The Aftermath
I finished my deadlines last Wednesday. Since then I spent a little time with my Carina editor, Angela James, who was in town to talk with my RWA chapter, and awesome literary agent (and friend) Laura Bradford. We chatted and ate too much. Basically, it was the perfect weekend.
When not doing social stuff, I was puttering around the house. At one point I looked around and thought, "damn, I should clean" but I didn't. Instead I've been doing some fun stuff. Here's a peek:
1. Movies. The hubby and I went to see SUPER 8. It had a group of friends, a creature and explosions. Needless to say, I loved it. Also saw the HBO documentary, TOO BIG TO FAIL. It's about the financial crisis and incredibly well done. It also ticked me off and made me say profane things about investment banks and politicians. Despite the burst of anger, I recommend folks see it. On the lighter side, I finally saw THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. Again, well acted. There's a major plot point that had me scratching my head, but I enjoyed it.
2. Books. Read Shannon Stacey's YOURS TO KEEP and really enjoyed it. Love the way she writes dialogue. She took a romance fiction trope I don't love – the people pretend to be in love to make family members happy thing – and made me believe. I have two books I'm excited to read: Karina Cooper's BLOOD OF THE WICKED (not my usual fav genre but the buzz for this is huge and the excerpt at the beginning of the book is great) and Vivan Arend's RISING, FREESTYLE (met the author at RT and immediately loved her – this is a case of meeting the author, liking her and wanting to read her).
3. Yet to do… There is a movie called TITANIC 2. I'm not kidding. The premise is this:
On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened "Titanic 2," follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ship's path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate.
I am going to watch it because it sounds too terrible to miss.
I also need to watch the first episode of the new season of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. I know the show is aimed at teens, but I find it oddly addictive. Pretty kids! Murder! Secrets! It's got it all. There's also this weird thing where people my age, actors I saw in stuff when I was a teen, play the parents of the teens on this show. That cracks me up for some reason.
