Was catching up on my reading earlier and it reminded me that I have not yet commented on the previous one. Finished reading Fool Moon last week. This one is from Jim Butcher. He's a new author I picked up on because of the sci fi series The Dresden Files. He writes the series of books that the show is based on. I really don't want to get too excited about the show since it's on cable and we all know how often those shows survive. Usually it's one season and BAM you're gone. I sure enjoyed it this season though, I hope it's around for at least one more. Although I've been reading the message boards regarding the similarities or lack of. After reading one book (I plan to read more) I tend to agree w/those who say "hey, where's the beetle?". It seems that in the books Harry drives a BW beetle and on the shows he goes around in a Jeep. Not to mention that Murphy is written up as short and blond but on the show she's tall and brunette. Hmmm....that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the book itself. Although I have to admit that throughout the whole thing I kept picturing the show in my mind. That's what happens when you watch the show first and read the books later. I thought it was cool, though, totally enjoyable. I think I finished it in a week or so. Keep in mind that I only have Saturdays, breaks and lunch time to read. Sometimes not even lunch times because sometimes I only take half an hour. All in all, I would go back and buy the next book in the series. Four stars :)
Picked up a new one this week. This one is by Kathy Reichs. If the name sounds familiar (I doubt it) it's because the show Bones is based on her books. Yep, another one of those. I'm like halfway through and I have to admit it's pretty good. At least I keep going back to it and not dreading finishing it. Then again, if it's dragging then why bother reading it? Right?
Earlier in the day I was purging my book shelf. I have so many books and running out of space. I think I took out almost 10-15 books and need to get rid of them. Anyone interested? I'll probably just give them away. These are the types of books that a) are duplicates or b) I know I have no interest in reading again (they got a ho -hum) rating from me. I just need to update the spreadsheet to reflect this.
Boy, the calendar says it's June but I swear it already feels like August around here. The humidity is unbelievable. It makes you feel like not going outside at all. This weekend is the Texas Folklife Festival but I don't know if I feel like being out in the sun. Then again it's not like we're going to be there allll day but still. Makes you kinda lazy. Kinda.
New movie on the horizon: 1408--based on the Stephen King short story. Dawned on me that I have that story on audio cassette (yes, cassette) but I still haven't heard it. I have until June 22 to become familiar w/it because I intend to watch it. That's if I find something to play it on. LOL... Haven't gone to see the Spiderman movie yet. I have the day off on Monday, maybe we'll go watch it. They're piling up on me!!!!!!!!!!! The new Fantastic Four movie is due out soon too and I wanna watch that one too.
The tv season is officially dead. Time to find something more useful to do w/my time instead. Just got a Bowflex this week. Maybe I can use this down time to get back into shape. Yeah....One can only try. Anyways, back to tv news: The only thing I am barely interested in is the new So You Think You Can Dance season. Now I usually don't watch reality shows but be being the kind of person born w/3 left feet I enjoy watching people dance. It's not the reality part that intrigues me but the dancing part. They just narrowed the competitors down to the top 20 and things are going to get interesting (hopefully). Other than that, it's a whole snore fest.
Just got off the phone w/Mary. Everything's cool. Susan's gonna be in town next weekend, they're going to sea world. If she has time maybe we can take her out for her bday. Her 41st!!! Oh, she'll love me for saying that.
Well, gotta go, I'll let you know what happens.
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