Is this a dream?

Seriously?

My two favorite team are going head to head in the SUPERBOWL?!?!  Somebody pinch me!  Who am I going to cheer for?  Will I be happy and sad with whoever wins?  Ohh my emotions are going to be so conflicting!  :(



















My palms are sweating just thinking about it!

Packers got Aaron Rodgers  and Steelers got Roethlisberger....I'd put a picture of him up but....he's ugly hahah!   :)

Hines Ward.  Now HE's a cutie!

B.J. Raji, who got his first touchdown yesterday!  It was great!

Troy Polamalu, one of the best players EVER.









And just for fun...ahahahha!

Oh the HAIR, the Hair!  *reaches out to pull it*


February 6th is the Superbowl.  I hope I don't have a heart attack watching the game.  :D

Nevermore

                          Nevermore by Kelly Creagh


 I wasn't going to touch this book.  I swear.  I really had no intentions of reading it.  But then I went to the library that they gave a makeover to and this book was just sitting there!  Along with a bunch of other books that I have been wanting to read, but not wanting to pay the stupid hardcover (GRRRR!!) price for.  So fine, I caved, I closed my eyes and checked it out along with three other young adult books.

The reason I have been avoiding this book is because I've been noticing a trend.  Young adult books of the paranormal genre seem to just piss me off.  The heroine is always a dolt, (this book is no exception) there is always a stupid love triangle, and of course, more than likely it's the start of a series.

 GAH!  Is there some unwritten rule now that books in the paranormal genre (this includes sci-fi and fantasy books as well) have to be series?  Can't anyone wrap up a story in one book anymore?  Robin Mckinley did it with Sunshine, as did Emily Gee with Thief With No Shadow, and William Goldman with the Princess Bride.  I can't think of anymore but there has to be!



*Some Spoilers Ahead*




Yesterday was a pretty boring day because the Packers didn't play until 7:30 so I had plenty of time to kill. I sat down and started reading this mountain of a book and immediately hated Isobel's voice.  Good god is she a whiney tart. "OMG I HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE SCUM OF THE EARTH OHHH NO"

Here is a direct quote:  "Ten pages? Ten pages.  That was epic.  That was like...the freaking Gettysburg Address."
 At this point I'm actually surprised that she knows what the Gettysburg Address actually is.

And Varen, he's well, he's different I guess.  Got that whole goth thing going on and the emo hair and wears lots of rings. blah blah blah.  I honestly don't understand his appeal.

As far as characters and their interactions with each other are concerned, I found them all incredibly frustrating.  Isobel lies for no apparent reason and only ends up making things worse.  I still really don't understand why she couldn't just tell her parents that she had to work on a school project.  What does she do instead? Sneaks out of the house.  IDIOT.   I don't understand why she couldn't tell her parents that she *gasp* broke up with her boyfriend.  So what if your dad likes him?  It's your life and you had damn good reasons for breaking up with him.  IDIOT.
The relationship between her and Varen makes no sense.  Varen hardly talks, and when he does it seems he doesn't really care that he is talking to Isobel, she just happens to be there.  I suppose I would have understood their romance more if they had become friends, but to me it seemed as though, when they talked they would only exchange a few sentences at a time and then they would leave.  Sure there was that incident at the ice cream shop, but they didn't talk much did they? no.
How the relationship jumps from hardly talking to being in love is beyond me.

Besides my frustrations with the characters, the overall idea of the book, with Edgar Allen Poe is really interesting.  I admit I have never read anything by Poe except for the Tell Tale Heart and maybe one other thing.  So I learned a lot about Poe through this book that I never knew before.

This fantasy realm that is created though is a little difficult to understand.  I was as confused as Isobel was, and she sure as hell wasn't getting any answers.  I wish we could have had more explanations as to what was going on, we get some, but not much.  And of course, this book ends on a cliff hanger. Lame.

So overall, hated the characters, the fantasy world could use some more explaining, the Poe concept/world was awesome and I loved all the little poems and tidbits about him, aaaaand cliffhanger ending.

I am hoping that in the second and third books the world gets some polishing and clarifying and Isobel gets some common sense.  I suppose overall I liked this book because I do plan on reading the second in the series, however, I am not counting down the days until it is released.

Graaawwwrrrrr!!!

It's been a good weekend!  Husband and I found a couch for the basement, my football teams won, movies were watched, and free books were read.  Myes myes, quite good indeed!

Let's start with Football!!
Packers played the Buffalo Bills and kicked major butt!!
Clay Matthews is my new hero.  Graaawwwrrrrr!!!!!

Pittsburgh played the Tennessee Titans.  
Run Ward RUNNNN!!!

and what tops off a great day of football?  Knowing that Farve and the Vikings are now 0-2 and the all "amazing" Farve threw three interceptions. BAHAHHA!!!  Sorry...I hold grudges.

I mean, take a look at this picture.  The ball doesn't even want to be thrown by him.  It's even got a distress call on it!

Oohh a little grainy. sorry about that....but you get the picture

Put the poor old man out of his misery and and do what his pant leg says and retire him already!

Moving on...Let's talk about the free book I read. It's called The Mating by Nicky Charles.  

From Goodreads:

Elise had no idea when she came home that day that she'd end up mated to a complete stranger. A new Alpha and the need for an alliance between packs have made her a pawn. 

EXCERPT: She lay beside him, staring blankly at the ceiling. The deed was done. They were mated. It didn't matter that she had no love for him nor he for her. Political alliances were more important than feelings, or so she had been told. That fact was cold comfort right now as her heart broke within her. 

                                                         A novel of romantic suspense. Adult content.

You can download this book and its sequel free on Smashwords.  So how was it?  It was pretty good for a free book.  But the heroine was dumb as a box of rocks.  I really wanted to stomp on her foot and then punch her in the stomach and maybe pull some of her hair out (you know, just to make sure she got the picture that she was an idiot.  I think hair pulling really helps).  Her stupidness aside and yeah, also her mate's stupidness aside, I enjoyed watching the two's relationship develop and them growing to trust each other and all that stuff.  However I can't say that this is really a novel of "suspense."  Romance yes, but the "bad guy" is practically thrown in your face.  It's so obvious who it is that's causing all the trouble which is why it's soooo annoying to read about Elises' slow mind plodding along, struggling to understand what is going on.  

That's all I got for now!

The one where I don't post for 2 days

Whoops!  I have an excuse!  Last post I talked about my book slump.  Well I think I solved it!  I went meandering around a book store (which was completely unnecessary because I have SO many books to read already. It's like looking in your fridge for something to eat after you've just gone shopping and not wanting to eat ANYTHING so you go out to eat. how lame)  and saw Crank by Ellen Hopkins.  I've seen these books around at the bookstore before but the weird size of the book kind of turned me off to them.  Stupid I know.  Recently I've been seeing a lot of posts about Ellen Hopkins books being on the ban list and also because September, 14th is the release of the final book in the Crank trilogy so I thought "eh why not."

Now, I haven't started reading it yet but I did take a look at the text inside.  I really hope that the format doesn't distract me enough to bother/discourage me from reading it.

My second excuse is that the Football season has officially started! YAY!!

I am a huge Steelers fan

But I think Troy's hair could be just a tad bit shorter  :D

However even though the Steelers are my team, the are not my "original"team.  I'm just having an affair with them but I think it will last.

The team that is deep in my heart is the Green Bay Packers.  But don't talk to me about Farve, I mostly just want to punch him in the face.