Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris

May 26, 2009 · Posted in Book Reviews · Comment 

Dead and Gone I have now caught up with the author, meaning there are no more Sookie books for me to read until Harris cranks out another one. At least the next season of True Blood will be starting soon and I can get my vampire fix that way. The books are definitely fun. The best way I can describe them is that they are like pieces of candy. They are sweet little books with fun characters and a nutty story line. I’m not sure what else Harris can come up with. We have vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, witches, fairies, and demons. I suppose there’s always some hobbits and trolls.
Whatever she comes up with, I hope Harris doesn’t take too long to bring us the next installment of the Southern Vampires

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New Moon ~ Stephenie Meyer

May 16, 2009 · Posted in Book Reviews · Comment 

New Moon OK, at what point did anybody else start getting irritated with the main character, Bella? Plus the whole love triangle thing between human, vampire and werewolf just really isn’t working for me. Having said all that, I will finish up the series. It looks like there is only one book to go. Apparently, the author had written a draft for another novel. This somehow got leaked and ended up all over the Internets. There is a little sample of the draft available and it looks as if she is going to pull herself up by her boots straps and actually finish the dang thing. Oh, goody.

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Spanish Grand Prix – 2009

May 14, 2009 · Posted in Formula 1 · Comment 

Jensen Button There were no major issues going into the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. It looked like we were in for a lean racing weekend. Qualifying had me jumping for joy as I watched Vettel cross the line to take pole position. My celebrating was extremely short lived once I realized that Button had made it across the line to run his final lap with just a second to spare. Sure enough, he managed to take away the pole from Sebastian of Red Bull.

Once again, the Brawn cars finished up with a nice one – two. I have a feeling that Rubens may be getting tired of his teammate. Unfortunately, I just don’t think he can keep the pace as Jensen has been doing so well. Mark Webber managed to get on the podium with a third place win. And Massa had more trouble with his Ferrari. Running low on fuel he had to let Vettel and Alonso by, dropping him back to sixth.

Race Results:

Pos. Driver Team Grid Points
1 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1 10
2 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 3 8
3 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 5 6
4 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 2 5
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 8 4
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 4 3
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 13 2
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 9 1
9 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 14
10 Timo Glock Toyota 6
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 10
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 12
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 11
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 20
Ret Kimi Räikkönen Ferarri 16
Ret Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 18
Ret Jarno Trulli Toyota 7
Ret Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferarri 15
Ret Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferarri 17
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 19

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Twilight ~ Stephenie Meyer

May 2, 2009 · Posted in Book Reviews · Comment 

TwilightWell, I sped through the Sookie Stackhouse books and am now caught up with the entire vampire series by Charlaine Harris. So, in order to keep going on the whole vampire kick that I am apparently on, I decided to embark on the Twilight series. Talk about a quick read. I got through the first book in two days; nowhere near as racy as Harris’ vampires, but then the intended audience is much younger also. There are some similarities between the two writers as far as story line goes and Meyer is definitely not going to win any awards for her writing skills, but the story was fun, the characters likeable, a bit predictable. Book two is waiting for me at the library. It will be interesting to find out what happens with Bella and her obsession with Edward.

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