Tonight's Revenge and a shameless request for book recs.

Tonight's Revenge was interesting...more so than last week's. It is definitely building and Em-Amanda is beginning to lose control over the proceedings, as is Victoria Grayson. Other players have entered the game, including the Talented Mr. Tyler, as Nolan has so adeptly titled him, and the SWF (Single White Female psycho case) Carrie. The road to Revenge is a rocky one indeed.

( spoilers )

* I need a brainless romance...that hits my kinks. Been eyeing Harlequin's on Kindle.
These aren't my mother's Harlequin's or Grandmother's. When did Harlequin's get so risque? Not that I mind or anything, just wondering. Any recommendations would be helpful. (I like tough women and sardonic sensitive guys - examples: Aeryn Sun/John Crichton, Doctor Who/River Song, Buffy/Spike, Olivia/Peter, Cordelia/Xander, Lilah/Wesely, Angel/Darla, Caroline/Tyler, Kalinda/Carey, Diane/Gary Cole, Damon/Rosemarie. Women like Sookie, Bella, Elena and guys like Stefan, Bill, Edward turn me off.) Kinks? Smart woman, smart guy - competitors. I adore banter. Recs? Highly appreciated.

Any good books? Any page-turners? Like The Hunger Games? Something not too taxing on the brain? I'm going to try The Marriage Plot, but I have my doubts. And I'm tired of horror and violence - I think George RR Martin's Feast of Crows is doing me in. That book is incredibly grim. And oddly? I'm not enjoying being in Jamie's head that much this round. Too whiny. Him and Cersei. Ugh. My favorites are Asha, Sansa (yes, I'm surprised too), Arianne (the Princess of Dorne), and Ayra. Sam's is just painfully depressing. Brienne's ditto. Don't get me wrong - Martin writes beautifully and very well, he has a mastery of the language (you'd hope he would considering he's only been writing for 40 years, possibly more). And he is a good story teller. Has amazing characters. And his world is so real, it sticks between your teeth or to your teeth like gum. But.

Here's the thing about writing?
( subjective taste in the written tale.. )

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans on my flist. Odd holiday. Turkey wasn't at the meal. And well, things didn't quite turn out as planned. But the holiday is more about the idea...than what happened.
And in some respects it goes back further than the Pilgrims...it's the last big harvest before the long winter, where light slowly recedes, and in some places doesn't peek out again until Spring.

I'm staying home this year. Slept in. Watching the ad-a-plooza otherwise known as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (And the musical performances are truly bad this year - I cringed during Spiderman: Turn on the Night. Not a show you'd see for the musical performances. The best, was oddly, Daniel Radcliff in How to Succeed in Business - that guy has a massive career ahead of him. He's incredibly talented - which may explain in part why the Harry Potter movies worked so well. Casting is 90% of it, after all.) Been half-watching, most of the time - I've been Kindle book shopping on Amazon...found several cheap and brainless books. The only one I'll tell you about
is "The Night Circus" - about two competing magicians in a dangerous contest at the traveling and mystical Night Circus. The write-up makes me think of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked this Way Comes married to Harry Potter and the Hunger Games. I'm intrigued. Also playing with Daughter of Smoke and Bone - but it may be too young for me. Too star-crossed.

Thanksgiving Dinner is going to be:

1.)Cornish Game Hen - takes about an hour and 30 minutes to cook. (Confession? I'm ambivalent regarding Turkey. It doesn't taste all that different than chicken. Also not a stuffing fan (possibly due to being celiac).) Will make it with an orange juice, butter and white wine basting sauce.

2. Wild Rice with dried cranberries

3. Green beans (I sometimes add almonds)

4. Gluten-free Pumpkin pie. (courtesy of Arrowhead Mills and a gluten free pre-made pie crust)

Have Crispin Hard Apple Cider to drink.

And in the DVD player? Harry Potter marathon.

For the books - a whole host of pulpy fluffy escapist romance novels that cost no more than 99 cents or in some cases no money at all on the Kindle. I love the Kindle - it is perfect for cheap, guilty pleasure reads. And I need a break from George RR Martin's incredibly grim Feast of Crows. I kid you not, when I say that the tv series is cheerier. Although to be honest Game and Storm were lighter than this book. I'm only half-way through...and I feel bludgoned by flashbacks of rapes, gruesome deaths, and hopelessness. If you are at all depressed or frustrated by life? Don't read Martin.

Oh this is a fun dance routin from New Orleans by Ordinary Guys dancing to I Need a Hero. They are all overweight. And in shorts. Every time I watch this parade I wonder if they've put up heat lamps around the performance area. I don't believe so. It's always cold...37 degrees. But hey at least sunny! And no rain or clouds! A lovely, if crisp day for a parade, with little wind.

This year I'm thankful for the following: 1)being alive. 2)healthy (no sprains or breaks), 3) a good job, 4) rent stablized flat. 5) nice church. 6) parents being okay
7) on good terms with everyone in my family, 8)my livejournal...which continues to be a place where I can write and communicate with people around the world. 9) various entertainment resources and a wide variety of books, tv shows, and movies. (I have Fringe, Harry Potter, and Veronica Mars DVDs to watch. Hee.)

My life is pretty good for the most part. It helps to be reminded of that.

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Hee, I went on Kindle buying spree that alerted the Fraud Protection Squad on my credit card account. There was about ten book buys from .99 cents to $2.99. Good to know they are paying attention. They called me. From Malaysia. My credit card's customer service is in Malaysia, they thought it was Black Friday. I told them, you are obviously not in the US. No, they responded. India? No, the Phillipians, specifically Malaysia. Also, Kindle's are wonderful for cheap guilty pleasure reads. You know, books that you don't want anyone to see you reading and don't want to keep. Stuff like that.

Hmmm...having troubles paying attention to the Harry Potter flicks, my attention keeps wandering, and of course I had to cook during them.

Everything came out well. Now pleasantly stuffed. Even the pie, which I was most concerned about.