Book #37

"The Eagle of the Ninth" by Rosemary Sutcliff

A very good adventure book. I liked the relationship between Marcus and Esca, Marcus' willingness to learn more about the native culture of Britain, his growth throughout the book, Esca's pride but also his pragmatism... Yes, it was a bit light on character development - I would've liked a little more in-depth look at the friendship between Marcus and Esca - and I could've done without the Cottia subplot - it was pretty obvious that Marcus wasn't head-over-heels for her - but I didn't mind it all that much. So, yeah, it was a really good book.

NBC, Fast Five and CBS

* CBS officially canceled Shit My Dad Says. ETA: Defenders and Mad Love also canned.

* Fast Five? Wow at its box office success! $440 mil. worldwide so far! Fast and Furious (#4 in the series) earned "only" $363 mil. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie has a shot to reach $200 mil. in the US theaters. Wow.

* NBC fall schedule: FUCK! Grimm's going against Supernatural and Fringe on Friday 9pm! Link. Damn, damn, damn! It means that a) either Grimm will flop or b) it'll hurt the other shows. Damn! The only show on NBC I wanted to see succeed...

The Mentalist 319+320

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