See the Amalfi Coast

Naples -

I look up and see walls crumbling, shutters missing panels and small balconies weighed down with flowerpots, chairs, bikes, even washing machines.

Frances M Thompson

Ms Frankie Bird certainly has a way with words. The above line is from her recently released, self-published short story See the Amalfi Coast and our photo from Naples came to mind immediately when I read it.

I have just received some more of her work to preview and look forward to both reading and reviewing it.

I receive nothing for my book and movie reviews save the simple pleasure of sharing my thoughts, good, bad or indifferent with you.

Micro

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Timeline, among many others, is a perfect example ... I still remember the first time The Sparky and I saw the preview, months before the movie came out. We had both read and loved the book and knew that it would make an awesome movie. Of course we made a point of going to see it as soon as it was released ... MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT (yes, that all needs to be in caps, I'm considering bold and underline as well just to make my point).

Why this trip down memory lane you ask? I've just finished the latest, and sadly last, of Michael Crichton's books Micro. As my mind wandered through what may or may not have ended up being a good book review, two thoughts kept coming up:

1 - quite simply, if you like Michael Crichton's work you'll like Micro, if you don't, you probably won't; and

2 - in the right hands it would make a great movie (emphasis added by me for reasons set out above).

Which about sums it up, anything else is basically a potential spoiler, so I will leave it at that.