Multimedia - my new pet, plus book recommendations

[mary_j_59]

Sevvie the fish
Originally uploaded by maryj59

Here's my new little betta, who is, of course, called Sevvie. He is very pretty, but is worrying me because he won't eat anything. I hope he makes it.

Otherwise - thanks to all your comments, I realized most of you didn't know the books I was talking about.

Here is a link to the first few pages of Michelle Paver's Wolf Brother My sister also did a podcast where you can hear Iam McKellan reading the first chapter - he has done all the audio for these books. You can download it either by looking for kiscocast on podomatic.com, or by going to www.torak.info and downloading it there.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30965518/ns/today-today_books/

The BBC filmed the first Green Knowe book, and there are a couple of clips on youtube. Here's the first one - makes you wonder where Rowling got some of her ideas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdhiI8XmJQI

Enjoy!

Comments

[anne-arthur.livejournal.com]

Beautiful fish! And, as I've said elsewhere, I love the 'Green Knowe' clip!

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Yes, isn't it great! The guy who put it up is actually offering DVDs, and I am going to try to purchase one - it seems he is willing to try to get it in NTSC format, for a price (25 pounds, to be precise). If you would like one, perhaps I could also order one in PALS format?

And Sevvie is quite beautiful, in spite of his ragged tail. He's settled down and is eating well now, so I am reassured. Bettas can be tricky little critters - cats are altogether simpler than fish. )