odds and ends cause I'm a little bored
I was goofing off last night, putting off reading the rest of The Cold Kiss of Death...cause you know, then I would be FINISHED with it, done, no longer reading it {Devon Monk and Suzanne McLeod are my two new favorite writers}....and saw this book trailer. At least I think it's going to be a real book. Oh my gosh it is!
It's going to be a sick book, I just know it. Probably funny too.
I Finished one of the best books ever, (see above, no - not the sea serpent book, more above) so now I'm feeling a little bored. I did start reading Black and White though - Caitlin Kittredge and Jackie Kessler- what a duo. ( haha, a pun. Superheroes... duo....) It's a pretty good read so far; I keep wondering if Kessler wrote Iridium or Jet, or if Kittredge wrote Jet or Iridium, or if they wrote both characters together. Why can't I just relax and read the book?
Last week I had my 49th birthday. My son's g.f. was sweet and gave me a gift card for Borders so I finally went a while ago to use it in the store. I spent quite awhile looking around.
I was going to buy Skinwalker, but I just won it in a contest ( can't wait to get it in the mail! ) and since I'm super broke right now I have to use my money like a pennypincher. (that's an old term, from when pennies were actually worth something.) Wandering around Borders was fun and torturous at the same time. I started feeling HOT, and SWEATY, and not in a good way, and felt myself beginning to want to growl at people in my way. People that sit right in the middle of the aisle. My back kills me, but I don't sit in the middle of the aisle, forcing others to skip that section of browsing cause I would be in the way. Okay- truth, I probably wouldn't be able to get up by myself; that's the REAL reason I don't sit in the middle of the aisle. So it irritates me. So I'm trying to look for books, can't bend over far because my back is catching - serious pain down my legs, and I can't see the book titles on the bottom two shelves, because my eye-sight - it AGING (God, life sucks sometimes) and the books that I already picked out from the front of the store (bargains at $1.00) are making my arms cramp AND sweat, my hair - it bugging the sh-- out of my neck, which is sweating also now, and I'm sure I'm looking very flushed and here's a woman sitting smack-dab in the middle of the Science Fiction aisle. Get up Lady, let other people look for books! This probably wouldn't have bothered me even six months ago, really. But now I'm PERI-MENOPAUSAL, which apparently makes normally sane women into raging monsters.
Raging, sweating monsters. This was supposed to be a fun trip for me. (read this with a smile, I'm laughing while I write this sh-- have to laugh, so I don't kill) The rest of the family is at a party and I wanted to go to the bookstore. Nobody would be calling me, "when are you coming home?, where are you?" (happens sometimes- like when I go after work and don't check in - I''m a grown-up not a kid) On top of all that I had a 30% coupon, and a 25% B-Day coupon, but there wasn't very much that I wanted. I wanted Darkness Calls, but I couldn't remember if I had bought it already (that damned menopause crap messes with your memory) All you 20 and 30 something's out there, seriously, enjoy and savor your youth. There's a rocky road ahead of you ( a rocky, flushed, sweaty, and possibly extremely irritable road)
However- I did manage to remember a couple of books that I wanted so I bought BloodLite (with the 30% coupon, and Dying Bites with the 25% coupon. Jesus, what if I bought is already. Have to check. (a bit of a waste, using a coupon for a $7 book, but it was going to expire soon). I also found Blood Memories by Barb Hendee for $4.00. I almost bought that one a month ago for $14.00. Glad I waited. Also, because there are three writers in this book that I enjoy, I picked up Huntress. The only writer I haven't read in this anthology is Jenna MacLaine, though the name looks familiar. (all the book covers uploaded in different sizes. weird)
Then of course, because I'm a sap....I found a book that would be good in the school library that I work in. The school library that I only get paid for 7 hours a week. Why do I pay for books for them? I'm a sap, and the books were only a dollar- this time. So I bought two of one, and one of the other. (sap, sap, sap)
The book by James Howe is from a series, a chapter book for kids. I grabbed it because when my kids were actually kids, they loved Bunnicula. This is Tales from the House of Bunnicula, and a cute childrens picture book by Donna Washington, A Big Spooky House. If you have elementary aged children (1st - 3rd grade, even a little younger) this would be a great book to read to them, especially boys. It's really cute, about a "Big Man, a Strong, Man," (and he knows it). Bravery and ego play a big part in this book. I laughed when I read it. I don't think it would be good for two or three year olds, though, because it contains elements of fear and why put fear in their heads if they don't know about it yet? According to the author (back of book) this story is her version of an old story usually told orally over the years.
I wanted to look for books by Mike Carey, because I heard of read about his series from Suzanne McLeod's blog and the SciFiGuy's blog. and I WON Mike Carey's third book, Dead Man's Boots, but I could only find one copy of his first book. It seriously looked like a used copy. The cover looked worn and even the price label was very faded. The pages were bent and discolored. I thought about asking for a discount, but if I want to buy a used book.....the thought of the germs bugs me. It's obvious that someone had it at home, and who knows where that book was read, it was grimey. I'm grossing myself out. I also looked for Strange Brew - really want that one- couldn't find it. (figures) . I just tried to wander up and down the Sci-Fi and Horror sections, but nothing else was jumping out at me. Of course I couldn't see the bottom two shelves, and couldn't bend down to read them (I should find my glasses). I know that you can also find good urban fantasy books in the romance section also, but I hate walking down those aisles. I feel a little embarrassed when I go down those aisles. All those covers with all those body parts. (sound like a prude, don't I? I'm not really, just don't like to be seen in certain places....remember when I was born, long time ago...) I'll look in them sometimes, but tonight I wasn't in any shape to brave that section.
Boy was I glad to get out of that store. ( the HEAT ) Even though I get frustrated with how slow Borders is to get MY favorite writers' books out on the shelves (cause you know 2-3 weeks AFTER a book comes out is way too slow), I love shopping in the store. Except it was hot, and sweaty. I was probably the only customer that was feeling hot and irritable, unless there were other women in menopause running around there; of course, entirely possible. But it seems lately, that when I'm over-warm, other people want the fan off, or the windows closed and I want to maim or kill them I feel irritable. Everyone else seemed comfortable in the store, so I felt a little conspicuous. Hopefully this will pass soon. (HAHAHAHA WHAT AM I THINKING? I'M A WOMAN. WOMEN DON'T GET BREAKS WITH THEIR BODIES - PERIODS, PREGNANCIES, LABOR, UNWANTED PASSES WHEN YOU'RE 11 OR 12, JUDGEMENT BY OTHER WOMEN, MENOPAUSE, OLD DROOPY AGE....death - issues? no, not really) God, that was morbid, sorry. Kind of. Well, that's enough of that crap....back to books.
I am grateful that I was able to go to the bookstore and get some new books. even though it was hot and sweaty and a woman was blocking an aisle, and it was hot. I drove home with my moonroff open. The whole ride home went smooth. Freeway merging was like it was choreographed, (rare because usually people slow way down), and I was able to drive at freeway speed the whole ride home. Until I got to the city streets, of course. Mustn't speed inside the city. Cops don't like it.
I haven't read it, but Pride and Prejudice was also satired, in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I can just imagine, the guys sitting around talking about the inevitable zombie attack, and then for some reason someone thinks about Jane Austen books (cause they go so well together) and someone else says "Dude! we should totally rewrite Pride and Prejudice, only with Zombies!". Which actually, was kind of a good idea. Very.......fresh. NO not fresh, that's not the word...........Different! I wonder if someone is going to make a movie out of it.
Click to viewIt's going to be a sick book, I just know it. Probably funny too.
I Finished one of the best books ever, (see above, no - not the sea serpent book, more above) so now I'm feeling a little bored. I did start reading Black and White though - Caitlin Kittredge and Jackie Kessler- what a duo. ( haha, a pun. Superheroes... duo....) It's a pretty good read so far; I keep wondering if Kessler wrote Iridium or Jet, or if Kittredge wrote Jet or Iridium, or if they wrote both characters together. Why can't I just relax and read the book?
Last week I had my 49th birthday. My son's g.f. was sweet and gave me a gift card for Borders so I finally went a while ago to use it in the store. I spent quite awhile looking around.
I was going to buy Skinwalker, but I just won it in a contest ( can't wait to get it in the mail! ) and since I'm super broke right now I have to use my money like a pennypincher. (that's an old term, from when pennies were actually worth something.) Wandering around Borders was fun and torturous at the same time. I started feeling HOT, and SWEATY, and not in a good way, and felt myself beginning to want to growl at people in my way. People that sit right in the middle of the aisle. My back kills me, but I don't sit in the middle of the aisle, forcing others to skip that section of browsing cause I would be in the way. Okay- truth, I probably wouldn't be able to get up by myself; that's the REAL reason I don't sit in the middle of the aisle. So it irritates me. So I'm trying to look for books, can't bend over far because my back is catching - serious pain down my legs, and I can't see the book titles on the bottom two shelves, because my eye-sight - it AGING (God, life sucks sometimes) and the books that I already picked out from the front of the store (bargains at $1.00) are making my arms cramp AND sweat, my hair - it bugging the sh-- out of my neck, which is sweating also now, and I'm sure I'm looking very flushed and here's a woman sitting smack-dab in the middle of the Science Fiction aisle. Get up Lady, let other people look for books! This probably wouldn't have bothered me even six months ago, really. But now I'm PERI-MENOPAUSAL, which apparently makes normally sane women into raging monsters.
Raging, sweating monsters. This was supposed to be a fun trip for me. (read this with a smile, I'm laughing while I write this sh-- have to laugh, so I don't kill) The rest of the family is at a party and I wanted to go to the bookstore. Nobody would be calling me, "when are you coming home?, where are you?" (happens sometimes- like when I go after work and don't check in - I''m a grown-up not a kid) On top of all that I had a 30% coupon, and a 25% B-Day coupon, but there wasn't very much that I wanted. I wanted Darkness Calls, but I couldn't remember if I had bought it already (that damned menopause crap messes with your memory) All you 20 and 30 something's out there, seriously, enjoy and savor your youth. There's a rocky road ahead of you ( a rocky, flushed, sweaty, and possibly extremely irritable road)
However- I did manage to remember a couple of books that I wanted so I bought BloodLite (with the 30% coupon, and Dying Bites with the 25% coupon. Jesus, what if I bought is already. Have to check. (a bit of a waste, using a coupon for a $7 book, but it was going to expire soon). I also found Blood Memories by Barb Hendee for $4.00. I almost bought that one a month ago for $14.00. Glad I waited. Also, because there are three writers in this book that I enjoy, I picked up Huntress. The only writer I haven't read in this anthology is Jenna MacLaine, though the name looks familiar. (all the book covers uploaded in different sizes. weird)
Then of course, because I'm a sap....I found a book that would be good in the school library that I work in. The school library that I only get paid for 7 hours a week. Why do I pay for books for them? I'm a sap, and the books were only a dollar- this time. So I bought two of one, and one of the other. (sap, sap, sap)
The book by James Howe is from a series, a chapter book for kids. I grabbed it because when my kids were actually kids, they loved Bunnicula. This is Tales from the House of Bunnicula, and a cute childrens picture book by Donna Washington, A Big Spooky House. If you have elementary aged children (1st - 3rd grade, even a little younger) this would be a great book to read to them, especially boys. It's really cute, about a "Big Man, a Strong, Man," (and he knows it). Bravery and ego play a big part in this book. I laughed when I read it. I don't think it would be good for two or three year olds, though, because it contains elements of fear and why put fear in their heads if they don't know about it yet? According to the author (back of book) this story is her version of an old story usually told orally over the years.
I wanted to look for books by Mike Carey, because I heard of read about his series from Suzanne McLeod's blog and the SciFiGuy's blog. and I WON Mike Carey's third book, Dead Man's Boots, but I could only find one copy of his first book. It seriously looked like a used copy. The cover looked worn and even the price label was very faded. The pages were bent and discolored. I thought about asking for a discount, but if I want to buy a used book.....the thought of the germs bugs me. It's obvious that someone had it at home, and who knows where that book was read, it was grimey. I'm grossing myself out. I also looked for Strange Brew - really want that one- couldn't find it. (figures) . I just tried to wander up and down the Sci-Fi and Horror sections, but nothing else was jumping out at me. Of course I couldn't see the bottom two shelves, and couldn't bend down to read them (I should find my glasses). I know that you can also find good urban fantasy books in the romance section also, but I hate walking down those aisles. I feel a little embarrassed when I go down those aisles. All those covers with all those body parts. (sound like a prude, don't I? I'm not really, just don't like to be seen in certain places....remember when I was born, long time ago...) I'll look in them sometimes, but tonight I wasn't in any shape to brave that section.
Boy was I glad to get out of that store. ( the HEAT ) Even though I get frustrated with how slow Borders is to get MY favorite writers' books out on the shelves (cause you know 2-3 weeks AFTER a book comes out is way too slow), I love shopping in the store. Except it was hot, and sweaty. I was probably the only customer that was feeling hot and irritable, unless there were other women in menopause running around there; of course, entirely possible. But it seems lately, that when I'm over-warm, other people want the fan off, or the windows closed and I want to maim or kill them I feel irritable. Everyone else seemed comfortable in the store, so I felt a little conspicuous. Hopefully this will pass soon. (HAHAHAHA WHAT AM I THINKING? I'M A WOMAN. WOMEN DON'T GET BREAKS WITH THEIR BODIES - PERIODS, PREGNANCIES, LABOR, UNWANTED PASSES WHEN YOU'RE 11 OR 12, JUDGEMENT BY OTHER WOMEN, MENOPAUSE, OLD DROOPY AGE....death - issues? no, not really) God, that was morbid, sorry. Kind of. Well, that's enough of that crap....back to books.
I am grateful that I was able to go to the bookstore and get some new books. even though it was hot and sweaty and a woman was blocking an aisle, and it was hot. I drove home with my moonroff open. The whole ride home went smooth. Freeway merging was like it was choreographed, (rare because usually people slow way down), and I was able to drive at freeway speed the whole ride home. Until I got to the city streets, of course. Mustn't speed inside the city. Cops don't like it.
I haven't read it, but Pride and Prejudice was also satired, in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I can just imagine, the guys sitting around talking about the inevitable zombie attack, and then for some reason someone thinks about Jane Austen books (cause they go so well together) and someone else says "Dude! we should totally rewrite Pride and Prejudice, only with Zombies!". Which actually, was kind of a good idea. Very.......fresh. NO not fresh, that's not the word...........Different! I wonder if someone is going to make a movie out of it.