I am done watching Season 1 of True Blood and I must say, I am hooked! It was raunchy but very, very interesting and appealing to a wide range of audience. If you haven’t watched it yet and you will watch it, I must warn you that some of the sex scenes, especially those involving Jason Stackhouse could make you cringe. DO NOT watch this series with someone you are not comfortable talking about intimate things with. True Blood is very graphic. Sex and violence are predominant. Do not expect another Twilight here. The two are very different. While Twilight appeals mainly to the tweens, True Blood is definitely not for them! I watched it alone, early morning when everyone’s asleep.
I can’t wait to watch Season 2! Local cable providers don’t have it so I have to wait for the DVD to come out. For the time being, I will have to be content with this True Blood Season 2 teaser…
Can’t wait! I hope Season 2 won’t disappoint. I love how the characters are shaping. I love the entrance of Maryann in the latter part of the season. Her character is very intriguing. And Stephen Moyer a.k.a Bill Compton is swoon-worthy! I realized that in the scene where Sookie Stackhouse thought he’s gone with the fire and while she’s walking at the graveyard, a hand grabbed her ankle. It was Bill and they had sex right there with Bill all dirty and naked! Swoon!
I love, love, love True Blood!
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I am giving True Blood Season 1 , despite the fact that you can’t watch this series with just about anybody. As I’ve said, there are scenes that will make you cringe especially when you are with someone you are not comfortable talking about intimate things with, much more watching it. This series is clearly not for the fainthearted. And believe me, if you have the DVD version, you’ll end up in a marathon viewing. You’ll get hooked in no time at all!
Finally! I will get to read this novel. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I have been intrigued by this book even before I read about the movie adaptation. I read book reviews regularly. Although I’ve only seen/heard about this book almost a year ago, it was already in existence since 2004 when it was first published.
It is a family drama. And to those who know me, I am a sucker for this type of books. I will tell you more about this after I finish reading it. I read a caution: the book is a bit disturbing. But I think I’ve read more disturbing books than this one.
I’ve added the following to my Books to Read pile:
Willow by Julia Hoban
Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy – one sensitive, soulful boy – discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the ‘safe’ world Willow has created for herself upside down.
Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl’s struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy’s refusal to give up on her.
Evermore by Alyson Noël
Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s thoughts, and know a person’s life story by touch. Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school – but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.
Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition. He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking – and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. She doesn’t know who he really is – or what he is. Damen equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeenyear- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she fi nds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck…
A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make – and the ultimate choice Mia commands.
OMG! I was crying and laughing while I was watching this amazing video! It is the wedding entrance of Minnesota couple Jill Peterson and Kevin Hines when they tied the knot at a Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. You have to see it for yourself to know what I am talking about…
This should be the way a wedding is celebrated. Fun! And truly happy! Wacky, even! I love, love, love this wedding entrance! To think that my friend and I are always talking about her wedding entrance to be upbeat. There could never be anything more upbeat than this one!
I am in limbo right now. I don’t know which books from my pile I will read next. I don’t want to read the next book in The Southern Vampire Mysteries yet. I am watching Season 1 of True Blood and it is largely based on Dead Until Dark, the first book. I am thinking of starting Intensity by Dean Koontz. Haven’t started it, though.
Oh well, I will surely find myself reaching for the next book to read sooner or later.
