Stuff I've read and watched.
I'm trying to catch up on RL things while recuperating. Taking breaks by rereading seanan_mcguire's Rosemary and Rue. S, I might finally post my thoughts once I'm done. Mea culpa. :-)Though, my rereading it this soon might be taken as an indication that I really, really liked it. But, as a long-time reader of crime fiction, I might have some tiny issues.
After having read Diana Gabaldon's An Echo in the Bone in November, I'm rereading the books, currently in the middle of Voyager. I know that at least one person on my flist hated Outlander/Cross Stitch, but I've loved the author ever since coming across the first book in the early 90s. One of the reasons why is the hard-to-pigeonhole nature of the series. Another, the amount of passionate research that mostly sticks to the background Hey, I LIKE research. Also, the vibrant prose. And yes, the characters. There are several POV characters, and I never feel bored by any. Though, I confess to having been bogged down in the 5th book, The Fiery Cross, (around 2002-3) simply due to the sheer amount of text. I could read hundreds of pages without much progess in the plot, and sometimes that can be frustrating if you have to put the book aside for a while. I also enjoy the Lord John stories. :-)
And, I've been catching up on The Good Wife. I love this show: it has an AMAZING cast (principal, recurring, and guest) and FABULOUS characters with so many nuances. And, it's very pretty.
And, I'm still loving Supernatural and Fringe and I find myself really enjoying NCIS despite my lingering Michael Weatherly issues. And, of course, Linda Hunt is fabulous on NCIS: L.A.. I have to catch up on Castle and White Collar as I can only take them in small doses, these days. That ought to tell me something.
After having read Diana Gabaldon's An Echo in the Bone in November, I'm rereading the books, currently in the middle of Voyager. I know that at least one person on my flist hated Outlander/Cross Stitch, but I've loved the author ever since coming across the first book in the early 90s. One of the reasons why is the hard-to-pigeonhole nature of the series. Another, the amount of passionate research that mostly sticks to the background Hey, I LIKE research. Also, the vibrant prose. And yes, the characters. There are several POV characters, and I never feel bored by any. Though, I confess to having been bogged down in the 5th book, The Fiery Cross, (around 2002-3) simply due to the sheer amount of text. I could read hundreds of pages without much progess in the plot, and sometimes that can be frustrating if you have to put the book aside for a while. I also enjoy the Lord John stories. :-)
And, I've been catching up on The Good Wife. I love this show: it has an AMAZING cast (principal, recurring, and guest) and FABULOUS characters with so many nuances. And, it's very pretty.
And, I'm still loving Supernatural and Fringe and I find myself really enjoying NCIS despite my lingering Michael Weatherly issues. And, of course, Linda Hunt is fabulous on NCIS: L.A.. I have to catch up on Castle and White Collar as I can only take them in small doses, these days. That ought to tell me something.