Stuff I’m doing
Okay, not really stuff I’m DOING doing. More like “what I’m reading/watching” lately.
BOOKS: I am currently reading Michelle Rowen’s THE DEMON IN ME. It’s super fun and loads sexier than her vampire books. I’m lucky that I get to read an early copy (because I am AWESOME). Also reading early — BAYOU MOON. You can be jealous of me. I know. I recently purchased several books and tore through those, including Larissa Ione’s ECSTASY UNVEILED and the ever-amazing Kresley Cole’s PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE. It is all paranormals all the time over here, yo. I’m in heaven.
I’ve already pre-ordered Addison Fox’s WARRIOR ASCENDED, and I’m hoping it’s every bit as awesome as that cover. Seriously, I just love the colors on it. Isn’t it pretty?
MOVIES: So those that know me know that I’m a bit of a space geek. Well, okay, maybe you don’t know that about me. I’m kind of an armchair astronomer, and there’s something about space that terrifies and fascinates me. I’ve been in a total space ‘movie’ mode, quite possibly brought on by watching the STAR TREK reboot recently. Chris Pine = crazy hotness.
So we’ve watched a couple of flicks recently. PANDORUM was first up, and the first half-hour was terrific. Two guys wake up, stranded on a non-functioning space ship after being stuck in stasis for who knows how many years. Started out awesome. The next hour or so was totally boring and confusing, but the ending was good. Not bad overall, but left me hungry for more.
I suggested SUNSHINE (the one with Cillian Murphy) and so we watched that next. Man, I wish we hadn’t. What a terrible movie. The first hour was slow and stately, which I don’t mind. It had the hotness of Chris Evans – don’t mind that either. It had handwavey science that I can look past, but the plot takes a SERIOUS fork after the first hour to the point that I turned to my husband and said “What the f&ck just happened here?”
It was, in a word, WACK. Hated it.
The next movie in the queue is UP (Pixar movie). I am hoping we don’t hate it. If it’s good, maybe I can get the husband to watch Wall-E with me.
TV: Olympics, olympics, and more olympics. Strangely enough, we are watching more curling than anything else. I…like curling. I find this just a little bit odd.
Writing: I’m still in love with my new project, even though I didn’t work on it for the past two days. I needed a mental health break.
So…anything on your radars? Anything you are loving or hating book/tv/movie wise?
My suggestion – Watch Wall-E first, because if you watch UP and that decides if he will watch Wall-E, then he won’t watch it. Wall-E is much better IMO. I’ve been so buried in homework, that I’ve not watched tv in two weeks. TWO! That is just nuts to me.
Hey, Jill. I just finished Gentleman Prefer Succubi. I loved it. I am a paranormal romance junkie and your book fed my hunger for something different and hot. I have read all of the Anita Blake series, the True Blood series, and the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I got started on a reading binge last Mother’s Day and haven’t slowed down.
I am a teacher by trade. I teach Math and Science. I love, love, love science. I read as an escape. My movie tastes are similar. I love Star Trek (new and old), the new and improved Battlestar Galactica, Fringe (way out there and cool), Supernatural (those guys are hot!), the HBO True Blood series (loosely related to the books but very entertaining), and last but not least The Big Bang (for giggles). My favorite all genre outside of paranormal romance is historical fiction. Some of my collection of favorites include:Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina,everything that Tom Wolffe has written, The Sparrow by Russell (way cool, I think you should read it), The Witch Doctor, The Help, One Mississippi, Snowflower and The Secret Fan, The Historian.
I am a closet enthusiast of any book that can make me understand physics. I love to try to wrap my brain around stuff like that. I guess that goes back to my love of science.
I reside in the McKinney, Frisco, Allen area. I can truly relate when you talked about the snow just a couple of weeks ago. I was awful.
Anyway, thanks for making the books that you are making. I will definitely buy your next.
Allie
Hi Allie!
I’m glad you liked the books.
And your list of TV shows hits most of my favorites, too (that is, when I have time to watch) though I do profess a guilty love for Survivor.
Thank you for leaving me a note – I appreciate it.
Books: currently reading “Veil of Midnight” Book five in Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed Series. Book 6 and 7 to follow.
I have pre ordered Ilona Andrews “Magic Bleeds” (Jelous you get to read Bayou Moon lol) Kelley Armstrongs “Frostbitten” and “Tales of the Other world”, Patricia Briggs “Silver Borne” and Alyson Noel’s “Blue Moon”. They will all be arriving across march – may. Very Exciting and they will all be getting read before I move on to the 3rd Sookie Stackhouse book. (I have read the first two in the series and have the rest but havent got a round to reading them yet lol)
Movies: went to see Solomon Kane. Loved it. But its my kind of film. I saw Wolf man recently and Sherlock Holmes. Loved them also. Really want to see Percy Jackson and the lightning thief. Clash of the Titans. Legion and I still havent see Avatar yet. Most def going to see Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland. Ive been waiting for that for about a year lol
Dvds: I recently got The Proposal which was very funny and I got Lesbian Vampire Killers (british movie) also very funny.
TV: Sunday nights – Being Human (now finished
) Monday – Glee. Tuesday – Vampire Diaries. Thursday – Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Other than that I dont really watch TV that much lol