Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Whole Lotta Nut'n Go'n On

So, let's see............................



We watched "We Own the Night" which has a great cast, wasn't a bad flick. But had its slow moments and a few things that made the NY cops seem more like keystone cops. As in - they had the place surrounded but apparently not so much so that the bad guys couldn't jump out 3 different windows/doors and get away. HELLO! Not even Reno 911 cops are THAT stupid.



I have been on a reading craze. I finished The Nature of Monsters. And while not a bad book I wouldn't tell anyone to run out and get it. I also read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. And WOW!!! This is the authors first book. It's going to be a series. And I am very glad for all of it. I actually picked this book up on impulse when I ordered a few other books at Amazon. This was a recommendation that popped up as I was ordering. It sounded good so I thought I'd give it a try. And I am very thankful I did. If you like George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, or any of those HUGE epic fantasy stories you will certainly love this one. Talk about a book you fall into. This author really does deserve some kudos. A co-worker read it after I was finished and we both agreed that this series is going to be a more mature Harry Potter. It's not a copy, please don't get me wrong. It just has the same feel as Harry but written at the adult level.

In addition to those I have started The Age Of Unreason series by Gregory Keyes. I am currently on Book 3 of 4. And I LOVE this series as well. I was going to only read book one and then move on to something else and then eventually read 2, 3, 4. But this has been such a fun read that I am going to run through the series without stopping. Something I almost never ever do.



Aside from reading a ridiculous amount we have been planting stuff in the yard. Putting out our yard furniture and in general enjoying whatever spring we get. The weather hasn't been too terrible but it hasn't been too great either. Thankfully we were far far away from the tornado's that hit over the holiday weekend.



I will leave you with a few shots:



Socs, Sophie, and Lily enjoying a cuddle

A visitor to the neighborhood
Visitor takes flight
To try and join his friends -

but he sort of landed on the wrong side of the fence

Good thing our neighbors dog wasn't out in her yard

6 comments:

Betty said...

I watched "We Own The Night" this afternoon. I liked it, once I got past the first scene, wondering if it was a porn flick that got put in the wrong envelope. lol

Dianne said...

love the cuddle photo

Jay said...

"We Own the Night" was pretty good. A couple of times I found myself checking email cause things were kind of slow, but for the most part it was good.

Reb said...

I'm going to have to check out some new books! I really enjoy fantasy, so The Name Of The Wind, sounds like it is right up my alley.

gary rith said...

Oh! the doggies and kitty!

Abbee Normalle said...

so, any chance i could borrow your copy of "the name of the wind?" i just finished "the golden compass" and "outlander" if you are willing to trade.