Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=crazypenguinman http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=crazypenguinman 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:50:00 GMT The cover of Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs is what drew me in. Then the story successfully takes over. http://thesop.org/story/20120113/miss-peregrins-home-for-peculiar-children-by-ransom-riggs.html http://thesop.org/story/20120113/miss-peregrins-home-for-peculiar-children-by-ransom-riggs.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:38:00 GMT This book holds a special place on my bookshelf. You can always tell a good book by its reaction to the reader. http://thesop.org/story/20120111/the-replacement-by-brenna-yosanoff.html http://thesop.org/story/20120111/the-replacement-by-brenna-yosanoff.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:06:00 GMT With the tablet computer and E-readers now almost a household staple, many authors are using this medium as a opportunity to bypass traditional publication through publishing houses. http://thesop.org/story/20111227/the-soulkeepers-by-gp-ching-book-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20111227/the-soulkeepers-by-gp-ching-book-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:49:00 GMT The title of this novel is what caught my attention. Being a former teenager, and a recovering mall rat, it didnt take much for me to want to read this book. So, I hit up a library and got a copy. http://thesop.org/story/20111219/heaven-looks-a-lot-like-the-mall-book-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20111219/heaven-looks-a-lot-like-the-mall-book-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:59:00 GMT From the trailers I had seen for the movie Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows, I had lost a little faith in director Guy Ritchies judgment. http://thesop.org/story/20111217/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20111217/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:55:00 GMT With 2012 right around the corner, there are a lot of people bracing themselves for some sort of major catastrophe. http://thesop.org/story/20111209/why-so-many-prisons-california.html http://thesop.org/story/20111209/why-so-many-prisons-california.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:26:00 GMT My brother first picked out Skyship Academy, written by Nick James, for me because the cover image had a steampunk flair to it. http://thesop.org/story/20111202/nick-jamess-skyship-academy.html http://thesop.org/story/20111202/nick-jamess-skyship-academy.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:52:00 GMT In pre-production now is the movie Incarceron. Its based on the 2007 novel by the same name written by Catherine Fischer. http://thesop.org/story/20111122/incarceron-movie-to-be-released-2013.html http://thesop.org/story/20111122/incarceron-movie-to-be-released-2013.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:31:00 GMT The Internet is buzzing with the eight new movie posters released as The Hunger Games draw nearer to its release in theaters. http://thesop.org/story/20111028/new-posters-released-for-the-hunger-games.html http://thesop.org/story/20111028/new-posters-released-for-the-hunger-games.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:24:00 GMT Recently, a friend recommended I check out John Green's An Abundance of Katherines. I had heard of John Green and his brother Hank from the video blog Brotherhood 2.0. http://thesop.org/story/20110917/john-greens-an-abundance-of-katherines.html http://thesop.org/story/20110917/john-greens-an-abundance-of-katherines.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Tue, 6 Sep 2011 23:49:00 GMT Lets admit it, the vampire trend is wearing down. Twilight, the Vampire Diaries, Rosario Vampire, the Vampires Assistant, and True Blood are giving way to Steampunk. http://thesop.org/story/20110906/faerie-tales-may-be-future-trend.html http://thesop.org/story/20110906/faerie-tales-may-be-future-trend.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:58:00 GMT When fans first heard that Jennifer Lawrence, the young Mystique from X-Men: First Class, was selected to play the heroine Katniss Everdeen, they were skeptical if she could http://thesop.org/story/20110729/the-hunger-games-released-first-images-of-gale-and-peeta.html http://thesop.org/story/20110729/the-hunger-games-released-first-images-of-gale-and-peeta.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:30:00 GMT Robert Downey Jr. will be returning to the world of Victorian England in the role of Sherlock Holmes. http://thesop.org/story/20110715/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.html http://thesop.org/story/20110715/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:47:00 GMT The majority of fantasy literature is pretty serious. Fairy tales themselves were there to teach a lesson and keep children on the right path so nothing bad would happen to them. http://thesop.org/story/20110707/the-wee-free-men-by-terry-pratchett-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20110707/the-wee-free-men-by-terry-pratchett-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff) Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:30:00 GMT Everyone who was amazed and awed by Peter Jacksons epic telling of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy knew that the director couldnt finish his career without going back and telling the story that started it all. http://thesop.org/story/20110623/peter-jacksons-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.html http://thesop.org/story/20110623/peter-jacksons-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff)