In the Spirit - Twilight

I decided to go with an obvious blood theme for this scribble’s nibble. Soups are one of my favorite meals to cook.  I chose to make the Bucket of Blood soup by Canned Food Fan on Cooks.com. It is a tomato-based vegetarian soup with pasta body parts. Very easy to make. Although I didn’t notice it in the Twilight book, Bella appears to be a vegetarian in the movie. Sounds like the choice was a good call.
Did you try the recipe? What did you think?

Sad. Sad. Sad. My “Twilight” confession.

To know me is to know that I don’t do vampires. Movies, books, nada. Outside of the movie Interview with the Vampire and the television series Angel, you can pretty much bet that I haven’t seen or read it if it involves vamps.  So of course, I had no interest in the Twilight Saga franchise. On a vampire interest scale between Twihard and Miley Cyrus/Vampires Suck (the movie), I was closer to the latter. I am not a massinhater. Teenage vampire love just didn’t sound appealing.

Fast forward a couple of years and two more Twilight Saga books/movies releases later … I was still not interested. Ha! But then this summer, Burger King launched a big promotional push for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The push included an in-restaurant game, online extensions, exclusive merchandise, and  national TV advertisements – yada, yada, yada. What finally sucked me in (no pun intended)? The TV commercials!! It seemed like they were on constantly. Unfortunately for Burger King, they didn’t make me want to participate in their promotion. However, they did make me want to try the books out.  It’s sad … I know.

When I told some of my friends that I was going to read the books, they all laughed and said “yeah right.” I am reading Twilight right now AND I got a Twilight t-shirt (75% off at Barnes and Noble – sweet!) to get into the spirit. Who am I down with  … Team Edward, Team Jacob or Team Bella? I’ll let you know when I finish Eclipse.

Related Articles

• Miley Cyrus “I Hate Vampires” (omgmusic.com)
• Bloodsucker Movie Mockeries – ‘Vampires Suck’ is a ‘Twilight’ Mockery with Supernatural Creatures (VIDEO) (trendhunter.com)

USA Today’s Top 10 Books of the Decade

USA Today created its list of the top ten best-selling books of the decade (2000s). These best-selling scribbles (books) were made into flicks (movies). How cool! I was shocked to see that the Twilight Saga and the Harry Potter series dominated the list.  The literary decade was marked by two youth market books that crossed over into the adult market. What must the aliens think? The Da Vinci Code is the only “grown up” book on the list. It is the only book on the list that I have actually read. BTW - I do read youth books – just haven’t read these. Clearly, I am behind the times and need to get with it. Massinhater, I am not. On to Twilight.

What do you think of the list?

Check out related pages:

• “Decade in books: Writers work magic, delivery has transformed” by Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY
• Amazon’s J. K. Rowling Page
• Amazon’s Stephenie Meyer Page

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Get reviews and shop for the books below on Amazon.com:

USA TODAY’S TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE DECADE

1. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer

2. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

4. New Moon (The Twilight Saga), Stephenie Meyer

5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

9. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga), Stephenie Meyer

10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2), J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

Jane Austen Is My Homegirl Reading Challenge

Jane Austen is not my homegirl, but perhaps she should be.
 
After reading The Jane Austen Book Club, I thought that it would be good to read the actual Austen books too. I read some of them so long ago that it shouldn’t even count. I have decided to join the “Jane Austen Is My Homegirl Reading Challenge” issued by The Book Buff.

You can find all the details including a suggested reading list on the site. There is a truckload of books.  The challenge is going on for one year (1 Aug 2010 – 31 July 2011).  By the end, you’ll have gotten your Austen fix or developed a new addiction (ha!). The Book Buff is giving participants who enter a chance to win books. Reads like win-win to me!

Follow my progress on Una's Reading Challenges page.

Who would you have cast as Stephanie Plum?

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum is coming the big screen. Much to my chagrin, she is coming in the form of Katherine Heigl. Don’t get me wrong. I like Heigl. I think that she will probably do well in the part. It’s just that … like many readers, I have a vision of Stephanie in my head and Katherine ain’t it (even with brown hair and all Jersey’ed up). Who would you have cast?

Check out, “Katherine Heigl to play Stephanie Plum in ‘One for the Money,’ Janet Evanovich best-seller” by Issie Lapowsky from on NYDailyNews.com.

September 2010

SO many books. SO little time.

• I am officially kicking off this blog.
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