Wow, I can't believe it's October already, and the second week of October at that. While springtime is my favorite time of the year, I love October as well.
It's my birthday month and what's not to love about that? But I also love Halloween. It's a good time all around. TV is always filled with all sorts of scary movies. Some I really enjoy, some I can't watch because deep down, when it comes to some scary subjects, I'm just a big sissy.
This is the time of year when the SyFy channel usually comes up with some zingers. The station plays most of these movies on Saturday night. Debuting one a week at 9. That's been the pattern in the past, it remains to be seen if this is still the case.
My family and I look forward to these movies. Most of them are more laugh-worthy then scary, but it's all in good fun. They did their own take of The Headless Horseman a few years ago, which was priceless.
My kids are too old for trick or treating now, but I used to love getting them all dressed up in their costumes. My daughter used to spend days figuring out exactly what she wanted to be and then hours customizing her costume to make it 'one of a kind'.
Fun times. Now we spend our Halloween night watching funny, but sometimes scary, movies.
How about you? What fun things do you do on Halloween?
Monday, October 8, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Author Kicks
Do you ever get on those? You know what I'm talking about. You read a book by a certain author, especially one in a series, and then you can't get through that series fast enough. If you're lucky, it's a series that's already been completely released and you can buy up all the books at once and read through them without having to wait for the next one to come out.
I'm on one of those kicks now with Brenda Novak and her The Last Stand series. I. LOVE. THIS. SERIES. Everything about it is great. The characters - Kick-ass heroines and Holy-hotness to-die-for heroes. It's a romantic suspense series consisting of 6 books. I'm on book 4 right now.
There's something about Brenda's RS books that hook me from the get-go and I just need to keep reading. You know it's a great book when you don't go to bed that night because you stay up all night reading. That's how this series is. It hooked me from the beginning and now I'm whipping through the whole series.
Another series that I can't get enough of is J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Unfortunately with that one, I need to wait a year between each book. Not that I want her to stop writing them. Hell no, the books are fantastic. I just hate the wait.
So I can't be the only one who gets on these kicks. What are some of your favorite authors/series?
I'm on one of those kicks now with Brenda Novak and her The Last Stand series. I. LOVE. THIS. SERIES. Everything about it is great. The characters - Kick-ass heroines and Holy-hotness to-die-for heroes. It's a romantic suspense series consisting of 6 books. I'm on book 4 right now.
There's something about Brenda's RS books that hook me from the get-go and I just need to keep reading. You know it's a great book when you don't go to bed that night because you stay up all night reading. That's how this series is. It hooked me from the beginning and now I'm whipping through the whole series.
Another series that I can't get enough of is J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Unfortunately with that one, I need to wait a year between each book. Not that I want her to stop writing them. Hell no, the books are fantastic. I just hate the wait.
So I can't be the only one who gets on these kicks. What are some of your favorite authors/series?
Monday, August 27, 2012
TBR Pile - How Big is too Big...
...or is there even such a thing as a too big TBR pile?
As a writer, I read. A LOT. I've always got a few books going at once and at least one craft book as well. My TBR (To Be Read) pile is ginormous! Even though I'm always reading, the pile doesn't get any smaller. I continuously get more books. Whether I buy them at the store, pick them up from chapter meetings, get them from conferences I attend, from author and non-author friends, the pile is always growing.
Currently, I have a room that just holds books. It's filled with bookshelves and they are loaded up two or three books deep on each shelf. And each one is filled to beyond capacity. I've got other bookcases throughout the house that are filled the same way. I've got piles on my desk and beside my bed and currently I've got huge stacks of books on the floor in my bedroom.
Books are my addiction. Some women shoe shop. I book shop. And much to my husband's chagrin, I love it.
It's a good thing my husband and I are almost empty-nesters. I'm going to need those extra rooms to store more books.
After I read a book, I will donate it...most of the time. Sometimes the book goes on my keeper shelf, which is actually shelves now. Some I just can't bear to give away. They're my favorites. Ones that I will go back and look at certain paragraphs and characters again and again. I don't reread books, but I do study the ones that are my favorites. It's all part of the learning process.
How about you? Do you have a TBR pile that is threatening to take over your house?
As a writer, I read. A LOT. I've always got a few books going at once and at least one craft book as well. My TBR (To Be Read) pile is ginormous! Even though I'm always reading, the pile doesn't get any smaller. I continuously get more books. Whether I buy them at the store, pick them up from chapter meetings, get them from conferences I attend, from author and non-author friends, the pile is always growing.
Currently, I have a room that just holds books. It's filled with bookshelves and they are loaded up two or three books deep on each shelf. And each one is filled to beyond capacity. I've got other bookcases throughout the house that are filled the same way. I've got piles on my desk and beside my bed and currently I've got huge stacks of books on the floor in my bedroom.
Books are my addiction. Some women shoe shop. I book shop. And much to my husband's chagrin, I love it.
It's a good thing my husband and I are almost empty-nesters. I'm going to need those extra rooms to store more books.
After I read a book, I will donate it...most of the time. Sometimes the book goes on my keeper shelf, which is actually shelves now. Some I just can't bear to give away. They're my favorites. Ones that I will go back and look at certain paragraphs and characters again and again. I don't reread books, but I do study the ones that are my favorites. It's all part of the learning process.
How about you? Do you have a TBR pile that is threatening to take over your house?
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