The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

Written By: Fannie Flagg Published By: Random House Reviewed By: Melissa Minners                I’m a huge fan of Fannie Flagg’s writing thanks to the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes.  When I discovered that this movie that I have watched hundreds of times was based on a novel, I bought said novel and have read it three

A Street Cat Named Bob

Written by: James Bowen Published By: Thomas Dunne Books Reviewed by Melissa Minners                Years ago, I heard about a young man in London who wrote a book about how a street cat helped save his life.  James Bowen was a drug-addicted musician who couldn’t get straight until he met a street cat who needed

The Remake-Prequel-Sequel Syndrome

Has The Movie Industry Run Out Of Ideas? by Melissa Minners             There has been a trend in the movie industry; a trend that may have begun long ago in a galaxy far, far away…or even further back than that.  Once upon a time there was a thing called the serial movie.  Basically, the powers