Current Obsession: The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

It is amazing how you can be drawn to something for no reason that turns out to be perfect for you. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a novel/graphic novel/children’s novel that came out last year and was nominated for a national book award. Drawn to it at first simply due to a cool cover, the book (an inventive and thrilling hybrid of the novel, comic book and silent film) begins as fantastic adventure story set in a Parisian train station. Little did I know that by the end it would cover film history, the relations of fathers and sons and the value of artists. I urge everyone to go take a look at this quick-yet-satisfying story, at least to prep yourself before what will certainly be a great film (apparently none less than Scorsese is attached to the adaptation at the moment).