Musings of A Bookworm and Movie Lover

Top 10 Heroines-I had to list mine as an exercise on one of my groups and I had to post them here. It was very hard to narrow down my favorites to the ten on this list. Here these amazing heroines are... 1. Jessica Trent-Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 2. Bailee McKoy-The Texan’s Wager by Jodi Thomas 3. Cristabel Gaines-Lawless by Diana Palmer 4. Guinevere Mary Fairchild-A Well-Pleasured Lady by Christina Dodd 5. Lady Caroline-My Darling Caroline by Adele Ashworth 6. Anne Wilder-All Through The Night by Connie Brockway 7. Lady Lily-Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas 8. Hester-Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 9. Nora-Lady Gallant by Suzanne Robinson 10.Mary Potter-Mackenzie’s Mountain

I was thinking about those heroines who definitely go against the sweet, innocent type and absolutely captivate the reader. They might be very sexually experienced, just plain wild, or perhaps even have a violent or tortured past that has made them lose their emotional innocence. Perhaps they are pure in body but have impure motives. Or they are neither pure nor have pure motives. They are the women that could possibly be a villain in another book or have enough anti-hero in them to make them interesting. Which ones stand out in your mind? These are the ones that I like. Feel free to elaborate on why you added them to the list. 1.Madeleine Dumais-Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth 2.Ghislaine de Lorny-A Rose At Midnight by Anne Stuart 3.Lady Alyx-The Rake by Mary Jo Putney 4.Serena Riverton-Forbidden by Jo Beverley 5.Lily Lawson-Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas 6.Sophia Sydney-Lady Sophia's Lover 7.Anne Wilder-All Through The Night by Connie Brockway 8.Tippy-Lawless by...

I finally watched Kill Bill. I was great! Let me tell you, I am not a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino. But he made one heck of a movie. It was amazing. Uma Thurman did a great job. I can totally see why she got an Oscar nomination. You can see that QT is definitely a lover of movies. If there was a genre that he enjoys, he put in the movie, but it made a lovely collage that was definitely stronger for the sum of its parts. The blood was a bit over the top, and that was one of the reasons I hesitated watching it, but it could have been worse. The scene that would have been really bad was in black and white so that it wasn't too excessive. I loved the swordplay, because that's my thing. Put a samurai sword and a good swordsman/woman in a movie and I'm there. Uma was a natural with the action and swordplay. And my girl Lucy was splendid as always. There were some great characters in the movie. Some were almost over the top and some played to excellent precision l...

I watched Spiderman-2 yesterday and I was totally feeling Peter Parker. He is in a terrible place in this movie. He is feeling overwhelmed on all sides. He is feeling like the world is falling apart. He keeps getting fired from jobs because he's chronically late, he is not doing well in school because of missing class and not having time for homework. He can barely pay his rent, and his friends are angry at him. Mary Jane doesn't understand why he can't be there for her. Aunt May feels disconnected from him as well. The problem is that his mission has overtaken his life. I feel that because that's where I am. My life is overwhelmed by obligations. Demands of people at work and at home. But he can't tell them why he seems like an unreliable person. He's too busy out there fighting evil. Isn't that more important? Not to the people who think you let them down personally. Poor Peter. He had a great journey to undertake. One of self-discovery. I...

I have always liked to read older books, because of my love of history and days long past. I read Louisa May Alcott's books, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, Jack London's White Fang and Call of the Wild, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and others, including those I read in class and enjoyed. However, I am endeavoring to read more classics. Part of the reason is because I want my period stories to be authentic in writing style. Also I think there are a lot of great classic stories out there that I haven't read. I am particularly interested in classic horror and adventure stories. Here is my list, not in alphabetical order: 1.Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 2.Dracula by Bram Stoker 3.The Last of The Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 4.The Invisible Man/The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 5.Selected Stories of O Henry 6.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 7.Kidnapped by Robert Louis...

My June Reads Great reading month although I hit a slump near the middle to end of the month. My highlight reads are starred. 1. Lady Defiant-Suzanne Robinson. (Historical Romance-Elizabethan) A+. Lovely story and characters who win your heart. (Roguish hero) 2. The Kissing Gate-Fiona Carr. (Historical Romance-Regency) A+. I really liked the writer’s style and it was enjoyably sensual. (Plump heroine) 3. The Perfect Wife-Jane Goodger (Historical Romance-Edwardian) A. Good book but I found some of the interactions between h/h annoying. (Ex-plump heroine) 4. Rightfully His-Tracy Grant (Historical Romance-Regency). A. Good read but a little slow at times. (Friends to lovers) 5. *Almost Like Being In Love-Christina Dodd (Contemporary Romance). A+. Another winner by a favorite author of mine-passionate, deep, compelling. Two characters that you want to end up together. (Tortured heroine) 6. *Lawless-Diana Palmer (Contemporary Romance). A++. Wonderful, excellent, en...