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Friday, August 31, 2012

The Fifty Hype

I will admit that I did read the horrid books in the Fifty Shades of Grey Series by E.L. James. I did it for friendship. oh, what a girl will let her best friend talk her into...

I watched the staff of the Today Show give it raving reviews and I read all the GLOWING reviews of Fifty Shades of Grey and I stupidly thought, "Oh, it will be good!". Nope. I now have learned not to let reviews guide my reading list.

This is a list of my issues with the books in the series. First off it started out as a Fan's writing of a Twilight story on the Twilight Fan page. The story was set up for Edward and Bella in another UNIVERSE. Then when it was getting heaps of reviews word spread to somebody that had the means to publish it and they did after they pulled it from public domain, and changed the story enough so they could legally copyright it so that money could be earned from it. So they took something that was FREE and made HUGE amounts of money off of it.

Number 2: The girl in the story is in College and does not own a PC, MAC or even has her own e-mail address or a cell phone. What TEENAGER doesn't even have these items??? That's unrealistic. NUMBER 3: Again, she's in COLLEGE and a virgin. I have NEVER met anyone in real life that managed to graduate a virgin. Number 4: Again she's in COLLEGE and hasn't drank any liqour or beer, and yet a few weeks pass and after one night of grauation partying she's a pro at drinking and when she visits her mom acts like it's "old hat". So is she a drunk or not?? Number 4: She has no spine, and when she does leave him it seems off, like the writer just needed conflict and this was how she chose to add it.

Number 5: At the start of the book she is a confident girl with the world at her feet. She hooks up with "Fifty" and all of her self confidence is shot out the window attached to a flaming arrow. The character changed! Number 6: All that I had heard was how risky the sex was. "oh, it's HOT!" It was not. Handcuffs, neck ties,cable ties and the occasional spanking does not equal risky sex. I was expecting more, something other than what I got. I hoped the intensity of the sex would progress through the books to give the reader a feel of what it is like to be in a REAL BDSM relationship. Nope. The book was more about how to get a guy who is into that type of sex into a "vanilla" relationship with plain old regular sex. It should of been called Fifty ways to get a guy to settle down, instead of Fifty shades of Grey. Number 7: After all the pages of the same old sex I began to SKIM read the booty pages. Which equaled about half the book.

Maybe if you are a young adult that's just exploring sex or a very sheltered house wife with no internet the sex content would be considered hot and taboo. To me the plot was thin. Yes I will read romance novels if they have a great story line that keeps me turning the pages. Kresley Cole does this well and so does J.D. Robb. I have no hate for romance done with taste and good writing. The writing in Fifty Shades of Grey made me crazy. Her inner goddess sections of the book was the most interesting sections till they got annoying. To me the best sections was the e-mails from Christian to Anna. I could of done without the rest of the book because they were too pefect. Yes, I understand it was fiction, but I adore characters that have flaws. Even if their flaws are something that I have never experienced I can still symthapize and connect to them. How can I connect to a rich boy who thinks he has "issues" related to his mom and a girl who has everything going for her? There's not much for me to latch onto to be honest. As for the movie I know everyone is thinking about who would play Christain in it. I think Justin Timberlake could pull it off well. He has the same body type as Christain and he can pull off the sex scenes with no issue, plus he is rich and he is charitable! A perfect match I would say. So there is my view of the Fifty shades of Grey books. Don't read them unless your a sheltered house wife or maybe 18 years old.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Trueblood VS Twilight and of course Dracula

Okay, I have read the first 3 Twilight books. It was the most I could bear to stand. It's very age specific. It is gaged more towards teens and adults that haven't quite reached maturity in my opinion. To me the books started out great. She had a wonderful idea and she pussed out. No follow through. The youngings could handle it because they hadn't read a real vampire book.

Vampire's are scary. They are designed to be. Think about it. They live on blood. Who has blood that they prefer? Humans. I'm a human. A vamp in the dark following me home so he/she can trap me to viciously pierce my neck with razor sharp teeth to slurp out my life blood is spooky. They have the capability to leave me, the weak human, an empty husk of a body in some deserted alley dying painfully alone.

Has pop culture softened Vampires up so they can be more acceptable? Yes. In Twilight they don't turn to ash or set on fire when exposed to the sun, they sparkle. Like a magical blood drinking fairy. All Edward is missing is wings. They hunt animals. That is doeable. I could see a vampire feeding on animals to keep his/her humanity in a small way.

In Twilight the poor Cullen's clan are doomed to go through high school till the end of time. I hated high school the first time around. I could not imagine going through it till the end of the world. I would be very pissed. If I am going to live forever there will be fun to be had. I will visit all the places I missed while mortal, I would do some impossible feats, and read like a mad woman. Think of the opportunities. She decides to send them to high school. for forever. That's lame in my way of thinking.

In Anne Rice's version of vampire's Lestat does some amazing things. He drinks from the queen of the Damned after he awakens her and survives to rock 'n roll another day. Louis had mortal issues. He's been a vamp for a while and he still has issues drinking from mortals and he still is convinced that he is a child of Satan. (Who's your daddy?) The saddest story of all is little Claudia. As a young girl I wanted to be her, except for the dying part. She was everything a child vamp could be. As an adult I cry for her. It makes me want to save her and keep her safe. An insane vampire is a fun vampire I say.

Now the next big vamp book is True Blood. HBO loved it so much they decided to make it a series. I have to admit I am a fan of it. It's not just because the series involves vampires and southern culture. Bill Compton is a gentleman from a different age, the Civil War age, he is not ashamed of what he is. To him what has been done is done. He acknowledges that vampires are dark and violent at times. (Just as they should be) Eric Northman is a vamp who is in a position of power. He does what he thinks is best for the situation. If he needs to send Sookie flowers he does, if he needs to fight he does. He does what he has to.

To me a real vampire will have spooky moments. It is their nature. If they want to hook up with a human the human will need to understand this. You cannot fight nature and win. I don't mean, "oh I got a paper cut!" then a feeding frenzy begins. That's B.S. What happens when she is on her peroid??

Vampire's are dark and mysterious, they are all that we are not. Why would I want to read about a vampire with issues of a high schooler?? I don't. Been there done that. I have already been through that hell once why would I want to repeat it in the point of view a sparkling vampire?

Then there is the daddy of all vampire books. Dracula. One word says it all. It is a brilliant piece of work. Bram Stoker hit on something big. I read Dracula in the eighth grade and it scared the crap out of me. I used to sleep with my bedroom window cracked to let in fresh air. One night I woke up to potty and I swear there was green fog drifting through my open window. I almost had a heart attack. I have never read another vampire book that gave me the willies. If you haven't read it read it. You will thank me. This book set the standard for all vampire novels, and so far most of them fail miserably. Dracula is one bad ass vampire and he does not sparkle. All he wants is love, and of course your blood.

Okay my readers I've voice my thoughts on the vamp books. What are yours? Let me know! And if you haven't signed my guest book please do.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Publishing News

I know that I am sick of the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyers. Even though most adults are groaning aloud at the mention of more crap by Meyers being released her publisher Little, Brown is seeing dollar signs. To prove that they are seeking more money in the bank in addition to the New Moon movie to be released November 20th, they are also releasing a Breaking Dawn special edition DVD on August 4. The DVD will include a special Breaking Dawn Concert Series that will including a performance by Blue October’s Justin Furstenfeld and conversation between author Stephenie Meyer and Furstenfeld. The publisher is only releasing 1 million copies of this DVD. Only a million. The Dvd will be selling for the price of $24.99.

Also on August 4th LB Publishing is releasing the trade paperback version of Eclipse the third book in the series.

October is also a big month for releasing more Meyers products into the world. On October 13th keep an eye out for a tin of journals. That's right, what every person needs journals in a tin. These will be sold for $24.99 also.

LB will also release New Moon Collector’s Edition, slip cased with a ribbon bookmark and cloth cover, for $30; and New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion for $18.99, both on October 6.

That should keep all the teens happy for about 30 seconds.

My question to you the reader, Do you see yourself purchasing these products come the fall? What about the price, are you willing to pay $24.99 for journals in a stay-fresh tin?

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A Penny For Your Thoughts

In light of all of the books converted to movies I am left pondering which is the best one. It doesn't have to be an "official" book, comic books count too. I thought Hulk movie was okay, not really enought "HULK BASH" for my tastes, but it was a good story line. We can't overlook the old school movies based on books like "Interview with a Vampire", or the cartoon movie "The Last Unicorn". This is a tough question to answer, it's akin to asking me what my favorite color of nail polish is. So you tell me what is your favorite movie that was based on a book of some sort, it can be a fanasty, a comedy, a comic book, anything. I will even accept "Twilight". I just want to hear your picks.

For those out there that are interested in my pick I have to go with "Interview with a Vampire", and in a strong second is "Alice in Wonderland", the made for TV series the live action with Gene Wilder in it.