I venture into odd reading waters and Telugu movie industry
Does anyone else have books in every corner of their house? I basically have books everywhere. I have proper, bona fide, bulging bookshelves in the living room, dining room, and the office/library (which is where Mr. Mousie and I hang out the most actually), but I also have books in the kitchen (mainly cookbooks), a few books in the bedroom (though I literally only sleep there, you never know when you want something to read).
I also keep books in the bathroom. They are my 'bathtub' reading, random fluffy things I don't mind getting wet (thus my antique edition of Keats stays out :D). I just bought two books to add to that bathtub pile: two books in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series. They are romantic fantasy, or fantastical romance. Depends on your definition I guess. They are all an interconnected series, but since I have no idea of the order, I just got two random ones. Besides, they are hardly convoluted on plot.
Ms. Kenyon seems to realize that one modern woman+one immortal ghoul hunter with severe trauma+hot sex=winning combo, so that's basically the books (some sort of immortal dark hunter society and the women who fall for them). She's clearly onto good thing :P They seem to be as brainless as popcorn but just as addictive. Consider it shoujo manga in print form. Of course, since the other thing I am reading for fun is about Hittite legal system, I am getting mental whiplash :D
In other news, tonight I get to watch my very first Telugu movie, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (just try saying it fast).
Telugu movie industry is based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is (according to wikipedia) the largest producer of movies in India, yes, even more prolific than the much more famous Hindi-speaking Bollywood. Of course, vast majority of these movies are horrible and never seen outside AP (despite being somwhat more prolific than Bollywood, Tollywood is nowhere near as good), but a small portion are nice and get a wider distribution. NN is one of them.
Supposedly a very popular and cute romantic comedy, NN, starts when a NRI [Non-Resident Indian] youngster from London (Siddharth) comes to India with his parents to attend a family wedding. Here he sees a comely young girl Siri (Trisha) and falls for her instantly. She also has a thing going for him, but doesn't come out openly. So where is the hitch? Her brother Sivaramakrishnan (Srihari) who has brought up her in life, doesn't like rich people. From Siddharth's side, his mother (Geeta) is opposed to the idea of her son going for a poor girl. But Siddharth is adamant and steadfast. So Sivaramakrishnan throws the gauntlet, and gives him a piece of land and asks him to come up with more produce than he could.
Produce, people! Seriously. How adorable is that. Proving you are the better man through better farming skills.
Awesome.
I also keep books in the bathroom. They are my 'bathtub' reading, random fluffy things I don't mind getting wet (thus my antique edition of Keats stays out :D). I just bought two books to add to that bathtub pile: two books in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series. They are romantic fantasy, or fantastical romance. Depends on your definition I guess. They are all an interconnected series, but since I have no idea of the order, I just got two random ones. Besides, they are hardly convoluted on plot.
Ms. Kenyon seems to realize that one modern woman+one immortal ghoul hunter with severe trauma+hot sex=winning combo, so that's basically the books (some sort of immortal dark hunter society and the women who fall for them). She's clearly onto good thing :P They seem to be as brainless as popcorn but just as addictive. Consider it shoujo manga in print form. Of course, since the other thing I am reading for fun is about Hittite legal system, I am getting mental whiplash :D
In other news, tonight I get to watch my very first Telugu movie, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (just try saying it fast).
Telugu movie industry is based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is (according to wikipedia) the largest producer of movies in India, yes, even more prolific than the much more famous Hindi-speaking Bollywood. Of course, vast majority of these movies are horrible and never seen outside AP (despite being somwhat more prolific than Bollywood, Tollywood is nowhere near as good), but a small portion are nice and get a wider distribution. NN is one of them.
Supposedly a very popular and cute romantic comedy, NN, starts when a NRI [Non-Resident Indian] youngster from London (Siddharth) comes to India with his parents to attend a family wedding. Here he sees a comely young girl Siri (Trisha) and falls for her instantly. She also has a thing going for him, but doesn't come out openly. So where is the hitch? Her brother Sivaramakrishnan (Srihari) who has brought up her in life, doesn't like rich people. From Siddharth's side, his mother (Geeta) is opposed to the idea of her son going for a poor girl. But Siddharth is adamant and steadfast. So Sivaramakrishnan throws the gauntlet, and gives him a piece of land and asks him to come up with more produce than he could.
Produce, people! Seriously. How adorable is that. Proving you are the better man through better farming skills.
Awesome.