SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

We had pizza for lunch! The kiddos got double pepperoni. We got spicy Italian sausage, beef, 4 cheese blend, green onion, black olive, and pepperocinis. I prefer jalapenos, but it was pretty good.

OK, I've stopped hiding out. I've been a busy girl. My baby turned 18 today!!!!!

I'll be reading for 'dark' this week.

Hope you are all having a great week. :)

Week 3: Dark, B2
Read: 0/6
*August 7 - August 13*

Zina: Magic Burns
Zaanodes: Frankenstein
Sarah: Dead Beautiful
Sandra: Magic Slays 08/07 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Laura: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dana: Lover Unbound

Don't know if I should congratulate you or commiserate with you Dana. Big Occasion! Hooray Dana's youngest :D

No, it's even worse than that. It was my oldest...my first time...I'm not sure if I am really happy for her/me/us or if I feel really awful. *sniff* Being a mom is tough stuff!

Oh well, can't stop time can you? :)

OK, then I really will commiserate with you, though if she was over here, she'd be out at the pub cause she'd be legal. hahahaha

Just think to yourself what a great job you've done to get her to 18 :D

That's me...the CEO of moms. ;)

Congrats/commiserations, Dana!

Almost there...not sure I'll survive, though!!

Happy 18th to Dana's daughter ;)

Fingers crossed for Zina...

18 candles for Dana's DD...




Frankenstein still going...

Yes, Zina we'll expect a first impressions report. LOL

I had such a great first day. I am working at an accounting firm. So happy that I decided to take a chance and pursue my dreams. I am also going back to school to finish my degree and then go for my accounting papers.
Its a great company with 25 employees. So far so good. Have my own office with a big window. Every Friday is Jeans Friday. The company treats the employees very well by providing company bbq's, monthly company lunches, great benefit package.

To celebrate I went book shopping. here is what I picked up.

Since we were talking about Classics. I got


some books to fill in gaps in some series


some interesting ones that I just couldnt resist


finally another YA series


Off to read

Yay for small companies that know how to treat their employees!
*said in my best Human Resource Mgr voice*

And some great celebration books as well :D

I love celebration books! They are always the most fun to buy. Also, gift card books are awesome too! I'm looking forward to celebration books at the end of the month for my birthday.

Yay!!!

Thanks guys and congrats Zina! New jobs are so nice and it sounds like you found a really nice one. :)


I finished my book last night, but I'm just too tired to write a review. Had a terrible migraine at work so I'm going nighty-night. RRR tomorrow, see you ladies then. Later!

Sorry to hear that Dana. Sleep is the best thing for migraines :)

I just finished Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon.



Wow. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it. It was a very long and detailed filled book. The writing reminded me of Alexandra Adornetto who wrote Halo. I enjoyed it once the action started and Renee got to figure out more about Dante. The world building and the concept behind the book is amazing and original. I'm giving it 4 stars.

**** 08/08/11

It was a great read...I was thinking maybe tv show was better, but no it wasnt. I really get Dexter better now :D and i loved how it ended.

Were the books started before the show or after the show?

Sarah wrote: "I'm looking forward to celebration books at the end of the month for my birthday."

What day, Birthday Girl??

Erato wrote: "Had a terrible migraine at work so I'm going nighty-night."

Hope you are feeling better!!

My birthday is the 28th! I'm excited! :D

I feel like I'm getting old but most will say I'm not haha

I'm turning 23.

Sandra, do you want to say it or should I?

Seeing as I have GRANDCHILDREN older than 23...

Ah, to be soooo ooollllddd....again!

lolol

hahaha yeah I know it's just my crazy young brain that makes me feel that way. I know I'm not old but so many things in my life are changing and I think that's what makes me feel old. :D

Sarah. That's the same day as my hubby.

Dana. Sorry to hear about migraines. I suffer too but mine are weather related.

Having a great day and can't wait to get home and finish my read. Love love Kate Daniels.

It is a crazy time in your life, that is for sure.

The decade from 18 to 28 is almost always the one with the most change of your entire life. High school, college, trade school, work. Parties, crazy trips, all-nighters, and having plans every Saturday night. Having a job, having an apartment, having to clean your own house, having to pay your own bills, and just having responsibilities. Flirting, dating, love, marriage, kids...all these can happen in that time too. It is a crazy time. The time where you start checking off all those 'adult' things.

I understand why you can say you feel old, but it's probably more like 'feeling way more adult' than old.

Trust me. You don't get to start casually using the 'I feel old' bomb until you either 1) are over 40, or 2) have a teen in your house.

And, (Sandra, correct me on this if I am wrong), once you get the teens out of your house (regardless of your own age) you will start feeling younger again! ;)

Erato wrote: "It is a crazy time in your life, that is for sure.

The decade from 18 to 28 is almost always the one with the most change of your entire life. High school, college, trade school, work. Parties, c..."

Definitely agree with all of that, very well put too!

I didn't have kids so I never felt old, till one day we worked out that the year I did my Year 12 finals was the year a co-worker was born. LOL.

At a different job, it was funny, when I was in my 30's all the 18/19 yr olds just assumed I was a bit older than them not a lot older cause I didn't talk about my non existant kids like the other ladies who worked there, who were my age. I suppose I didn't dress old either, like some of them did. Boy, it was hilarious when they found out, but it was good cause they treated me like one of them not some old fuddy duddy.

So 23, Sarah, that was very turbulent times for me. I think I prefer 28, so I'll just teleport to that age thanks :D

Oh I really remember the summer I turned 23. I left Canada with a knapsack and flew to England for 6 months. Found a job week one and then had a boyfriend week 2. It was a summer of love or more precise it was a hot, wild sexy summer. I had so much fun. My two girlfriends came with me. One is still there and married the drop dead gorgeous Italian she met. After my 6 months were up I came home and the romance fizzled out. Awww to be young and carefree again. It was a great summer.

Aww it's so great that you girls are sharing this with me! This time is everything you're saying it is. Sometimes I wish it were easier but then I really know I wouldn't want it any other way!


Zina, the best people are born on the 28th ;)

I thought all the cool kids were born in May...yes? Is your b-day May 28th? Then you can be cool I think. (hehe)

Erato wrote: "...Trust me. You don't get to start casually using the 'I feel old' bomb until you either 1) are over 40, or 2) have a teen in your house.

And, (Sandra, correct me on this if I am wrong), once you get the teens out of your house (regardless of your own age) you will start feeling younger again! ;)
"

Gah...sorry Sandra, I meant you Zaanodes! (I had Sandra on the brain from another thread.) How old are your g-kids Z?

Definitely May is the coolest month. LOL

No worries Dana ;)

Gee Dana - guess I can look forward to feeling REALLY old in about 1 1/2 years.....my grandson will be a teenager then!

Erato wrote: "Erato wrote: "How old are your g-kids Z?"

My five grandchildren range from 24 y/o to 6 y/o. My four GREAT-grandchildren range from 5 y/o to 4 months. My 'baby' (at 33 going on 34 August 24) does not have any children as yet (and may never have).

And, yes, at times I feel soooo much younger than I am. At times, it is almost impossible to believe that I am years old!

Frankenstein Finished Aug. 8

Oh, the varied and multi-layered reasoning determining the scoring of a book can be as high as a piney-treed mountain and as wide as the desert of the ocean, how, say you, can one mere human, a being as wretched as the lowest or as exalted as an angel, dare to quantify a work of another's imagination, soul, and heart, alas, I am but one glimmer in the vast consciousness of this tiny one world amongst many and I deem this task to be Herculean...

WTH???

Once I got past all of that, which was more often than I thought I would...but not totally...It boils down to this...

This is not the Frankenstein of my childhood. This is a narrative to one person who then relayed it in letters to another person. The story is narrated by the letter-writer. And of all the 'Frankie' movies I have seen...none come close to this. To be clear, I have NOT seen every version made. But is this book really the basis of those movies?? Talk about literary license!?!?!

I prefer 'as it is happening' stories. Disregarding that preference, the 'new' version of old 'Vic', and the (sentence structure/speaking-style/poetic language), this is a great story.

★ ★ ★ ★

LOL, Zaanodes, I found the same when I read Dracula. It was letters to/from the supposed poet Shelley & friends. Totally unlike what I would of expected. It was more like a prelude and the same probs with speaking-style etc etc.

I haven't seen any of the Frankenstein movies but I took an Advanced College Writing class last semester and the professor loves Frankenstein so all of our papers had to do with Frankenstein. If I ever have to read Frankenstein again I might barf. Now that being said the first two times I read it I enjoyed it. The first time I encountered Frankenstein I loved it but after practically drowning in it I don't think I'll read it again. The thing I find most fascinating about it, is that it was written by a teenage girl!

Anyways, I'm glad you liked it! :D

I'm changing my free space pick to Covet, only because I happened to finish it before Once Bitten, Twice Shy.

I gave it 4 stars but it's really more of a 3.5. I liked the concept, and world building. I like Jim but I'm not sure how I feel about the romance part of the book. It was just okay. I liked the action more even though I was expecting more of a showdown between Jim and Devina. I'm not sure if I'll be reading the second one but it's a possibility.

OK, so I finished my book clear back on the 7th, but it took until now to remember to review and post the freakin' thing. I'm soooo with it. :)


Finished 08/07 ★ ★ ★ ★

Oh what a neat twist this one had! What am I saying? What cool twists this one had. :)

For some reason, I was more horrified by V's childhood than most anything else that has been covered in the series to date. Maybe it was just the fact that he was a kid? Who knows? His dad=prick though. Gah!

I really liked Jane as she was just the kick @$$ girl you would think V would need. How she dealt with his 'extracurricular activities' was pretty classy as well.

The whole Butch/V thing was handled so very well that I was actually surprised. Having Butch reject him/hurt him would have just been one loss too many for V if you ask me. Butch is a good friend and proves it in this book.

Learning about V's lineage (view spoiler)[and finding out the the Scribe Virgin is his mother was the best! And he has a sister? Awesome! (hide spoiler)] I'm definately looking forward to seeing where that goes in the future. :)

The outcome with V and Jane was a bit strange and although it provided the HEA we needed, I'm not sure that I liked it.

Really good book overall. This BDB business is pretty good. :)

Here's our update ladies!


Week 3: Dark, B2
Read: 6/6
*August 7 - August 13*

Zina: Magic Burns 08/11 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Zaanodes: Frankenstein 08/08 ★ ★ ★ ★
Sarah: Dead Beautiful 08/09 ★ ★ ★ ★
Sandra: Magic Slays 08/07 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Laura: Darkly Dreaming Dexter 08/08 ★ ★ ★ ★
Dana: Lover Unbound 08/07 ★ ★ ★ ★

I better get reading before Cindy shows up and roasts my backside!!! I'm working on it girls....

*wanders around sniffing*

Thought I smelled a snack......getting hungry......

Dana, that was exactly how I felt after reading Lover Unbound as well :)

Do you end up feeling better about it later on? I'm just not sure if I'm going to get used to it. It feels like wantign a hot fudge sundae really bad and instead, someone gives you a chocolate dipped cone. both vanilla ice cream and chocolate...but not the same at all. :(

Dang it gals. Now I will have to bump that book up on the pile.

Back into my corner to finish reading. Might be done tonite.

I'd have to say, No, I still don't feel better.

I'm up to #7

LOL, Zina, lucky last, don't wanna be dragon snacks.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Isn't that John Matthew's book?

Checks with GR....

Ohhhhhhh....it's Revs book, very cool. I actually like him quite a bit. (I seem to really like the jerks, Zsadist, Rev, V.) Which is disturbing, right? Phury's book is next for me and if I have to listen to him be an apathetic dork for the whole book, things will die. Did you like

?

Definitely not my fav but you need to read it.

Yep Rev's book, must get to it soon.