I still call him Spider

[beelikej]

I'm writing bookreviews today. Well, bookbabbles really, since I can't be too coherent about most of the books I'm reading at the moment. I usually only read one book at the time, but I only had a couple of pages of the appendix of De Oratore by Cicero left, when I couldn't resist starting in Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled. Then I discovered the books had certain expressions in common, so I wanted to write about that, forgot to put them back in my backpack and ended up reading my emergency book (What? Like you leave the house with only one book for the road). That last one is The Xenophobe's Guide To The Dutch which turns out to be a lot more accurate than I expected. Of course the book is much more right about the good stuff than the bad, but I may not be the most average person in the Netherlands, so I fear even the things I don't agree with might be true *g*.

I will post the reviews in bookcommunity thej2bee, you are welcome to join or lurk;) The first review I'll put online today is from a book I read a while ago The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

While I'm stating in my original review I bought the book for my classics collection, the truth is a bit different. Back in the early eighties there was a Canadian tv-series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends starring Ian Tracey as Huck Finn. Oh, how I loved that boy, with his awesome hair and his gapped teeth. I either wanted to be him or snuggle him. I never knew the original story was about Tom Sawyer, whom I didn't like at all. But I always remembered him as a friend of Huck, so when I found The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, I just had to buy it, even though I usually don't want translated books if I can read the original. Sadly there isn't much of the Huck I loved in it (no pictures either *pouts*) but while searching for pictures of my Huckleberry, I learned the series is released on DVD, so yay! Unfortunately it's almost as expensive as the Torchwood box, booh! But I think I need to have it. I earned it by finishing the book despite the lack of Huck;)
Ian Tracey's name also stuck to my mind and I've tried to follow his career, but last time I saw him on a regular basis was in reruns of 90s camp detective show Tropical Heat (also known as Sweating Bullets). He had biceps (and triceps!) to drool over and I still wanted to ruffle his hair. I also remember being all giddy when he appeared on the X-files, one of the rare episodes I watched completely. I noticed on IMDb Ian has been in a lot more stuff since then, but most Canadian series aren't shown here, so I lost track. Now if only I knew someone who could keep me posted on him... Anyone going to Canada?

Comments

[tanisafan.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I will keep an eye out for his stuff while I'm there (yeah, it does sort of sound like I made my mind up, doesn't it? Huh.). And with all the Canadian stuff I watch, I'm surprised I've only seen him in DaVinci's Inquest! Where the hell was his Due South guest spot? All of Canada was in that damn show! ;)

Brad Renfro will always be my Huckleberry Finn *sniffles*.
I know what you mean about Tom Sawyer though, I always preferred Huck in the book, too. It's been ages since I read it... *runs off to read your review*

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I will come over and help you look for it :-p

No no no no no: Ian is the one and only Huckleberry. Dude, Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Tom? That is just wrong.