reviews + my books from this year
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First, I give you reviews of the latest Primeval episodes, plus Black Swan, which I saw with Max and Heather last weekend.
Primeval first:
Oh em geeeeeeee! The new series is awesome! Connor and Abby are just as fantastic as last time. I was worried after spending a year in the past that Connor would lose his nerdy charm, but he hasn't. He's just gotten a bit more... serious. Abby too. But I still hope they're able to have fun.
Becker is still super sexy, and I like the relationship-type-thing they're giving him with Jess. The chocolate bar thing was adorable.
I'm not sure about Mr. Irish-I-forgot-his-name. My theory is he and the old man he keeps visiting are somehow from the future, and were sent back to prevent some sort of a catastrophe from happening. I can't wait till next week! So far, the new series gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up.
Black Swan next:
Um... this movie was fucking weird. I understand why everyone is raving about it, and yes, Natalie Portman should totally get an Oscar. But still. It's creepy. I was so wigged out for the rest of the day when I saw it. What was real? What wasn't? Did she really have sex with Mila Kunis? Did she really stab herself in the stomach and die? WHO KNOWS! Also, whenever they showed the weird person she saw when she looked in the mirror, it looked nothing like her. So who was it? And did the crazy Winnona Ryder character actually stab herself? (That was the most disturbing scene for me. Oh God. I almost puked.)
I didn't like the movie. It's brilliant, and very well made, and deserves every award it will inevitably win, but I just didn't like it. It gave me the creeps.
And, because I'm bored, and am proud of the number of books I've read, here is a list of every single book I read in 2010, according to my goodreads account. <3 Library nerds win!)
Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
Born in Death - J.D. Robb
Divided in Death - J.D. Robb
Survivor in Death - J.D. Robb
Memory in Death - J.D. Robb
Origin in Death - J.D. Robb
Visions in Death - J.D. Robb
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Gone - Michael Grant
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Such a Pretty Fat; or Why Pie is not the Answer - Jen Lancaster
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
Jemima J - Jane Green
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
The Reef - Nora Roberts
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays - Giselle Liza Anatol
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar - Steven Savile
Primeval: The Land of the Lost - Paul Kearney
Primeval: Exinction Event - Dan Abnett
Primeval: Fire and Water - Simor Guerrier
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Educating Caroline - Patrica Cabot
Where Wild Roses Grow - Patrica Cabot
Vision in White - Nora Roberts
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
Cell- Stephen King
Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl - Belle de Jour
Calamity Jack - Shannon Hale
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Bats at the Library - Brain Lies
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Minx - Julia Quinn
Daemon - Daniel Suarez
Runaway - Meg Cabot
Into the Bermuda Triangle - Gian Quasar
Me and Mr Darcy - Alexandra Potter
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda cheever - Julia Quinn
Mansfield Park and Mummies - Vera Nazarian
What Happens in London - Julia Quinn
Inkheart - Cornelia funke
Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake - Sarah MacLean
The Ghost and the Goth - Stacey Kade
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson
Oliva Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding
Brighter than the Sun - Julia Quinn
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
How to Marry a Marquis - Julia Quinn
To Catch an Heiress - Julia Quinn
Dancing at Midnight - Julia Quinn
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
The Last Symbol - Dan Brown
1984 - George Orwell
Hunger - Michael Grant
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
Cyber Cinderella - Christina Hopkinson
Insatiable - Meg Cabot
Something about You - Julie James
Jekel Loves Hyde - Beth Fantaskey
The Nerd Prince - Ellen Fisher
Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Heat Wave - Richard Castle
Library; An Unquiet History - Matthew Battles
Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James
Practice makes Perfect - Julie James
Perfect on Paper; The (Mis)adventures of Waverly Bryson - Maria Murnane
Girl v Boy - Yvonne Collins
Audrey, Wait! -Robin Benway
A Little Magic - Nora Roberts
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Manhunt - Janet Evanovich
Unshelved, vol 1 - Gene Ambaum
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Stripped: inside the Lives of exotic dancers - Bernadette Barton
Gays in the Military: The Moral and Strategic Crisis - Cal Thomas
The Trouble with magic - Madelyn Alt
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
Bed of Roses - Nora Roberts
Megatokyo vol 1 - Fred Gallagher
Savor the moment - Nora Roberts
Death Troopers - Joe Schreiber
Happy Ever After - Nora Roberts
So. Anything good I should read in 2011? I've set myself a goal of reading 100 books.
I can do this! <3 I've got 1 down already.
First, I give you reviews of the latest Primeval episodes, plus Black Swan, which I saw with Max and Heather last weekend.
Primeval first:
Oh em geeeeeeee! The new series is awesome! Connor and Abby are just as fantastic as last time. I was worried after spending a year in the past that Connor would lose his nerdy charm, but he hasn't. He's just gotten a bit more... serious. Abby too. But I still hope they're able to have fun.
Becker is still super sexy, and I like the relationship-type-thing they're giving him with Jess. The chocolate bar thing was adorable.
I'm not sure about Mr. Irish-I-forgot-his-name. My theory is he and the old man he keeps visiting are somehow from the future, and were sent back to prevent some sort of a catastrophe from happening. I can't wait till next week! So far, the new series gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up.
Black Swan next:
Um... this movie was fucking weird. I understand why everyone is raving about it, and yes, Natalie Portman should totally get an Oscar. But still. It's creepy. I was so wigged out for the rest of the day when I saw it. What was real? What wasn't? Did she really have sex with Mila Kunis? Did she really stab herself in the stomach and die? WHO KNOWS! Also, whenever they showed the weird person she saw when she looked in the mirror, it looked nothing like her. So who was it? And did the crazy Winnona Ryder character actually stab herself? (That was the most disturbing scene for me. Oh God. I almost puked.)
I didn't like the movie. It's brilliant, and very well made, and deserves every award it will inevitably win, but I just didn't like it. It gave me the creeps.
And, because I'm bored, and am proud of the number of books I've read, here is a list of every single book I read in 2010, according to my goodreads account. <3 Library nerds win!)
Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
Born in Death - J.D. Robb
Divided in Death - J.D. Robb
Survivor in Death - J.D. Robb
Memory in Death - J.D. Robb
Origin in Death - J.D. Robb
Visions in Death - J.D. Robb
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Gone - Michael Grant
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Such a Pretty Fat; or Why Pie is not the Answer - Jen Lancaster
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
Jemima J - Jane Green
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
The Reef - Nora Roberts
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays - Giselle Liza Anatol
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar - Steven Savile
Primeval: The Land of the Lost - Paul Kearney
Primeval: Exinction Event - Dan Abnett
Primeval: Fire and Water - Simor Guerrier
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Educating Caroline - Patrica Cabot
Where Wild Roses Grow - Patrica Cabot
Vision in White - Nora Roberts
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
Cell- Stephen King
Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl - Belle de Jour
Calamity Jack - Shannon Hale
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Bats at the Library - Brain Lies
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Minx - Julia Quinn
Daemon - Daniel Suarez
Runaway - Meg Cabot
Into the Bermuda Triangle - Gian Quasar
Me and Mr Darcy - Alexandra Potter
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda cheever - Julia Quinn
Mansfield Park and Mummies - Vera Nazarian
What Happens in London - Julia Quinn
Inkheart - Cornelia funke
Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake - Sarah MacLean
The Ghost and the Goth - Stacey Kade
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson
Oliva Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding
Brighter than the Sun - Julia Quinn
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
How to Marry a Marquis - Julia Quinn
To Catch an Heiress - Julia Quinn
Dancing at Midnight - Julia Quinn
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
The Last Symbol - Dan Brown
1984 - George Orwell
Hunger - Michael Grant
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
Cyber Cinderella - Christina Hopkinson
Insatiable - Meg Cabot
Something about You - Julie James
Jekel Loves Hyde - Beth Fantaskey
The Nerd Prince - Ellen Fisher
Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Heat Wave - Richard Castle
Library; An Unquiet History - Matthew Battles
Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James
Practice makes Perfect - Julie James
Perfect on Paper; The (Mis)adventures of Waverly Bryson - Maria Murnane
Girl v Boy - Yvonne Collins
Audrey, Wait! -Robin Benway
A Little Magic - Nora Roberts
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Manhunt - Janet Evanovich
Unshelved, vol 1 - Gene Ambaum
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Stripped: inside the Lives of exotic dancers - Bernadette Barton
Gays in the Military: The Moral and Strategic Crisis - Cal Thomas
The Trouble with magic - Madelyn Alt
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
Bed of Roses - Nora Roberts
Megatokyo vol 1 - Fred Gallagher
Savor the moment - Nora Roberts
Death Troopers - Joe Schreiber
Happy Ever After - Nora Roberts
So. Anything good I should read in 2011? I've set myself a goal of reading 100 books.
I can do this! <3 I've got 1 down already.