Musings of A Bookworm and Movie Lover

A Four Movie Weekend I guess all the stars were in alignment because I saw not one or two, but four movies this weekend. My movie going experience was initiated on Friday afternoon with The Brothers Grimm. I later saw The 40 Yr Old Virgin the same night. On Saturday I saw The Cave. And I completed the movie block with Sky High on Sunday afternoon. Thankfully, I enjoyed all four movies. See comments below: The Brothers Grimm Visionary, captivating, and somewhat creepy. It was a Terry Gilliam film, with the requisite strange humor, characters and imagery. It even had a Gilliam veteran in Jonathan Pryce. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger did a great job playing close, but not always harmonious siblings. Heath (Jake or Jacob) is a dreamer and a scholar of folktales. He has his head in the clouds and it drives his pragmatic brother Wil, short for Wilhelm (Matt Damon) crazy, although he utilizes his brother's knowledge of folktales to concoct hoaxes to squeeze money out of superstitious villa...

2005 Top Ten Romance Couples For one of my groups we had to list our top 10 couples from romances. I had to do some thinking because I've read so many romances with great couples in them. After a few days of pondering I decided that most of the couples were actually old favorites, none of which had been bumped off for newer couples. A super romance couple needs to have the following qualities: Mutual respect Everlasting, fathoms deep love and devotion An intense connection Fiery chemistry The ability to convince the reader that they will be together until the day they die 1.Wolf and Mary--Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard 2.Sebastian and Jessica--Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 3.Derek and Sara--Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas 4.Daniel and Elise--Iguana Bay by Theresa Weir 5.Carter and Bailee--The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas 6.Jack and Anne-All Through The Night by Connie Brockway 7.Julian and Grace--Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon 8.Mary and Sebastian--A Well-...

Rediscovering Johanna Lindsey Well things have been crazy this summer, thus I am very behind on my blog entries. After discovering the wonderful local library, I was happy to find that they had a copy of the newest JL book, Marriage Most Scandalous. As of late I have not been reading this author as much because I was a little underwhelmed with the last books I read by her: The Present, Joining, Say You Love Me. I have still been collecting her books except for the last two but they have been very far at the bottom of my tbr pile. This definitely saddens me as she was my favorite author for many years. I would use my meager funds to buy her paperbacks right when they came out. And I would read them over and over again. But when I heard about Marriage Most Scandalous I was intrigued. The hero was described as a mercenary which made my ears perk up. I love dangerous romance heroes. What can I say? I was tempted, despite my limited financial funds to buy the book when it came out (from Wal...