Monday Musings: May 3, 2010

I made it through the weekend alive...barely.

Having a house full of ten and eleven year old girls is exhausting...and loud. Thank goodness the rain held out until very early Sunday morning so the girls could play outside Saturday evening. They played soccer and we did a hayride through the woods (minus the hay) and my oldest boy and some friends had a blast scaring the girls along the ride by jumping out from behind and under trees (all in good fun). We also had a little bonfire (first of the season). It was fun. I think my Fairy Berry thoroughly enjoyed her birthday party. She received alot of Twilight/New Moon (we also watched the movies) gifts and I got her the first two books of the Vampire Diaries series (along with clothes, games, and art stuff). She was happy (but now wants all the books in the series).

This week is my oldest's senior prom and of course Mother's Day and hubby's birthday (on Mother's Day). To avoid crowds I think we're going out to dinner during the week then on Sunday we'll just get pizza or something low maintenance so no one has to cook.

This week at Fang-tastic Books we have Maree Anderson , Lisabet Sarai, and Vicki Lewis Thompson, plus I'll be announcing the winners for a lot of open contests this week and I'll be adding to the book pile for the .

I am adding a new feature to my column in Night Owl Reviews Magazine called SQAI- Super Quick Author Interviews. I'll be asking authors quick answer questions like "Please sum up your book in two sentences or less" and "describe your heroine in three words".

If any authors would like to take part in an SQAI please email me and I'll send you a list of questions: eroticroxanne @ yahoo. com

Readers, do you have any ideas for quick interview questions you would like to see authors answer? If so please post them in the comments or email them my way.

I am creating a list that authors will be able to choose from. I hope to get quite a few ,that way authors will have some fun choices for the SQAI's.

Well, that's all for now. Let's hope this is a great week.

Twilight the Movie was Great

Twilight rocked. It didn't really live up to the hype (what could?) but it was a fabulous movie (and I wasn't the oldest person in the theater, woo hoo).

I can see why the teenagers are so drawn to it. Who doesn't love a sappy love story more than teenage girls, add the bad boy, forbidden love angle and they are done for. So are most older women who still crave that rush of excitement and the need for just a bite of that forbidden fruit. That's why the retelling of Romeo and Juliet and the countless romance novels based on the bad boy do so well.

You take it to a whole new level when the dangerous bad boy is a vampire.

I've read several scathing reviews by bitchy people. I think when something becomes so popular others just want to shred it out of spite. One reviewer from The Flint Journal is a self proclaimed literary snob and she wasn't thrilled with the book and thought the movie was only slightly better.

For one, these are Young Adult books, written for teens and tweens and I'm sure no one expects them to be literary masterpieces. Not every book should be a deep, thoughtful literary work of art. Books are another form of entertainment and the finest form of escapism available. So literary snobs can go stick their noses back inside those big, boring stuffy books of literary genius while the rest of are entertained.

I look forward to reading the series now. I'm adding it to my Christmas list and my Amazon wish list.

Anyway back to the movie - Possible Spoilers Ahead!

I love that the special effects were minimal, there was no cheese factor. It was a well made vampire movie without all the hissing and cheesy crap you normally find in the movies. And Edward, sexy as hell. A little awkward and possibly weird but still sexy as hell. I like Bella, poor klutzy Bella. I like it when the outcast girl gets the hot guy.

What I really love is Meyer's new twist on why vampires avoid the sun. Ah what shimmering beauty they are to behold. I really like new twists. I wonder where that goes in the books...anyway. I also love that in future works there will be werewolves. My husband wondered how I came to that conclusion...hello...Native Americans, descended from wolves, hate the vampires...1+1+1=Werewolves.

This movie will be added to my DVD collection and all the books will end up in my personal library. They are going to be classic vampire works if for nothing else than the outstanding popularity of them.

The movie theaters around the country were sold out days in advance for this movie. I hadn't even heard of Harry Potter doing that. I wonder if the movie broke any records for sales yet. I wouldn't be surprised.

Tickets for Twilight Already Sold Out

On my way home last night I heard on the radio that the local movie theaters were already selling out of tickets for Twilight. Not just for opening night either but for the whole weekend.

I came home and told my husband because we were planning to go see it this weekend. He went up to the theater and they were sold out but... he still came home with tickets. My Hero!

So how'd he get tickets? I don't know know. Something about talking to the manager, he did come home with his direct phone number. Hmmm.... Did I mention my husband is Italian? Sometimes I worry about that.

Anyway, I have tickets to see Twilight on Saturday. I've been hearing about this movie for months. I have to see it.

I have to admit I haven't read the books yet. It's on my vampire to-do list. They sound intriguing.

Maybe I'll get the books for Christmas.

The movie may make me want the books before Christmas.

I am not a teenager and my teenager doesn't read much so I was out of the loop on the Twilight saga until I started hearing the buzz about the movie. I've been catching up on all my vampire reading from adult authors like LKH, Kim Harrison, Kresley Cole, Kathryn Smith, Lynda Hilburn, and Colleen Gleason.

Since the Twilight series is YA Stephanie Meyer's books weren't mentioned on the romance book sites I frequent, at least not until now. Now she's everywhere, the next JK Rowling is what people are saying.