'd suggest doing the same. It helps you know what's going on in plain English. I put the video I watched here. In case it doesn't actually let you watch it from here, look up "MoAn Inc. The Odyssey" and find her playlist for the summaries. Then, I dove into the poetry. Once you know the summary, it is easier than you think. I would highly suggest watching the video above before reading it. I did get lost at a few spots. If I hadn't known the summary, I'd be confused.  My Review I'm reviewing this on two things: readability and the story. Just like any older text, you do have to get used to the poetry. It was meant to be performed. ...

 I read the book that inspired this film. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1931 is a black-and-white silent film. The movie isn't all that far off from the book. Aside from adding a love interest (like they do in lots of films), the plot is close enough once you get to Jekyll actually getting the idea for the potion.  Courtesy of Alamy.com I give this film an 8 out of 10. It was entertaining, but the music was situation-deaf. The organ music during Hyde beating a man to death with a cane was...a choice. Cheerful music for being attacked by Hyde, beating a man to death, and someone dying of poison were all tone-deaf choices for tense moments. Any other filmmaker would have used more tense pieces for such scenes.  The acting itself was good, minus those melodramatic transformations. The women in this film knocked it out of the park. You could tell the prostitutes and women around Hyde hated him - but the prostitutes couldn't say no to money and feared him. They effectively told...