Musings of A Bookworm and Movie Lover

Why I like virgin characters in my romances I know that some readers are weary and disgusted with the innocent virgin heroine. I don't feel that way. In fact, I prefer virgin heroines, and even virgin heroes. I even seek them out. I think that a virgin character can serve as a blank canvas, if you will, for the romantic feelings of love that we read romances for. It's all new and fresh, and we get to walk on the journey along with them. Isn't that the true fantasy of romance? You meet the person you are supposed to spend your life with and fall in love, in bed and in bliss and live happily ever after? Well that's my vision of romantic love. Don't get my wrong, I have read lots of books with non-virginal characters that I liked. But if that character is a virgin, it's all the more special to me. Let's discuss some arguments again virginal characters: 1)Nobody is a virgin anymore, so it's not realistic: This is blatantly false. I know quit...

My Favorite Authors I love to read, obviously. There are some writers that I flock to as often as possible because they particularly do a good job at making reading a pleasure. This authors are master artists at the written word, in my opinion. They create characters that are enduring and endearing at the same time. These characters may be and often are deeply flawed but more lovable for their character failings. But the writer uses them skillfully to tell a story and to entertain the reader. Most of these authors write in the romance genre. And the remainders are likely to be found in the horror or science fiction genre. A couple write thrillers or action adventures. But the thing they have in common most of all is that they have earned my respect and admiration as writers and the dubious honor to make it on my list of favorite authors. 1.Anne Stuart--the best of all time!!! 2.Christina Dodd 3.Diana Palmer 4.Lisa Kleypas 5.Laura Kinsale 6.Connie Brockway 7.Catherine Anderson...

I wanted to veer off subject and discuss my addiction...Books. My room is overflowing with them. I have probably several hundreds in that entity that us bookworms know as a To Be Read Pile or TBR pile for short. A thousand I have read but I cannot bear to be parted with. I have no room to buy new ones, but I will. Why can't I stop? This is a double-edged sword. Because I am glad that there are always new stories to be told, but at the same time if I didn't get the urge to read more books because I like the story or plot, then I would have a lot more money and room. I suppose there are worse addictions, but I feel guilty when I take a pile of books to the counter at the bookstore. Even at the ubs where the owner own's 4000 of her own, I still feel like a person who lacks self-control, a spendthrift, a frivolous person. I pray about it, and I ask God to forgive my materialism, this terrible urge to buy and collect books, but I cannot help it. If I have a bad day at...

I was at one of my favorite places, Barnes and Noble and I saw this book that was called 1000 Movies You Should See Before You Die and it inspired this blog. It will probably take some time, but I want to list my 1000 (or close to that) that I recommend seeing before you die. Here goes nothing... 1.Armageddon 2.Mulan 3.Van Helsing 4.Bram Stoker's Dracula 5.The Mummy 6.The Mummy Returns 7.Room With A View 8.Lady Jane 9.Kiss The Girls 10.Deep Blue Sea 11.Rebecca 12.Topper Returns 13.Arsenic and Old Lace 14.The Long Hot Summer 15.Cat on A Hot Tin Roof 16.The Time Machine (both versions) 17.The Shadow 18.Mystery Men 19.Better Off Dead 20.Shag 21.The Rundown 22.My Chauffeur 23.Valley Girl 24.Sixteen Candles 25.The Breakfast Club 26.Original Sin 27.The 13th Warrior 28.Sleepy Hollow 29.The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte De Loups) 30.Peace Hotel 31.The Killer 32.Face/Off 33.Hardboiled 34.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 35.So Close 36.The Transporter ...

I saw Van Helsing on Sunday, May 9 and I loved it. It was a totally engrossing visual feast. I thought the acting was great, the story, and the special effects. It all combined to make great movie entertainment. I definitely want to see more of these movies. I would also like if they had some books based on the Van Helsing character. I think that Stephen Sommers never lost that magic that us movie buffs develop as a child and often lose along the way. I think movies that are dramas or character studies are great. But movies like Indiana Jones, The Mummy, and Van Helsing are also important. I went to Barnes and Noble and bought Bram Stoker's Dracula to read. I had started it years ago but didn't finish it. But I definitely want to. I don't want to leave that universe behind. Well, anyway, on the radio they were saying the critics hated Van Helsing, and I can't fathom why. Oh well. To each their own. In my opinion, there wasn't a thing wrong. But I ca...