Grimm clear winner

Also how cute is he? Super Cute!

So now that I have watched both Grimm and Once Upon a Time I feel that I made the right choice. Once is trying too hard for the Desperate Housewives demographic and something about it just feels off.

A commenter said that Grimm is everything that the Dresden Files show should have been. Even to the point that there is an old beat up VW Beatle and a locket from his maternal figure. This is the show we should have gotten!

It is true that Once Upon A Time has a more innovative story line while Grimm is more of a cop drama with a twist. But it comes down to how they are done. Last night I was at a meeting and we talked about the fact that is doesn't so much matter if the plot is original, if it's not well written it isn't going to hold audiences.

Grimm has the potential of being the fantasy show that sticks. Lets hope that the friday night slot of dead does not do its worst.

Quote fo the Day

“Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?”
“What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together.
“There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,” I said. “Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking.”
She sniffed. “This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It’s okay to like both.”
“Blasphemy and lies,” I said.


-Ghost Story, Jim Butcher


Just finished Ghost Story, review to come shortly.

Book Review: Changes by Jim Butcher

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT?

Sir you are just lucky that I didn't read this book when it first came out, and instead know that the sequel exists. That was unkind.

Dear Mr. Jim Butcher

Do you know what I did yesterday? I read Fan Fiction. Something I swore to myself I would never do again. I promised myself that I was better than that, that I was going to walk away from that stuff once and for all. I was not going to write it, I was not going to read it. I was going to read only real books and write original stories.

Get On With It!

And do you know why I stooped to that level yesterday? Because you have started taunting me with this idea of Murphy and Dresden together. At first it was fine. I mean I didn't even notice that you were working it in there for a while. Granted reading the books out of order might have added to the problem, but that's beyond the point. The point is that I finally got around to picking up "Side Jobs" and read "Love Hurts."

That was a low move. I did not appreciate seeing potential and then you dragging it from me. This is why I read romance novels, so I don't get cranky when my fantasy novels take their time getting around to the mushy stuff. But currently I am in the middle of a kick were I pretty much have read nothing but Dresden files,   Mercy Thompson series and Kate Daniels series. You are now the only one of the three holding out on me.

In the immortal words of my grandfather: "Why you make me wait?"

I will keep reading fan fiction if it takes too long and I really really don't want to do that.. (Also I blame you for opening the can of worms that is the Harry and Thomas gay couple. Because let me tell you there is some weird stuff out there with that. Fan girls don't need any help, they would have done that on their own anyway but you made it worse.)

Book Review: Living Nightmare By Shannon K Butcher

I picked this book up from the Borders closing, and I really don't know what to say. A year ago I picked up the first book in the series and was not impressed. I remember being annoyed with the story after three chapters and pretty much giving up. I decided to give the series a second chance.

The reason being that this author is the wife of Jim Butcher who writes the Dresden Files, which my boyfriend and I are currently trying to work our way through. I thought that having a fantasy mystery writer has a husband might in the long run make Shannon a more interesting writer.

Not so sure if that happened. I can't really tell you what happened in this book. I was literally confused the entire time. I mean I have the general premise of the series, a bunch of immortal warriors fighting some kind of lizard dogs. But this story there are talking lizard people that look like people. Not sure on how that one came about. There are a bunch of warriors that just are sorta there and never explained. There are two girls that never age, and also all of a sudden all the warriors are sterile. I can feel my eyes crossing....

My brain is collapsing in on itself.

I don't know. This was an author choice to not spend a certain amount of time back tracking to talk about what had already happened. Sometime I like it when authors do that, until I read something out of order.

Shrug.

I am going to go put my self into an ice cream coma now and watch Glee.

More Reasons Why Graphic Novels Need to be on E-Readers

The Dresden Files Graphic Novels:http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/comics

The Outlander Series in graphic novel: http://www.amazon.com/Exile-Outlander-Graphic-Novel/dp/0345505387

James Paterson has a bunch as well.

Book Review: Ill Wind by Rachel Caine

This is the first book in the Weather Warden series, which I have known about for a while and have just now gotten around to reading. Mostly I was out of things to read and saw that Jim Butcher, the author of the dresden files, had endorsed the book. I will say that there are some big similarities in plot, in that the main character never really gets to sleep and they always wear something I don't think would look good on anyone.

Meet Joanne Baldwin who is a weather warden for the Florida area, until her boss who is beyond evil passes a demon on to her. But in doing so killed himself. Now the entire organization of weather wardens are looking for Jo, and she is looking for her old friend Lewis who might be able to help. The entire book takes place from Jo's car and at rest stops along the way. She literally drives most of the way around the country in this book. Which as having spent a good deal of time on road trips across country its not very fun.

All past story information is given in the form of flash backs as Jo thinks about things, which is not always my preferred method of story telling but works out just fine here. The book was very fast paced, in fact it appears the entire series is because I just finished book three and the characters finally got naps. The first three books literally did not have a decent stopping point from which to leave. This one ended with what seems like a slow down point and then I picked up book two and realized I was wrong.

I really enjoyed this book, still think the author needs to look up some fashion sense. She talks great brands and shoes but some times the color combination is a little much. I would like to be the first to tell anyone over the age of forty that you do not need your top to match your pants, shoes, and accessories. I know its hard. I spent years trying to break my mom of the habit. I have no idea why you think wearing all one color is a good idea, because its not. But I really don't think that the main character needs to be wearing all purple or all denim, or all black. Also I checked the publishing dates and they are in the early 20K, which means there is no reason what so ever for there to be a lime green mid-drift top in this book. No reason.

The series is sorta like a negative of the Dresden files, there all the women are sexy and into Harry, here all the men are pretty and have a thing for Jo. Its days like this that I worry about how awkward high school was for these authors.

Go read it. Do it. Its not a romance but there are lots of moments to get the blood flowing so fans of romance wont be completely disappointed.