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Roundup: Personal Reflections (not Reviews) on Reading and Viewing I've Managed to Do:
* Memory and Dream (Charles de Lint)
* V for Vendetta (graphic novel)
* Blade of the Immortal, vol. 23
* Rango (movie)

Memory and Dream is an interesting test case for my responses as a reader. It's a thoroughly good book. It has well-developed characters; a tight, page-turning plot, good handling of the English language. I read it all, which is more than I can say for most books these days. I enjoyed it; there were moments I was truly engaged. But it never gave me a cathartic hit. It just didn't move me as a narrative.

( Memory and Dream (Spoilers) )

( V for Vendetta (Spoilers) )

( Blade of the Immortal, 23 (Light Spoilers) )

( Rango )