Thursday, August 07, 2008

New Pictures on Flickr


I've updated some new picutres (FINALLY) to my flickr site. I have the pictures from our North Carolina vacation and the picutres (as they happen) for the Georgia vacation. We are spending some time down at the "Property" (as everyone refers to it) in a small town in GA. Chris' family owns it jointly, and it is a cabin-esque building on a pecan orchard. It is very peaceful and laid back down here, but it is also flipping hot. Hopefully we will have a nice relaxing, peaceful long weekend.

Super Duper Excited about the Olympics starting TOMORROW. I forgot to set the DVR before we left, so I hope to catch quite a bit of the events this weekend.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Stephenie Meyer Mini-Challenge COMPLETED!



I have completed the Stephenie Meyer Mini-Challenge. This is officially the first "challenge" that I have completed. Not that it is really that impressive, because once I read Twilight, I would have read every single one of her books, regardless of the challenge. They were that good. I started the challenge on June 24, 2008 and finished on August 5, 2008.

I finished the Host shortly after we got back from vacation. It was different from the Twilight Series, and it did take me a little while to get into it, but once I did, I really really enjoyed it. I finished Breaking Dawn about 15 hours after I bought it (and I was sleeping for about 8 of those hours). I won't spoil any of it for you, but I was pleasantly surprised with the twists and turns and plot developments. For once, I feel satisfied with how the story ends.

Stephenie Meyer is a very talented writer. Her "voice" sounds just like the thoughts in my head (nuances and such). It is very easy to get completely absorbed and caught up in the story. Yes, the Twilight series is about "vampires" and "werewolves". But that doesn't detract from the amazing storytelling. It just adds to it.