Another one bites the dust...
HAPPY 2009!
Looks like another year is over. Here's hoping that 2009 is good for us all.
I didn't feel like going out for New Year's Eve, and it's chilly enough that I wouldn't have enjoyed it anyway, but that means that my NYE kiss was a cat *LOL* That doesn't bode well for the new year.
I don't really believe in making resolutions for the new year, since every day is an opportunity to change something about yourself, but in this up comming year I do have some goals: I'd like to get more written (I didn't get very much done this year), I'd like to finally "finish" something and have a go at having it published, I'd like to get some of my credit cards paid off, I'd like to get in better shape/eat better/lose weight, and I'd like to get laid more often *LOL* All managable goals, I think.
And (the last one of the year) before I go to bed here's December's reading list. As always, bolded titles are highly recommended.
"The Tale of Beddle the Bard" by JK Rowling - A really cute, short read. Amusing to fans of the Harry Potter series. Probably not as much for non-fans. It's a collection of fables from the wizarding world. Give it a try if you're into the series.
"Falling" by M. L. Rhodes - A wizard detective from England, Christian, meets a hot American cop, Alec, while on a mission to stop a dark wizard from ataining a powerful magical artifact. Turns out the cop is a wizard too, he just didn't know it. Cue the romatic music. The sex was pretty hot, but the dialogue got really cheesy about half way through the book after our boys finally sucked it up (pun intended) and got together. And I mean REALLY cheesy. Seriously, I thought I would puke at some point. But, don't let that give you the wrong impression, I actually did enjoy the book for the most part. The characters were pretty interesting and, like I said, the author can definately write a love scene, and the plot wasn't half bad, even if it wasn't the most original that I've ever read.
It wasn't a waste of money, but I'm also not sure that I can recommend it either. You make the call.
"Night Pleasures" by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Book one (or two, depending on how you look at it) of her Dark-Hunter series. It's sort of a vampire series, but not with your traditional vamps, and there's a lot of Greek mythology mixed in for good measure.
So, basically, dark-hunters are created when someone dies and feels so wronged that Artemis hears their call and offers them a chance at revenge in exchange for becoming one of her immortal warriors. The only way out after that is either dying and becoming a shade, forever walking the earth without being a part of it, or getting your soul back. Every dark-hunter has a different way of getting his or her soul back.
In this book Kyrian of Thrace, an ancient warrior-prince who had once been betrayed by his beloved wife ends up entangeled with a modern day accountant named Amanda. Amanda comes from a mystical family (her mother and sister are witches, her twin hunts vampires, the family can summon demons...) but wants nothing more than to be "normal". That all changes when she falls for Kyrian though.
Now, this book was really enjoyable, but at the same time it reminded me of why I rarely read het romance novels. Parts of the book became a very cliched girly fantasy. However, there's a lot of wit and humor in the book too, and the characters are irresistable; the sex isn't awful either. And there's a large cast of dark-hunters that each get their own book (most of them) later, so by the end of the book I wanted to read the next one just to know what happens to Talon and Acheron.
So, if you like a "good" romance now an then, and enjoy yours with a bit of the supernatural and plenty of humor, then I'd say give it a go. I needed something to read while I was on vacation and caught a cold that kept me from staying out in the chill too late at night, and I wasn't disapointed. Just don't expect the great American novel.
"Anything Goes" by John and Carole Barrowman - John Barrowman, better known to "Torchwood" fans as Captian Jack, wrote his autobiography with a little help from his big sister.
This is an easy read with lots of really cute and funny anticdotes in it. It's just a quick run down of the first forty years of John's life. If you're a JB fan then you'll love this book, if not, then just skip it. I enjoyed it. That's all I can really say. My only complaint was that there weren't many DW/TW stories. I hear, however, that he's doing a follow up book next year (or is it this year now?) with some of the stories that he had to leave out of this one. So, there's hope yet.
I need to read more books in the new year. In 2007 I read 80 books, this year only 26! However, I did read a lot of fan fics (which takes up a lot of reading time) and plenty of pdf books online, plus comics and manga that was on LJ or that I subscribe to monthly, so I guess I really have read more than just the 26 in the long run. Still, I need more in 2008. I think I'll set a goal right now of 75 books in 2008. Wish me luck in sticking to that.
Hope you all had a great time tonight... enjoy the hangovers tomorrow *LOL*
Looks like another year is over. Here's hoping that 2009 is good for us all.
I didn't feel like going out for New Year's Eve, and it's chilly enough that I wouldn't have enjoyed it anyway, but that means that my NYE kiss was a cat *LOL* That doesn't bode well for the new year.
I don't really believe in making resolutions for the new year, since every day is an opportunity to change something about yourself, but in this up comming year I do have some goals: I'd like to get more written (I didn't get very much done this year), I'd like to finally "finish" something and have a go at having it published, I'd like to get some of my credit cards paid off, I'd like to get in better shape/eat better/lose weight, and I'd like to get laid more often *LOL* All managable goals, I think.
And (the last one of the year) before I go to bed here's December's reading list. As always, bolded titles are highly recommended.
"The Tale of Beddle the Bard" by JK Rowling - A really cute, short read. Amusing to fans of the Harry Potter series. Probably not as much for non-fans. It's a collection of fables from the wizarding world. Give it a try if you're into the series.
"Falling" by M. L. Rhodes - A wizard detective from England, Christian, meets a hot American cop, Alec, while on a mission to stop a dark wizard from ataining a powerful magical artifact. Turns out the cop is a wizard too, he just didn't know it. Cue the romatic music. The sex was pretty hot, but the dialogue got really cheesy about half way through the book after our boys finally sucked it up (pun intended) and got together. And I mean REALLY cheesy. Seriously, I thought I would puke at some point. But, don't let that give you the wrong impression, I actually did enjoy the book for the most part. The characters were pretty interesting and, like I said, the author can definately write a love scene, and the plot wasn't half bad, even if it wasn't the most original that I've ever read.
It wasn't a waste of money, but I'm also not sure that I can recommend it either. You make the call.
"Night Pleasures" by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Book one (or two, depending on how you look at it) of her Dark-Hunter series. It's sort of a vampire series, but not with your traditional vamps, and there's a lot of Greek mythology mixed in for good measure.
So, basically, dark-hunters are created when someone dies and feels so wronged that Artemis hears their call and offers them a chance at revenge in exchange for becoming one of her immortal warriors. The only way out after that is either dying and becoming a shade, forever walking the earth without being a part of it, or getting your soul back. Every dark-hunter has a different way of getting his or her soul back.
In this book Kyrian of Thrace, an ancient warrior-prince who had once been betrayed by his beloved wife ends up entangeled with a modern day accountant named Amanda. Amanda comes from a mystical family (her mother and sister are witches, her twin hunts vampires, the family can summon demons...) but wants nothing more than to be "normal". That all changes when she falls for Kyrian though.
Now, this book was really enjoyable, but at the same time it reminded me of why I rarely read het romance novels. Parts of the book became a very cliched girly fantasy. However, there's a lot of wit and humor in the book too, and the characters are irresistable; the sex isn't awful either. And there's a large cast of dark-hunters that each get their own book (most of them) later, so by the end of the book I wanted to read the next one just to know what happens to Talon and Acheron.
So, if you like a "good" romance now an then, and enjoy yours with a bit of the supernatural and plenty of humor, then I'd say give it a go. I needed something to read while I was on vacation and caught a cold that kept me from staying out in the chill too late at night, and I wasn't disapointed. Just don't expect the great American novel.
"Anything Goes" by John and Carole Barrowman - John Barrowman, better known to "Torchwood" fans as Captian Jack, wrote his autobiography with a little help from his big sister.
This is an easy read with lots of really cute and funny anticdotes in it. It's just a quick run down of the first forty years of John's life. If you're a JB fan then you'll love this book, if not, then just skip it. I enjoyed it. That's all I can really say. My only complaint was that there weren't many DW/TW stories. I hear, however, that he's doing a follow up book next year (or is it this year now?) with some of the stories that he had to leave out of this one. So, there's hope yet.
I need to read more books in the new year. In 2007 I read 80 books, this year only 26! However, I did read a lot of fan fics (which takes up a lot of reading time) and plenty of pdf books online, plus comics and manga that was on LJ or that I subscribe to monthly, so I guess I really have read more than just the 26 in the long run. Still, I need more in 2008. I think I'll set a goal right now of 75 books in 2008. Wish me luck in sticking to that.
Hope you all had a great time tonight... enjoy the hangovers tomorrow *LOL*