Friday, November 14, 2003

Break

Steven just dumped me. Six years next month and it's over. Just like that.

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The 6 Messiahs by Mark Frost

The Six Messiahs by Mark Frost: the sequel to Frost's adventurous The List of 7.

Ten years after the events of The List of 7 we find Arthur Conan Doyle a celebrated writer. He has been made famous by the creation of Sherlock Holmes, loosely modeled on Jack Sparks, his old friend who died pursuing his evil brother, Alexander.

Doyle is getting ready to embark to America for a book tour and taking his younger brother Innes with him to serve as his secretary. While on board their American-bound ship, Doyle becomes embroiled in a plot to steal a priceless religious book. This leads him to once again put his life on the line to help stop a terrible event from occurring.

The 6 Messiahs follows the same kind of formula as The List of 7, but I don't see that as necessarily a bad thing. I enjoyed it for the same reasons I enjoyed the other book - lots of adventure and wonderful characters. I found this one easier to get into and also thought that it resolved some of the abruptness of the ending of The List of 7.

If you're looking for rollicking good fun and an entertaining read, look no further.

(Finished on November 14, 2003 for Zuly’s Reading Room.)

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March Personality Traits

I saw this over at Melissa's and couldn't resist doing it. Basically, you take the traits associated with your birth month and cross out anything that doesn't apply. I've also added my coment about each trait in italics behind it. I'll put all the months in the extended entry so you can play along too.

March:
Attractive personality. (I hope so anyway.) Sexy. (I think this probably applies.) Affectionate. (Very much so.) Shy and reserved. (Sometimes, but not for the most part.) Secretive. (Probably not or otherwise I wouldn't have a blog.) Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. (Definitely me. I've been told I'm generous to a fault.) Loves peace and serenity. (Who doesn't?) Sensitive to others. (I think so, but this is something that I've been losing touch with lately. I need to be better about this.) Loves to serve others. (Not really.) Easily angered. (I've noticed this about myself lately. I used to be much slower to anger but a lot of stuff just sets me off now.) Trustworthy. (I think and hope so.) Appreciative and returns kindness. (Definitely.) Observant and assesses others. (I think so.) Revengeful. (This described me for a while after my break-up with my ex, but I don't think it does anymore.) Loves to dream and fantasize. (Very me. I especially love to fantasize about winning the lottery.) Loves traveling. (Yes, yes, yes! I beg Steven all the time to take me places.) Loves attention. (Guilty as charged.) Hasty decisions in choosing partners. (Definitely not me. I've only had two serious relationships and they've both lasted over five years. Keep in mind I'm only twenty-eight and didn't start dating until I was a junior in high school.) Loves home decors. (Ever since I started watching Trading Spaces, I've loved dreaming about having a house and fixing it up nice.) Musically talented. (Another big yes. I loved marching band in high school and we won state my senior year.) Loves special things. (Again, who doesn't?) Moody. (Guilty as charged again.)

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Thursday, November 13, 2003

Save Stevie and Angle

Stevie and Angel are two kittens that are suffering from severe birth defects. They are in need of eye reconstruction surgeries that will cost approximately $4,000.

If you'd like to help their owners out (btw, these kittens were taken in when they were found abandoned), you can make donations here. Poor little kitties!

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Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Revolutions Reviewed

So, you want to know what I thought about The Matrix: Revolutions? I don't want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen this yet, so click the "Read More" to find out.

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Secret Santa Time

It's that time of year again - time for ThinkBlank's Secret Santa Exchange! This is their third year doing the exchange and I've had great fun in the previous two. The limit for the gift is $15 (though you can spend more), so it's a nice, cheap way to spread some holiday cheer. Go sign up!

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Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Virtual Tour

Christine was lucky enough to be chosen as a stop for the latest Virtual Book Tour. Lucky her! I would love to be a stop!

Basically, a virtual book tour is just like a real book tour, but instead of visiting different cities, the author visits a given number of websites in a given about of time, either to be interviewed, to take over the site for a day, to hang out with the site owner if they're in the same physical location, or whatever else that the site owner devises.

The book that's touring this week is Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment by Ethan Watters. I haven't read it yet, but it sounds really interesting. If you get a chance, go check out his Top 5 lists - very entertaining stuff.

You can read Christine's interview with the author here. Very cool indeed.

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The List of 7 by Mark Frost

The List of 7 by Mark Frost: a mix of adventure and occultism with a tiny bit of romance thrown in for good measure in Victorian England makes for quite an interesting book.

Arthur Conan Doyle is a physician of modest stature in the late 1880s in England. He has a few patients and submit manuscripts to local publishing houses. He also has a keen interest in the occult and spends a fair amount of time investigating spiritualists and mediums trying to find the real thing.

All this is abruptly thrown into disarray when he finds himself the target of a group of seven people that wish him dead before he can disrupt their plot - one he has unwittingly stumbled into.

At first, while I liked the book, I found it really hard to get into. It wasn't until page 60 or so that I really started to enjoy the book and the direction it was taking. I was eager to see what would happen next and what the fates of various players in the book would be.

My only real complaint with the book is that at times it the prose was a bit windy. Also, while the book was set in Victorian England, I myself don't know all their terms and slang. It would have been nice to have had some translations. The only reason that I knew that an alienist is, basically, a psychiatrist, is because of the excellent book by Caleb Carr The Alienist.

All in all, the novel contained quite the adventure and I look forward to reading the next book in the series The 6 Messiahs.

(Finished on November 11, 2003 for Zuly’s Reading Room.)

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Monday, November 10, 2003

Revolutions

I called Steven up at the office to see if I could talk him into going to see The Matrix: Revolutions tonight and he agreed to blow off the gym so we're going to the 8:00 showing. Should be interesting. Hope this one's better than Reloaded.

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