Americans are really enjoying Law & Order UK. So much so BBC America has put this trailer together.
It made me squee.
That's all you need to know.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
Book: Men of the Otherworld
Another book, I know, no actual TV this year, I promise I'll get to the TV soon enough it is just that my brains are being eaten by fiction and I'm really enjoying this fact.
Now in the run up to christmas last year I was reading a lot of Kelley Armstrong, I read the first eight in the women of the otherworld series and as I read I realised that there was a short story collection, Men of the Otherworld which I really had to read.
It's not really a collection of short stories more a sequence of episodes which deal with Jeremy's early life, and Clayton's story. It is a lot shorter than her novels and it really is more about the pack history than anything else. I really enjoyed it. Jeremy is one of those characters you wish you were more like, or that you wish you knew someone like that. Clayton isn't, but its a great deal of background knowledge that only get's hinted at in the novels and its great to see what happened to the pack prior to Elena and tie some ends together. Questions are also answered about Jeremy and it does so in a neat short story.
Not really a book for someone looking to start reading a series, I'd send you to the beginning and get you to read Bitten and Stolen. I think it is a book for the fan and its none the worse for that.
Next on the reading list is the expanded and full version of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I adore Neil Gaiman, I've read a lot of his novels over the years and this is one that has eluded me a little bit. I cannot wait to read this because Neil Gaiman writes so effortlessly and so beautifully it makes me want to cry beecause I'll never handle words as well as he can.
I'll be back to let you know how I got on.
Now in the run up to christmas last year I was reading a lot of Kelley Armstrong, I read the first eight in the women of the otherworld series and as I read I realised that there was a short story collection, Men of the Otherworld which I really had to read.
It's not really a collection of short stories more a sequence of episodes which deal with Jeremy's early life, and Clayton's story. It is a lot shorter than her novels and it really is more about the pack history than anything else. I really enjoyed it. Jeremy is one of those characters you wish you were more like, or that you wish you knew someone like that. Clayton isn't, but its a great deal of background knowledge that only get's hinted at in the novels and its great to see what happened to the pack prior to Elena and tie some ends together. Questions are also answered about Jeremy and it does so in a neat short story.
Not really a book for someone looking to start reading a series, I'd send you to the beginning and get you to read Bitten and Stolen. I think it is a book for the fan and its none the worse for that.
Next on the reading list is the expanded and full version of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I adore Neil Gaiman, I've read a lot of his novels over the years and this is one that has eluded me a little bit. I cannot wait to read this because Neil Gaiman writes so effortlessly and so beautifully it makes me want to cry beecause I'll never handle words as well as he can.
I'll be back to let you know how I got on.
Saturday, 8 January 2011
A lick of frost
And I'm sad at finishing this book mainly because I don't get to know what happens next because I don't have the next book yet. I have a self imposed book buying ban because I have about fifty unread books from last year that were given to me in a sort out.
Lick of Frost is like the rest of a the series a bit of a romp. Though this one has a more vicious twist than some of the others. Again enjoyable, sexy and addictive to read. I'm not sure what else I have to say on this because I'd feel like I'm repeating myself.
Merry is for the most part an engaging protagonist, she's fiesty and she kicks ass. I like her men too, of course Doyle is my favourite, he always has been.
My next read is a collection of short stories by Kelley Armstrong Men of the Otherworld.
Lick of Frost is like the rest of a the series a bit of a romp. Though this one has a more vicious twist than some of the others. Again enjoyable, sexy and addictive to read. I'm not sure what else I have to say on this because I'd feel like I'm repeating myself.
Merry is for the most part an engaging protagonist, she's fiesty and she kicks ass. I like her men too, of course Doyle is my favourite, he always has been.
My next read is a collection of short stories by Kelley Armstrong Men of the Otherworld.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Well This could be considered a little embarassing
I started reading Laurell K Hamilton's Mistral's Kiss at some ungodly hour this morning because my stomach was whinging at me and not letting me sleep. I have occasional bouts of stomach trouble and I don't want to put you off so we'll leave it there. Suffice to say I was awake and grumpy.
I had finished the book I blogged earlier and made a start on this one. Again enjoyable, as all the Merry Gentry books seem to be, this one was a good hundred pages shorter than the last one and I kind of just absorbed it. The plot is that Merry is still trying to get with faerie baby and alongside that she beds her guards and fights those who would wish her harm. There are many people who would wish her harm. There are also random bursts of symbolic wild magic which make for interesting plot developments. I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of selling the book here but it is good fun.
Also being part of very much an ongoing series its hard to discuss plot points because they refer to the other books and in my fragile state of mind I start to get confused.
The next one A lick of Frost will be started later and I'll see how I get on.
I will be posting about TV at some point, its just there seems to be a fallow patch for viewers such as me at the moment. Am chomping at the bit for Outcasts though.
I had finished the book I blogged earlier and made a start on this one. Again enjoyable, as all the Merry Gentry books seem to be, this one was a good hundred pages shorter than the last one and I kind of just absorbed it. The plot is that Merry is still trying to get with faerie baby and alongside that she beds her guards and fights those who would wish her harm. There are many people who would wish her harm. There are also random bursts of symbolic wild magic which make for interesting plot developments. I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of selling the book here but it is good fun.
Also being part of very much an ongoing series its hard to discuss plot points because they refer to the other books and in my fragile state of mind I start to get confused.
The next one A lick of Frost will be started later and I'll see how I get on.
I will be posting about TV at some point, its just there seems to be a fallow patch for viewers such as me at the moment. Am chomping at the bit for Outcasts though.
First book of the year
First let me explain: I have started setting myself challenges to read, I had badly gotten out of the habit of reading books. Reading webistes sure but committing myself to the pleasure of a novel was something I just put off for something more immediate. I took a stand against myself last year when I challenged myself to read a book a fortnight in 2010. When I reached the target of 26 books by June I kept going and by 31st Decemember 2010 I had read 49 books and was reading my 50th.
This year I aim to improve the number of books I'm reading by reading one a week. Not too much of a stretch when I'm rattling through them. I'm also going to be better at recording exactly what I've read and when. My reading record has two tabs one for 2010 and one for 2011 there are a couple of differences between the two. 2011 has date information and so I'll be able to see who I'm reading quicker and I might even get statistical on your ass at some point.
I've already finished one book, and this is book zero on the list, I started it at some point in the christmas break and I'm not exactly sure when, I'm guessing boxing day. The book was the fourth in Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series A stroke of midnight. I have been reading the series in order and have found them to be both sexy and entertaining. Sometimes the pacing can be a little off and sometimes some of the characters are infuriating with their reactions to things but the good more than outweighs the bad.
If you are interested the series starts with a Kiss of Shadows and goes on from there, I have been devouring them like a rabid fangirl devouring fic. The sex within the novels are a little on the kinky side and might be a bit much for those who really don't like the idea of pain. But they are good fun and if I don't like a book I don't pick them up and with these books I really can't put them down.
This year I aim to improve the number of books I'm reading by reading one a week. Not too much of a stretch when I'm rattling through them. I'm also going to be better at recording exactly what I've read and when. My reading record has two tabs one for 2010 and one for 2011 there are a couple of differences between the two. 2011 has date information and so I'll be able to see who I'm reading quicker and I might even get statistical on your ass at some point.
I've already finished one book, and this is book zero on the list, I started it at some point in the christmas break and I'm not exactly sure when, I'm guessing boxing day. The book was the fourth in Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series A stroke of midnight. I have been reading the series in order and have found them to be both sexy and entertaining. Sometimes the pacing can be a little off and sometimes some of the characters are infuriating with their reactions to things but the good more than outweighs the bad.
If you are interested the series starts with a Kiss of Shadows and goes on from there, I have been devouring them like a rabid fangirl devouring fic. The sex within the novels are a little on the kinky side and might be a bit much for those who really don't like the idea of pain. But they are good fun and if I don't like a book I don't pick them up and with these books I really can't put them down.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
You know you're a geek when...
You get a print like this for christmas.
The picture is by Jane Ormes and its epic :D
Also:
All my friends know I'm such a frakking who Geek
The picture is by Jane Ormes and its epic :D
Also:
All my friends know I'm such a frakking who Geek
Happy New Year
Well Hello there people. I hope you had a great festive season and a happy and safe new year.
My plans for the year ahead is to write more. So I'm hoping to be a tad more prolific than I've managed to be last year.
One of my promises is to write more and to write better so that's what I'll do here and in other places.
I'm going to write up a small review to every book I read which I think will be one way to write more and hopefully do something you find interesting to read. Of course I'll still be writing about TV and Theatre and films so I'm branching out a little.
Happy 2011
My plans for the year ahead is to write more. So I'm hoping to be a tad more prolific than I've managed to be last year.
One of my promises is to write more and to write better so that's what I'll do here and in other places.
I'm going to write up a small review to every book I read which I think will be one way to write more and hopefully do something you find interesting to read. Of course I'll still be writing about TV and Theatre and films so I'm branching out a little.
Happy 2011
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