35 posts tagged “edward cullen”
Now I am looking forward to the new year. It will be my new slate on my book tracker. I started it in September and I've read 89 books in 16 weeks. The new one will be for 52 weeks and I am ready to devour books in the new year. Maybe I will set a goal of something like 25 books a month. I want to be sure I read things other than fantasy too. So in the new year I am going to hope to mix things up. Of course saying that all the books in my pile to be read next are fantasy save for 1 which is a romance. I still haven't read Moby Dick. Oh and I will be finishing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde before the end of the year. Even if the very act kills me.
On Saturday while out running errands D bought me new shoes and I love them. I have a really bad habit of buying shoes that I sometimes never wear. But I've already wore these so that shouldn't be a problem with these.. Ofcourse I keep all the original boxes for my shoes so when I'm done I can take them to the Goodwill in a tidy fashion. How do normal people house their shoes? Or a better question is how many pairs is normal to have? Not that I'm Amelda Marcos, she opened her shoes--so clearly, I'm not. I might be like her disciple.
There are new Guild episodes and I'm behind, Zaboo could be running amok. Felicia Day looks less cute this season. Robin Thorsen who plays Clara is getting a world's worth of good lines. Bladezz is still only seen for half a second. But still worth a watch even if you aren't an MMOG.
Today suck. D is dying of some plague and has been in bed all day. I love him home but not when all he does is sleep. We are supposed to be going to a Sharks game tonight and I think maybe we should nix that idea and get him better.
Little Ashes finally got a release date for the states, March 27th. I am really excited about this film. It would be nice to see how Rob Pattinson does in an edgy role. Salvador Dali and his lover should turn off some of those teeny boppers who think Rob is just Edward Cullen. I hope it shows a lot of male on male french kissing. Brian Kenney used to do it and make me feel like I was watching the hottest thing going.
In only a few weeks BSG will be back and I am determined to be more excited about it now then I was last Spring. I am going to get in my girl Starbuck's corner and stay there. I don't care if she lead everyone to their deaths. I have seen some of the trailers for the upcoming season and it does look to be twisty-turny. There is one kiss that I caught between Lee and Kara. Please god, if you exist, make the whole thing end with Lee and Kara on the same side. I want something to be uncorruptable.
Last night I went to see Twilight for the tenth time. It was still awesome. I did notice a flaw in the screenplay. It's small but now that I noticed it it will bother. When the nomads come to the field and James does his, "You've brought a snack" Rosalie jumps to defend Bella but then in the scene in the garage she asks why she should help. My answer would be, because you did in the last scene. And how does Edward and the Cullens follow her to Mimi's when she never tells Alice and Jasper where it is located? Another plot flaw. But despite those things I still love it. I would like to go and see it with Belle and
Susan. And now New Moon officially has it's new director. Chris Weitz will be at the helm. I don't know if I have much faith in the guy who accepted the screenplay for Golden Compass with it missing the last chapter of the book. I hope we don't miss the last chapter of New Moon. I'm eager to hear what will happen with casting for NM. D has been keeping an eye out for sides but nothing yet. I am seriously leaning towards our Spring trip being Portland. I know it doesn't have the pizazz or sunniness of Hawaii but I would love to see Shanny and to get to play fungirl and go to some of the locations that the movie was shot at. It sounds like such fun and Hawaii isn't going anywhere. It will still be there the next year. So yeah I'm at 75% sure of going to the Pacific Northwest.
Today was a really busy day. We had to get me shoes for D's work Christmas party and I chose shoes that I don't believe I will wear that often over the ones I loved. I really regret getting them. The other ones were even on sale. I love shoes but why do they have to be such a labour when choosing them? Then we had to go to the comic book store and now we are up to date on Spike, Buffy and Angel. Our next mission is to actually read them. We are about five issues behind on Angel. Appalling. Then we went to Petco and got a friend for Nate. I haven't named him yet because I'm leaning towards either Jace or Seth, after Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instruments or Seth from Wicked Lovely and I would be heartbroken if I had to say either of them had died. So for now my little black moor goldfish is Little Fish. Then we went grocery shopping which was an ordeal because I was there. It had to be twice as expensive because I like to shop off the shopping list. It's like I'm the bane of D's life at times. I did get pickles, silk nog and raspberry sherbet. Score! Then we had to go to the boss's Christmas party. I was not excited about it because I have the social graces of a rock. He did have a nice house and the fresh pineapple was yummy. I even had a glass of bubbly and reminded myself that I find champagne god awful. We came home and made french toast with cinnabon bread. D's a master chef and it was so good. Oh and in between the grocery store and the party I wrapped D's Christmas gifts and I love Christmas. I keep wanting to talk to him about them and that would just be bad. I'm so excited for Christmas when he will open them and hopefully like them. I know three things that he will love. The rest is all up to the gods.
I have been reading some the last few days. I read both Novel of the Darkyn books I had and they were sort of disappointing. I will read the others in the series but these books were highly recommended for being good vampire books and they just aren't. I also read the first Others book, Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren and it was a good fantasy romance. The writing is sort of mediocre and the story isn't what I would call original but it had something to offer. Last night I started Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning and I was sort of blown away. I only got 70 pages in but the style and tone is incredible. It's categorized as romance but there isn't any romance in it so far and I would classify it as fantasy/suspense. It reminds me if you were to take Sookie Stackhouse books and Dante Valentine books and then threw in faeries, but better written then the two, then that is how I would describe it. I plan to read Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind this week. I don't know if I am ready for it but I don't think I ever will be. I'm just going to have to jump in.
Tomorrow I'm meeting Team Logan at Mo's in Burbank at lunch. Tam will be there and I haven't seen her since last Christmas. I'll get to show Belle my new silver nail polish. She will love it. I hope to make plans with Susan and Belle to get lunch or dinner this week sometime. I don't see the group, well hardly ever. It'll be good to touch bases.
I have to sleep sometime soon. I am not tired. It's 3:30 in the morning. My sleep is a mess. Stupid red eye. I haven't been the same since. I doubt sitting here listening to music and updating my last.fm helps.
Today was a really busy day. We had to get me shoes for D's work Christmas party and I chose shoes that I don't believe I will wear that often over the ones I loved. I really regret getting them. The other ones were even on sale. I love shoes but why do they have to be such a labour when choosing them? Then we had to go to the comic book store and now we are up to date on Spike, Buffy and Angel. Our next mission is to actually read them. We are about five issues behind on Angel. Appalling. Then we went to Petco and got a friend for Nate. I haven't named him yet because I'm leaning towards either Jace or Seth, after Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instruments or Seth from Wicked Lovely and I would be heartbroken if I had to say either of them had died. So for now my little black moor goldfish is Little Fish. Then we went grocery shopping which was an ordeal because I was there. It had to be twice as expensive because I like to shop off the shopping list. It's like I'm the bane of D's life at times. I did get pickles, silk nog and raspberry sherbet. Score! Then we had to go to the boss's Christmas party. I was not excited about it because I have the social graces of a rock. He did have a nice house and the fresh pineapple was yummy. I even had a glass of bubbly and reminded myself that I find champagne god awful. We came home and made french toast with cinnabon bread. D's a master chef and it was so good. Oh and in between the grocery store and the party I wrapped D's Christmas gifts and I love Christmas. I keep wanting to talk to him about them and that would just be bad. I'm so excited for Christmas when he will open them and hopefully like them. I know three things that he will love. The rest is all up to the gods.
Tomorrow I'm meeting Team Logan at Mo's in Burbank at lunch. Tam will be there and I haven't seen her since last Christmas. I'll get to show Belle my new silver nail polish. She will love it. I hope to make plans with Susan and Belle to get lunch or dinner this week sometime. I don't see the group, well hardly ever. It'll be good to touch bases.
I have to sleep sometime soon. I am not tired. It's 3:30 in the morning. My sleep is a mess. Stupid red eye. I haven't been the same since. I doubt sitting here listening to music and updating my last.fm helps.
Yesterday I got to go for a walk and see a bit of the neighborhood and it was brisk to frigid. Erin and Charlie's place sits on a nice bit of AFB land. It's a nice house. We walked down the street and I was taken by the fact that it hasn't snowed in a few days but that the trees are still covered as if the snow wouldn't think of falling. There was no wind. It's just cold. And not enough to hurt really. Just enough to remind you that California is a long way from here.
It's beautiful though. Stunning. After about 15 minutes we had to turn around and go in. Poor D just doesn't have the blood to take cold weather. I think he hated it.
With the holiday being so close at hand Erin had errands to run so we got to see a bit of Fairbanks but before we got to that point we had to make a stop at the dump. They don't have
roadside garbage pick up because of the bears. Add another wild animal to the list of what I want to see while I'm here. So this dump had the oddest bin. One marked for feces only. Ewww, true? But Erin told D that it has something to do with tanners. I don't understand if it's the refuse of the tanners or what. I just find it peculiar. Then we went on to Midnight Sun Ct. and I got my Edward Cullen happy. Then we drove by the exit for the way to Denali National Park and it notched up further. At that point I didn't need to see anything else. The whole trip had basically met my expectations--well minus the northern lights, a moose and a bear. I got some souvenirs and saw the city of Fairbanks and we started back.
It's no secret that kids just really freak me out. I don't feel comfortable around them and of course this meant that the first time Timmy fussed D wouldn't get near him with a ten foot pole and it was left to me. I am thankful that we won't be having any because he wouldn't be much help. On the contraire he was better with Connor. D sat and made Play-doh shapes and animals for nearly half an hour. One of the finest Play-doh airplanes I've ever seen. I think he actually had fun.
But intersperesed with my day was time spent on Lion & Lamb and there were so many Twilight/Rob/Kellan related pics posted that it gave me something to be thankful for today. And that is what has to be tagged to the end of this post.
And D, being the wonderful husband that he is gave me a Christmas present early. It's the below object!!
With the holiday being so close at hand Erin had errands to run so we got to see a bit of Fairbanks but before we got to that point we had to make a stop at the dump. They don't have
But intersperesed with my day was time spent on Lion & Lamb and there were so many Twilight/Rob/Kellan related pics posted that it gave me something to be thankful for today. And that is what has to be tagged to the end of this post.
Last night I went to see Twilight for the fifth time. Due to some narcoleptic-like issues I fell asleep at the fight scene. If you know how I get when I'm tired you will know that it had nothing to do with the movie and everything to do with not being able to deal with life after 9PM. I love the movie more and more with each veiwing. With every new imperfection. For the last week or week and half I have been playing the soundtrack in serious rotation. My favorite song on the album is by Blue Foundation, it is called Eyes on Fire and it's so pretty. I've also played Rob's songs with every intention of making myself sick of them. It hasn't happened so far. I'm not a fan of the Lullaby. It's not how I imagined it and it doesn't hold up to multiple listenings. I like the remix of Bella's Lullaby more than the actual thing. The piano piece doesn't sound like what Edward would compose for her though. It lacks a dark quality. I do so LOVE the score Carter Burwell did for the movie. It's played most notably when Bella is looking up The Cold One after Edward drives her home from Port Angeles. It continues until she leads him up into the woods. I want that song and it is no where on the soundtrack. D promised me he would lift it from the actual movie if need be. After the movie comes out on DVD I mean. Oh and I love the Linkin Park song... the lyrics are pretty. Chester rocks the pretty words. A really weird thing is that I used to be able to learn song lyrics after like the third listen and I am positively lost with them now but I pretend I know them and sing out loud the wrong words with gusto. I'll admit when there is no body to watch I even dance. But for that to happen I have to pretend I'm drunk and the world is unpopulated.
Alaska in 17 hours. I was up at 3AM this morning. I don't know if it is mental retardation or pre-travel nerves but I was bright eyed and alert in the early hours of the AM. Which is really nice so that I can shower before we have to leave. I wanted to last night but read above of near narcoleptic hoo-haw. Alaska. I am so very excited. Although I can't even conceive of how cold it is going to be. Not even in a nightmare can I imagine. I hope it doesn't hurt. I have such thin SoCal blood these days. There will be a million pictures I think.
I haven't read a book in 4 days. It feels absolutely unnerving. I tried to read Amelia Atwater-Rhodes book Hawksong today in the waiting room before therapy but the receptionist are the most annoyingly chatty people on earth and I kept getting distracted. I only read 3 pages before listening to the audiobook of City of Bones which reminds me that I have to at City of Ashes audiobook to my iPhone because I'm close to finishing City of Bones. And D is excited because I am going to start Wizard's First Rule as I promised. I have been liking Legend of the Seeker and where as I do understand the two are only losely related I still like it. I want to see the romance part of the story. Go Richard. I did also bring two other books that I can't remember and City of Bones. I brought 4 books for 6 days and Wizard's First Rule is a thousand or so pages. Luckily it's dark for 20 hours a day.
Alaska in 17 hours. I was up at 3AM this morning. I don't know if it is mental retardation or pre-travel nerves but I was bright eyed and alert in the early hours of the AM. Which is really nice so that I can shower before we have to leave. I wanted to last night but read above of near narcoleptic hoo-haw. Alaska. I am so very excited. Although I can't even conceive of how cold it is going to be. Not even in a nightmare can I imagine. I hope it doesn't hurt. I have such thin SoCal blood these days. There will be a million pictures I think.
I have seen Twilight only three times so far. This morning will be four. I hear that it is doing really well in the box office and that they have already got the go ahead for New Moon. All music to my ears. I actually like the movie. I've heard some other people with contrary opinions but I don't understand them. The worst I have to say is that the effects weren't so great, but considering the budget I have to say they could have been worse. I also heard someone who said that the story was too truncated but it is already a 2 hour film it really would have been too long if they added any more. And at the
Catherine Hardwicke Q&A we were at yesterday someone said there was too much Charlie and I disagree. I liked having him more fleshed out. I thought the acting was very good with the exception being the part in the ballet studio where it sounds like Bella is orgasming and it looks like Edward is eating her arm. That part seemed clumsy and I think that goes back to Catherine. Just bad direction there. I loved the part where the Cullens are introduced. Gil Burmingham's parts were a thousand times better than in the book. I LOVE the music that is played when Bella is leading Edward up to the mountain. I must locate it however it is going to happen. I'll ask on Lion and Lamb or something. The kiss scene is soo good. Very sexy. Not how I pictured it but having seen this take I have to say I won't quibble with it. Michael Welch was one of my favorite parts. He plays Mike Newton in the best, most comical yet not too funny kind of way. And then there is Kellan. Have I ever mentioned how much I love Kellan Lutz? Because I do. I really REALLY do. And my boy Krys is in the La Push scene with Taylor Lautner and Solomon Trimble. And then the one thing that bothered me but bothers me less with each time I see it is the sparkling. It makes me think of freezer frost. And despite the sparkle no where in the movie does he utter the dazzle line. I can live without it but I would have loved to see it in it. I did like almost all the lines that were lifted from the book though. The "You are my life now" didn't seem half as corny as it did in the book. You go Rob for delivering that one with a straight face. And the adrenaline rush line was also delivered in a way that didn't make me cringe like I did when I read the sides. I'm happy with it. I know I am going to go and see it a few more times. I already can't wait until it comes out on DVD and I am so very excited for New Moon.
And despite all this I still love Jace and Clary more. I will be reading City of Bones while up in Alaska. After Wizard's First Rule, of course.
And despite all this I still love Jace and Clary more. I will be reading City of Bones while up in Alaska. After Wizard's First Rule, of course.
I don't really hold my early morning against D. It's not his fault that I made plans to see Kev today. Things just metered out in my having to go to work with him. So I'm bright eyed and my tail is more fluffy then bushy, but I'm here. All hail the god of the morning, which ever one may apply. So yes I plan to go to Palm Springs today. I did not bring my camera and my phone is dying. So poor planning on my part. But I will get to meet Ja and maybe see Kev's folks. It'll be a little like having a piece of home here in Cali. And I'll get to see the desert and maybe the Salton Sea.
So on the way in today we started listening to City of Bones. I know, it's unnatural to be so fixated on a book, true? But I am and it is wonderfully wonderful. I have already started noticing a bunch of things that I missed in my initial reading. She's sneaky and puts a bunch of things in the first few chapters that are hints to things later on. I didn't realize Magnus Bane gets a mention in the second chapter. And Jace. Jace, Jace, Jace... he is wicked hot from the first interaction. The things I want to do with this fictional character haven't been realized yet. This book is so damn good. And I don't want to listen to Belle when she tells me that Clary and Jace will never be together. I'd rather hear that Edward and Bella get a divorce.
As for books most recently read... I read the second in the Hathaways books by Lisa Kleypas, called Seduce Me At Sunrise and I loved Merripan more in this book than the first. Win was sort of lost in the telling. Not much happens from her perspective and that was sad. There was a lot from Cam's perspective and that makes sense in light of his connection to Kev. It was a very good book and I am hoping that the third book will be Leo's because in every page he was on he stole your attention. I don't really care about Beatrix or Poppy. I have loved this world Kleypas has made since the Wallflowers books and to see so many of the early characters making appearances is nice.
As for a check in on me. I am feeling okay. I've been dealing with some urges to cut lately and it's distracting as all hell. I haven't given in to these urges but I want to. During therapy this week I agreed to the assignment to write a story in the form of a children's tale. I decided it would be a fairy tale, but I haven't written anything yet. I keep putting it off a day and that doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe I will start it today when I have time to kill and D's computer to work on. Procrastination be damned.
Ah, I just finished reading the leaked chapters of Midnight Sun, which I will share. At first I was suspicious because I thought the feel was off but that soon passed. Then I was wondering about the length as S. Meyer has said she was half way through and it was over 300 pages, but then I realized this would equate to that in book format. I soon found myself engrossed and I have to say that it is a much more compelling read than Twilight. I will even add that it is more steeped in yearning and desire than Bella's point of view. More sexual. And I've only read the first 12 chapters. The manuscript is lousy with errored paging though, pages 16 and 25 come after 51 and others are inverted. One page is sideways and that will be interesting for some one on a PC to read. I want the rest now. I very much hope that this isn't a clever fake, I'm leaning hard on it being legit. Edward's perspective is just enthralling. The rest of the books need to be done, regardless of what Stephenie Meyer has to say about that.
I came across the pdf. and the audiobook of Breaking Dawn recently and took the time to upload them. The audiobook is broken up into our parts, I, II, III and IV. I still maintain that the book wasn't bad despite the ending. I think I am likely to listen to the audiobooks sometime. And I still have plans to reread all 4 books sometime and look for the clues that S. Meyer talked about being there that tell you the events of Breaking Dawn. Now I just have to find the audiobook for The Host.
I have listened to the newest Stills CD and I pretty much love it. I think that I must have listened to it about 5 times on loop when I first got it. I have uploaded that too and you can grab it here. It is a lot more of a throw back to Logic Will Break Your Heart. I think the last album tanked and they realized that people liked them for their initial sound. A few songs stand out on this one; Being Here, Everything I Build, Hands on Fire, I'm With You and Statue of Sirens--But really the whole thing is c cohesive work and it all stands out. I do have to say that as a longtime fan I miss the feathers. The skull seems a bit morbid and harsh. I am planning to see them play in October. They will be touring with Kings of Leon and the tickets were fucking expensive, 120.00 for both of us. Much different than the 15 bucks we paid last time they were out here. And I don't even plan to stay for Kings of Leon... I know they had a marketable song a few years ago but I don't really recall what it was. I miss club shows.
Going back to Twiligt-verse related things... this photo of Rachelle LeFevre as Victoria was leaked last week and I love it. The woman is totally gorgeous and I might totally be in love with her. I do have to say that I wasn't half as interested in Victoria in the book as I am as her character in the movie. I read an interview with her and Robert Pattinson last week and I can't remember who it was with but she was so well spoken and even Rob commented about it she credits it to her dad being a professor and her mom is something impressive too. There was a bit of joke from that when Rob came back with his dad made German techno music. I guess it was funnier in the context of the interview rather than my playback. I'll go back to drooling over Rachelle. I totally want her for my girlfriend.
I've been slogging away at my goal to read all the Harlequin Blaze books. I read 7 in a three day period this week before slowing down to a less machine like pace. D made me a little database to keep track of the books I have, need and what I've read. All this because I was BookMooching books that I already had or had read. I have 72 unread books at the moment. I have more that I've ordered that haven't arrived yet. And to be honest most of them aren't stories that I'm that impressed with or that I will think to ever read again, although there have been a couple. One was Sarah Mayberry's Take on Me. I totally loved it and it even warmed me some to Mayberry who I wasn't impressed with in the past. I am reading one by her now called Below the Belt. I'm hoping it will be as good as Take on Me. I have about 350 books to read to read all the Blaze books. It's quite the undertaking. I don't have a set date to read them by so it can be a marathon rather than a sprint. I still have other books to read too.
Today I'm spending time with Logan again. We are going to the Mission of San Gabriel, which will be fun for me and who knows if anyone else will actually like it. I am already late in getting ready. I don't regret it Midnight Sun was worth the upheaval this morning.
Oh and Death Race is a completely senseless movie, just like it looks, but D is happy he got to see Jason Statham. My boy has a big man-crush on him. Ian McShane was no Swearengen sadly.
So I just finished it and I totally did not hate it. Very sad to see the end but also happy with the end that was. I am going to attempt to express my opinions of the book without spoiling Nielle, Alison or anyone else. So I loved the beginning. Book 1 had two bigs in it for me that just made me warm and tingly inside. The amount of Edward is also why I will have to go ahead and say that it is probably my favorite part of the 3 books in the book. I did not hate Book 2 which is Jacob's book and I am a little surprised because I didn't know that I had it in me to not hate him. There are 2 things that happen in this part that drive me nuts. One has to do with a name that makes me want to puke and the other is Bella in general. But there is nothing to do about it, it has been the nature of the beast that she drive me nuts in the saga and this just means her character is true to form. There is not enough Edward in this part and that makes me sad. Oh and the last page of Book 2 also makes me want to chunder. For godsakes it's a plot point but not one that I can get behind. Belle mentioned that mormon connection with a word that applies to this page and it starts with P and ends with -phile. And Book 3. Still not enough Edward. Even when he is there it is less the Edward I know and love. I needed less of the main event and more of Bella and Edward. I do appreciate that S. Meyer went in a direction that I could totally get into and follow. It's really hard to say all this without talking about specifics and details. Very hard. That being said I will drop names of people I loved that won't spoil anything. The usual suspects... I loved the Cullens. I didn't mind Charlie. I FUCKING loved Seth. I really liked Tanya and Kate, Carmen and Eleazar. Thought Zafrina, Benjamin, Stefan, Vladimir, Alec, Jane, Demetri, Felix, Garrett and Alistair were all very interesting to be introduced to. I didn't mind Book 3 Bella. By far the least annoying of Bella in any of the books. I don't think that this book is my favorite out of the saga, but it trumps New Moon. I think that I'll give it a week and read it again.
Today Acheron came out and D took me to get it this evening. It is hardcover and huge--just when I was coming off of reading the epic tale of Bella and Edward too. I have to read it by Friday so that I can tell Sherri what I think of it at the book signing. I am so torn because Acheron is not one of my favorite characters so it being his book sort of ways on me. Like this will be a chore. But Sherri said, at Comic Con, that this book has everyone in it because Ash is such a central character. I'm looking for Urian, Valerius and Tabitha, Kyrian and Amanda, Wren and Maggie, Fang and Aimee, Alexion and Danger and Sin and Kat. Oh and Jaden, Simone and Xypher. I can only hope that all of them will make it into the book. I think Wren will definitely be in Fang and Aimee's book but I don't know about Acheron's. So I'm thinking of giving myself a break tonight and reading a Jill Shalvis book I bought and starting Acheron tomorrow. I may even take it with me to the Stephanie Meyer signing on Thursday night. There is so much going on in the next few days I am a little scared that I won't get to finish it in time. Compound that with the fact that I'm only minimally jazzed about it. *sigh*
The other day at the release party for Breaking Dawn I bought a bunch of books that I clearly don't need... A couple Sarah Dessen books, The Vampire Diaries and Vampire Kisses. Does anyone see an overall theme to this post? Do I read books other than vampire books? I definitely do, it just really doesn't seem so lately. HAHA and thinking about it right now, I bought two more Sookie Stackhouse books tonight too. I am not a weird vampire lover. I feel really weird about all these books now but anyway. I haven't started on any of them yet because I also have a kajillion Harlequin Blaze books to read and they go into the bathtub better than bigger books. Very few of them are about vampires. 2 that I have read so far, but the majority is not. So take that my growing reputation as a lover of the bump in the night. *sigh* That sounds dirty now. I feel like I'm giving the wrong impression all over the place.
Okay here is something nonvampire related. I just read these three books by Sydney Croft and they were paranormal military romances. Very down and dirty. Not at all what I expected. I thought they would be more like Stephanie Tyler's other Navy SEAL stuff but it wasn't even a little like it. I am so out to lunch on whether or not I liked these books that I couldn't even BookMooch them. I set them aside to ruminate on keeping them or not. They are just so raw and the character situations are just out there... but I do suspect that I will read the next book Taming the Fire when it comes out next year. I did like the character Remy a whole lot and I loved Wyatt. I think the jury will let me know my opinion on everything later. Maybe it's better that way. Sometimes I get attached to books for the wrong reasons.
The other day at the release party for Breaking Dawn I bought a bunch of books that I clearly don't need... A couple Sarah Dessen books, The Vampire Diaries and Vampire Kisses. Does anyone see an overall theme to this post? Do I read books other than vampire books? I definitely do, it just really doesn't seem so lately. HAHA and thinking about it right now, I bought two more Sookie Stackhouse books tonight too. I am not a weird vampire lover. I feel really weird about all these books now but anyway. I haven't started on any of them yet because I also have a kajillion Harlequin Blaze books to read and they go into the bathtub better than bigger books. Very few of them are about vampires. 2 that I have read so far, but the majority is not. So take that my growing reputation as a lover of the bump in the night. *sigh* That sounds dirty now. I feel like I'm giving the wrong impression all over the place.
AH Wednesday, the first day of Comic Con. D and I left LA about 9:30 and headed down to SD even though we knew we wouldn’t get in until 6PM… But I wanted to scope out some Veronica Mars locations. So we are going through San Juan Capistrano when D sees the sign for the mission and of course I want to stop. I’ve never seen the SNC mission. It was absolutely stunning. I loved it. I would like to go back sometime with a picnic basket and sit out in the garden. I bought magnets from the gift shop. I took a million pictures of which I will only post more than a few.
We got to the convention center at 4:30 and got our badges and waited in a horrific line for four forevers before we got into the Exhibit Hall. I had to go right to the Summit Booth and I got my pictures taken with their cut-outs. I spun there wheel and won a Push t-shirt. Big disappointment. D got me Twilight trading cards. He also won a air freshner… Big disappointment. We met up with Alex and walked the floor. I bought my sister a couple of Gwen Stefani dolls. Then we went to see the Fringe screening. I really liked it. Not so hot on the female lead but Josh Jackson was so good in it. I also like the crazy scientist. I am going to look to download the pilot somewhere
Tomorrow is an early morning. I want to be in line for Hall H early and I definitely want to be in the Sails Pavilion for the drawing for Twilight autographs. Crossing all crossable parts to win a place in the line for meeting Rob.
