Woo-hoo! The Oscar nominations are up! Normally I couldn’t give a damn, but this will be an interesting year, what with all the animated movies and films-based-on-fantasy-books-that-were-fine-on-their-own-merit that were released. I have conflicting emotions concerning movie adaptations. On one hand, they completely destroy the book (oh, come on, you know it’s true); even if the adaptation is “faithful” you can never go back to the book and read it the way you read it before a director, set of actors, and set designers interpreted it and sold it to squintillions of viewers. On the other hand, however, sales of the original book go skyrocketing, which can only do people good. The world should read more. (We will not, I repeat, WILL NOT discuss movie covers on books. Hold me back.)

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74th Annual Academy Awards