Future Plans Pt2.

(Catch-22 Design)
Hey there readers. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a bit of an update on the T-Shirts that introduced last week. Thank you so much to everyone for all of the support that you have already shown, just in the beginning stages of our project. It is encouraging to us that so many of you show an interest in our designs and we hope that the final products live up to the hype.
That being said, we have actually begun the printing process and hope to have shirts for sale by the end of the month!!!!
We are so excited that our idea is becoming a reality. Before we pump out the final designs/products we once again want to hear from our readers about some of the things they would like to see most from a literary item. We have taken all of your comments to heart and are trying our best to encorporte things that not only we enjoy, but you all enjoy as well. So put on your thinking caps, or just jot down a few of your favorite literary quotes/images and let us know. It will go a long way in the final outcome of the items.



The other new and exciting thing we have to share with you can be found just to the right of your screen. --------> Look this way and scroll down
You might notice we have a new link up on our blog for the site GelaSkins. We have said numerous times that this site is for our enjoyment first and foremost, and we have no real intention of selling out (a.k.a making posts or supporting things that we do not believe in). That being said, we do however have huge support for this site that we have posted. It is a business that is comprised of 'skins' for your phones, ipods, computers and more. Not only are these some of the coolest designs we hav ever seen, but they even have a few literary ones to boot. (Hunter S. Thompson and Vonnegut fans be sure to take a good look around.)
We hope that you will all find some time to check out that site and the really amazing designs they have there, since we are proud to now be affiliated with the company.

Thats all that we have for you now folks. Be sure to look for even more updates to come since we will have the first round of designs done soon. Also look for a review of Tender is The Night by Prongs later this week.

Future Plans Pt2.

(Catch-22 Design)
Hey there readers. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a bit of an update on the T-Shirts that introduced last week. Thank you so much to everyone for all of the support that you have already shown, just in the beginning stages of our project. It is encouraging to us that so many of you show an interest in our designs and we hope that the final products live up to the hype.
That being said, we have actually begun the printing process and hope to have shirts for sale by the end of the month!!!!
We are so excited that our idea is becoming a reality. Before we pump out the final designs/products we once again want to hear from our readers about some of the things they would like to see most from a literary item. We have taken all of your comments to heart and are trying our best to encorporte things that not only we enjoy, but you all enjoy as well. So put on your thinking caps, or just jot down a few of your favorite literary quotes/images and let us know. It will go a long way in the final outcome of the items.



The other new and exciting thing we have to share with you can be found just to the right of your screen. --------> Look this way and scroll down
You might notice we have a new link up on our blog for the site GelaSkins. We have said numerous times that this site is for our enjoyment first and foremost, and we have no real intention of selling out (a.k.a making posts or supporting things that we do not believe in). That being said, we do however have huge support for this site that we have posted. It is a business that is comprised of 'skins' for your phones, ipods, computers and more. Not only are these some of the coolest designs we hav ever seen, but they even have a few literary ones to boot. (Hunter S. Thompson and Vonnegut fans be sure to take a good look around.)
We hope that you will all find some time to check out that site and the really amazing designs they have there, since we are proud to now be affiliated with the company.

Thats all that we have for you now folks. Be sure to look for even more updates to come since we will have the first round of designs done soon. Also look for a review of Tender is The Night by Prongs later this week.

Future Plans

-Hello loyal readers-

Padfood here, bringing you a new segment to our beloved blog, a segment that we are very excited to share with you. From now on we would like to share with all of our readers the economic and business related steps that we will be taking towards starting our very own company 'Good Books Inc.' This week we are bringing you something that is still in the early works, but we are nonetheless excited about the entire idea. Hope you enjoy and look forward to more business related posts in the future!

Have you ever wanted to wear a shirt that made reference to your favorite novel? How about a purse with a quote from a childhood classic? Well if you are like us then you have often been frustrated at the lack of truly good literary items there are in the market. Well if this is the case then look no further!
As you may know, Prongs and I have plans to start our Publishing company "Good Books Inc." However to start a business requires money, so we have decided to use some of other artsy-fartsy talents to help us reach our overall goal of owning our own business; we have created a few designs for book-related t-shirts that we plan to sell!!
That's right, get em while they're hot!
Here are a few of the designs we have created so far, and keep in mind that these are only basic ideas... not finished products. Our hope is to start a collection of literary related paraphernalia including but not limited to t-shirts,bags, pencil pouches, book marks, etc... basically everything a true literary lover could ever dream of.

(click on any pictures to enlarge them and get the full experience)

So we have just a few questions for you, dear reader to help us hone down the final products.

• What classic book would you like to see on a shirt?
  
• Would you be more interested in classics or more current works?
• Also would you rather see something that would be easily recognized, or would you be more interested in shirts that only another fan could understand?
  
• What types of products would you be most interested in purchusing? T-Shirts, Bags, etc. etc.

If you could please respond with any type of feed back, good or bad it would be greatly appreciated. If you love the shirts wonderful, if you would never buy them in a million years... please tell us. We need to know before we have a huge pile of literary items to share amongst ourselves.

Although we have not yet made the shirts, we plan to here in the next few months, so keep a look out for examples of the finished products, and more posts about the business. Until then...

-mischief managed-

Future Plans

-Hello loyal readers-

Padfood here, bringing you a new segment to our beloved blog, a segment that we are very excited to share with you. From now on we would like to share with all of our readers the economic and business related steps that we will be taking towards starting our very own company 'Good Books Inc.' This week we are bringing you something that is still in the early works, but we are nonetheless excited about the entire idea. Hope you enjoy and look forward to more business related posts in the future!

Have you ever wanted to wear a shirt that made reference to your favorite novel? How about a purse with a quote from a childhood classic? Well if you are like us then you have often been frustrated at the lack of truly good literary items there are in the market. Well if this is the case then look no further!
As you may know, Prongs and I have plans to start our Publishing company "Good Books Inc." However to start a business requires money, so we have decided to use some of other artsy-fartsy talents to help us reach our overall goal of owning our own business; we have created a few designs for book-related t-shirts that we plan to sell!!
That's right, get em while they're hot!
Here are a few of the designs we have created so far, and keep in mind that these are only basic ideas... not finished products. Our hope is to start a collection of literary related paraphernalia including but not limited to t-shirts,bags, pencil pouches, book marks, etc... basically everything a true literary lover could ever dream of.

(click on any pictures to enlarge them and get the full experience)

So we have just a few questions for you, dear reader to help us hone down the final products.

• What classic book would you like to see on a shirt?
  
• Would you be more interested in classics or more current works?
• Also would you rather see something that would be easily recognized, or would you be more interested in shirts that only another fan could understand?
  
• What types of products would you be most interested in purchusing? T-Shirts, Bags, etc. etc.

If you could please respond with any type of feed back, good or bad it would be greatly appreciated. If you love the shirts wonderful, if you would never buy them in a million years... please tell us. We need to know before we have a huge pile of literary items to share amongst ourselves.

Although we have not yet made the shirts, we plan to here in the next few months, so keep a look out for examples of the finished products, and more posts about the business. Until then...

-mischief managed-

Prongs - Ninth Review - The Shining

'Just like 7-11. We may not always be doing business, but we are always open' -Boondock Saints
Sorry folks, looks like you are stuck with us.
It has been quite some time has it not? We have missed all of you dearly, but most of all we have missed our dear dear blog.
It's not you blog, it's us... we weren't ready for a serious commitment.... we have changed, matured, gotten those other silly sites out of our system and are ready to settle down for the long haul. Please take us back? Please?!
Without getting into all the mundane details of moving, mono, and manic-Mondays (finals are finally over)... we have emerged from the swamps of this school-term refreshed and ready to review! So once again, we apologize sincerely to our loyal reads for the lack of posts. Our hope is that even though we have been on a short hiatus, you will return to the Padfoot and Prongs that you once loved so dearly, ready as always to talk about BOOOKKS.
And to kick off what is sure to be a jammed pack summer we have a review for you! Look for many more updates this week and beyond, since we don't plan on walking out on you again any time soon. Pinky promise.

"We all shine on." The Beatles (The inspirational line behind the title)
The Shining
By Stephen King

Disclaimer: For quite some time now I have had a love/hate relationship with Stephen King. I have to give it to him; when Stephen King is ‘on’ he is ‘ON’ . But there are other times when it is as if someone has just flipped his creative switch, and what comes from that is far cry from good-quality writing. With the amount of work that he has produced in a lifetime, I can not blame him for having a few ‘off’ works, but honestly some of it is more than just ‘off’… it is down right bad. It is only my love of a few choice works by him that keeps me coming back for more. Just when I think I am ready to give up on him as a writer, I come across another gem that I had overlooked that reminds me why I even return to him in the first place. This time, it just happened to be The Shining.

Truly a master of horror, Stephen king has comprised a novel that shows the total transformation of a loving yet flawed father into a deranged shell of his former self. To King, the ability to ‘Shine’ is the supernatural capability of people and even buildings to read the minds of others, and in Jack’s case, posses them. Most are familiar with the story line, but the novel centers on Jack Torrance and his family who have moved into The Overlook hotel, with the responsibility of keeping it running during the 5 winter months when the building becomes snowed into seclusion. Unbeknownst to Jack and his family, the Overlook has a violent history of gangsters, adulterers, murder, and these memories echo within every empty hall of the hotel. Jack’s young son Danny posses the strange ability to ‘shine’ , which ultimately is the driving force behind all of the horrific events that happen to the family within the desolateness of the hotel.

"A stupid man is more prone to cabin fever just as he's more prone to shoot someone over a card game or commit a spur-of-the-moment robbery. He gets bored. When the snow comes and there's nothing to do but watch TV or play solitaire and cheat when he can't get all the aces out. Nothing to do but ***** at his wife and nag at the kids and drink."

What truly turns this novel from just your average horror story into a literary classic is the slow climatic degradation of Jack’s sanity, which makes the audience question: ‘If it could happen to him, why not me?’. Jack is haunted by the embarrassing alcohol driven mistakes of his past, and his ghosts follow him to The Overlook, where they are given free reign to tear him down slowly. While the movie focuses more on how unstable and unpredictable Jack becomes, the novel never lets you forget for a moment what will happen at the end. From the beginning Jack’s son Danny has constant premonitions about the final climatic scene where Jack has finally become possessed by the hotel, and the slow build up is absolutely electric. The foreshadow of Danny’s dreams clings to every inch of the jungle print wall paper, the crystal chandeliers, and the strangely odd hedge animals… until the moment when the dreams become a gruesome reality.

King shows off his immense talent to understand the human element of fear through his use of detail and internal character reflection, weaving together a story that is both complicated and terrifying. While the movie has become something of a cult classic, it is important to not forget the roots that these cinematic doppelgangers come from. Trust me, this is one book you will want to read with all the lights on.

-mischief managed-

Prongs - Ninth Review - The Shining

'Just like 7-11. We may not always be doing business, but we are always open' -Boondock Saints
Sorry folks, looks like you are stuck with us.
It has been quite some time has it not? We have missed all of you dearly, but most of all we have missed our dear dear blog.
It's not you blog, it's us... we weren't ready for a serious commitment.... we have changed, matured, gotten those other silly sites out of our system and are ready to settle down for the long haul. Please take us back? Please?!
Without getting into all the mundane details of moving, mono, and manic-Mondays (finals are finally over)... we have emerged from the swamps of this school-term refreshed and ready to review! So once again, we apologize sincerely to our loyal reads for the lack of posts. Our hope is that even though we have been on a short hiatus, you will return to the Padfoot and Prongs that you once loved so dearly, ready as always to talk about BOOOKKS.
And to kick off what is sure to be a jammed pack summer we have a review for you! Look for many more updates this week and beyond, since we don't plan on walking out on you again any time soon. Pinky promise.

"We all shine on." The Beatles (The inspirational line behind the title)
The Shining
By Stephen King

Disclaimer: For quite some time now I have had a love/hate relationship with Stephen King. I have to give it to him; when Stephen King is ‘on’ he is ‘ON’ . But there are other times when it is as if someone has just flipped his creative switch, and what comes from that is far cry from good-quality writing. With the amount of work that he has produced in a lifetime, I can not blame him for having a few ‘off’ works, but honestly some of it is more than just ‘off’… it is down right bad. It is only my love of a few choice works by him that keeps me coming back for more. Just when I think I am ready to give up on him as a writer, I come across another gem that I had overlooked that reminds me why I even return to him in the first place. This time, it just happened to be The Shining.

Truly a master of horror, Stephen king has comprised a novel that shows the total transformation of a loving yet flawed father into a deranged shell of his former self. To King, the ability to ‘Shine’ is the supernatural capability of people and even buildings to read the minds of others, and in Jack’s case, posses them. Most are familiar with the story line, but the novel centers on Jack Torrance and his family who have moved into The Overlook hotel, with the responsibility of keeping it running during the 5 winter months when the building becomes snowed into seclusion. Unbeknownst to Jack and his family, the Overlook has a violent history of gangsters, adulterers, murder, and these memories echo within every empty hall of the hotel. Jack’s young son Danny posses the strange ability to ‘shine’ , which ultimately is the driving force behind all of the horrific events that happen to the family within the desolateness of the hotel.

"A stupid man is more prone to cabin fever just as he's more prone to shoot someone over a card game or commit a spur-of-the-moment robbery. He gets bored. When the snow comes and there's nothing to do but watch TV or play solitaire and cheat when he can't get all the aces out. Nothing to do but ***** at his wife and nag at the kids and drink."

What truly turns this novel from just your average horror story into a literary classic is the slow climatic degradation of Jack’s sanity, which makes the audience question: ‘If it could happen to him, why not me?’. Jack is haunted by the embarrassing alcohol driven mistakes of his past, and his ghosts follow him to The Overlook, where they are given free reign to tear him down slowly. While the movie focuses more on how unstable and unpredictable Jack becomes, the novel never lets you forget for a moment what will happen at the end. From the beginning Jack’s son Danny has constant premonitions about the final climatic scene where Jack has finally become possessed by the hotel, and the slow build up is absolutely electric. The foreshadow of Danny’s dreams clings to every inch of the jungle print wall paper, the crystal chandeliers, and the strangely odd hedge animals… until the moment when the dreams become a gruesome reality.

King shows off his immense talent to understand the human element of fear through his use of detail and internal character reflection, weaving together a story that is both complicated and terrifying. While the movie has become something of a cult classic, it is important to not forget the roots that these cinematic doppelgangers come from. Trust me, this is one book you will want to read with all the lights on.

-mischief managed-