I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I did reading it and writing about it! Pick up a copy today and get ready for the next one in the series, Gypsy's Game, out later this year. I can't wait!
Well, it was! And, I got to go and see Breaking Dawn, part 1! And yes, I like going to the movies on Thanksgiving. I know, odd, but it's one of my favorite things. :)
My review will follow soon, but above is the picture I took of the huge poster they had up at the theatre that night when we went. AWESOME! :) So I thought I'd share it here. I've been a little under the weather since then or I'd have posted my review by now.
I hope your Holidays are going well! Happy reading and writing all!!
~Shauna
I saw this the day it came out... Last Friday, here, I believe. I just knew I'd love it, and I did!
What a great STORY! I recently saw where someone on Facebook (I think) asked if there was a book you wished you'd written what would it be? Well, I guess I would say this one. It's the ultimate story of friendship and love and loss over a twenty year span... I thought it was amazing. And I spent about a third of it in a flood of tears, but the rest smiling and laughing.
So very good.
And, my favorite line of the movie is in this preview...
"She made you decent... And, in return, you made her SO happy."
You possibly can't even begin to really appreciate that line until you watch the entire movie. Sigh...
So, this is an all time example of why I love stories, books, movies and even fabulous songs; some of which are in this movie.
I was also left wanting to go to Paris. Though, much of this is in England and other places, you do see some of Paris!
And, did I mention Anne Hathaway is amazing? Well, she is! In this too.
I highly recommend it, especially to the story-buffs. :)
I've been kind of randomly posting Blue October stuff this past week on my FB page so I thought I'd do a Revamp Bites post since it's been a while... this time it's on Blue October! :)
I absolutely LOVE this song! Sounds like a waltz to me and OH MY GAWD that violin! I actually just heard this song recently, even though I have had the CD/album it should have been on for years. I apparently, accidentally, had gotten the explicit version (ooops!) and it didn't have this song so I just recently downloaded it to my iphone from itunes. It's awesome. "You're a superstar on your own." Sigh, love it.
Then, in my Blue October listening lately, I was craving even more of their music and I downloaded the Argue with a Tree cd and it's pretty darn good too. Another really slow one of theirs I like is this one and makes me think of me and my brother:
And they have a new cd coming out this month so I'm super excited! New single:
I really like Blue October because they play with so much emotion. And the writing is amazing. They seem to really know a lot about life and they write and sing and play about it. Pretty darn cool if you ask me! And I like that they have super fast, loud screamy (why isn't that a word, it should be a word, lol) songs and then super slow ones. I just don't really know of another band like them. I really enjoy listening to them for writing. So I listen while I walk or write or really, anytime is a good time. Oh... :)
So, as I was Blue October listening this past week, my mom casually tells me that her cousin's daughter (whom I have met, they are from Kansas though and we are in Cali!) married the lead singer, whom I knew of as Justin. And I was like, "Really? What? Wow!" She even showed me their wedding anniversary announcement my grandma had kept (she kept everything and knew about all of us cousins lives :) ) So, that is really cool, but now I'm wondering if it's kinda weird that I like them so much. Ha ha. Makes them real people and ones I even know of. Yeah, still trying to wrap my mind around that, but anyway, my second cousin did good! LOL :) I obviously think they rock so, yeah, good for her. =] Welcome to the family, Justin! Sorry so late, I mean they say they told me this, and maybe they did, but I seriously didn't realize. Well, maybe, I'll get to meet my distant cousins someday either in Kansas (would love to see where my Grandma was from) or at a concert! Also, you can see in this next video at the end (listen for what he says after), they named their baby Blue! So cute. <3
Have a great week all, another one that's more upbeat and is about life and the ups and downs, but still a really fun song:
Happy reading, writing & Blue October listening! :)
~Shauna
I absolutely LOVE this poem that is read (most of it anyway) in Beastly. Great movie, but I am so glad to have found out about this poem because of it. And here is the author of the poem reading it from many years ago, the same year or so he died. I could listen to this over and over again. I could also tell you the many reasons I love this poem, but I think it speaks for itself. Have a listen! I found this video on another blog if you want to see the wording of the poem here. It's just lovely if you ask me. Well, no one really did, but anyway...
I've posted about Beastly before, if you want to check out that post here as well. :)
Okay, I've had to shuffle dogs around a bit, but here's the one I've ended up with. Poor Honey kept jumping my old fence, but she has a new home now so I'm sooo happy for her. And while I miss my big dogs desperately, they are doing well! :) So, meet Spike, my 'lil Pomeranian that I named after Spike from Buffy and Angel. :)
He's so little he can go just about anywhere with me and he loves to go to Starbucks with me and sit in a chair outside with me while I read. :)
TV Spike:
Well, this was the Gothic punk phase of Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer anyway... :)
And this is me and Spike at the beach:
See, he's a trooper, he goes anywhere I go! =]
Yay Spike, aka Spikey. LOL
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