I just really couldn’t be more whiny right now. It’s Monday morning, and I would very much like to be asleep right now. There aren’t words that will do justice to my utter hatred of waking up early, so I’m not going to bother.
I finished Eclipse this weekend. Good. God. What else can I say about that series? HOW, no really, HOW am I going to wait until August to read the last one? I can only imagine the torture my patience would have had to endure if I read all the books when they first came out. I’m completely in love with that series and I cannot stop gushing over it.
I began reading The Host, and it’s quite interesting so far! I also started another Vampire series (LOL), the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books by Laurell K. Hamilton. I read the first book, Guilty Pleasures, after Twilight, while waiting for New Moon and Eclipse to arrive in the mail. I very much enjoyed this book as well! It reminds me more of Buffy than any other vampire verses I’ve come across. And the main character raises zombies for a living. Very entertaining.
So I’ve ordered the next few books in that series (it’s a long one, started in early 1990s and up to like 16 so far). The first ones all get great reviews on Amazon, but toward the middle-end, they start getting horrible reviews—which is interesting. But I’ll probably read them anyway and still like them.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people are just more finicky about entertainment than I am. I’m not too picky when it comes to books and movies. TV shows either, as long as they’re scripted–I generally do not support reality shows and think they are killing TV. Except America’s Next Top Model. Guilty pleasure.
Anyway, what a lot of people bitch about, I generally enjoy, so hopefully I will like the Anita Blake series through to the end, or present, rather, as she’s still writing new books.
Yes, I’m very obsessed with reading lately. Which unfortunately conflicts with my desire to finish my Sims story. Haha. Well, one of these days that hobby is bound to pick itself back up, isn’t it? I didn’t even play the Sims at all this weekend. >.<
By the way, on Saturday, Andy and I had a bit of a Sesame Street extravaganza, and that is where this post title is from. Bert and Ernie are the coolest.
So, I recently finished all of Dan Brown‘s books and hopped on Amazon to decide what to read next. Within a few minutes, I decided I would try out Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight. Everyone in the Sims community speaks so highly of it, so I figure, what the hell. I must admit, I’ve hesitated before this point to read the series because they’re aimed at teens.
Which is amazingly stupid of me, all things considered. I mean, who am I kidding? It’s totally acceptable to read Harry Potter, so why not this? LOL. Besides, it’s not like I’m any more grown-up that your average teenager. I like so many of the same things I did when I was that age, and hold many interests similar to those teens in our Sims community now. And let’s not forget, more often than not, I act like a three year-old, and still carry around my teddy bear pretty much everywhere. So I don’t know why I was trying to fool myself into thinking I was too much of an old fart to enjoy this book.
And oh boy. I do absolutely understand the obsession with this book! I was hooked after the first couple pages. I realized that I shouldn’t be surprised by this in the slightest. Just like so many teen girls today, I’ve been vampire-lore ga-ga since before puberty, and that really hasn’t changed at all. This book is very much up my ally!
I started it Tuesday night, and am now almost finished with it, which is a pretty big feat if you consider the fact that I work all day, and still managed to play the Sims for a few hours each of those nights.
Yesterday, I hurried back on Amazon to order New Moon, Eclipse, and her novel that was just released, The Host. Yes, I’m a little bit obsessive when it comes to authors. I find one I like and I’ll read everything they write.
So anyway, if you haven’t checked out Twilight yet, I highly recommend doing so, even if you’re an old fart like me. You’ll still enjoy it, because it’s just that awesome.
For the record, in case you remember previous posts where I talk about reading Anne Rice books, Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Code and think to yourself–”good god, what is wrong with this girl just now getting around to reading these already-popular-for-many-years books?”–it is because I didn’t read novels for quite some time. I used to read obsessively until during late high school (THE NINETIES!), when I just got too busy with calculus, drill team, and friends and just stopped reading outside of school altogether. This continued through college and even after, up until a couple years ago when I finally picked up an Anne Rice book. And the old hobby has been back full-force ever since.
So, if you were wondering why I was so behind in everything, there you have it. Sometimes I feel like I’m on a mission to catch up, which is partly why I’m so drawn to these big titles, because they always seemed so appealing before.
Okay, new topic: I totally just got the most amazing email at work. Totally complimentary, asking for my “talents” to help with things higher up on the food chain, so to speak. This really just made my day that they would think of me for this. *Excited*
