Monday, May 19, 2008

The Hot List: Cycle 1, Vol. 1

Every three months, I'll post a list of my favorite choices in music, movies, and literature.

Movie:
Sex and the City
It's movie magic. We all waited too long for this.

Book: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The book is a force beyond anything I've ever read. It's a labyrinth filled with struggle, peace, love, and Dominican history. This Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece centers on the life of a Dominican adolescent who is eager to woo the ladies but doesn't have the right stuff to win them over. He is a nerd by all accounts. Odd in every sense. However, he has the strongest relationship with perseverance you will ever see. This novel will stir every emotion you've ever felt. It will break your heart and make you wonder. Read it. Learn from it. Absorb it. You will be moved to pieces by it. Guaranteed.

CD: Robyn, by Robyn
A comeback album of the highest kind. It is, as one fine journalist pointed out, "pure pop perfection."

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