It's Friday!!!
Jun. 19th, 2009 02:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jessipsaloquiturThe epically boring legal conference wrapped up early today, and since I'm not expected back in the office until morning, I get to start my weekend early!!! Yay!!!
Not that there's much on the agenda for the weekend. I had hoped for a spa day tomorrow, but I couldn't get that booked until next Saturday. Mom had some minor surgery yesterday, so I'll be hanging close to home to keep an eye on her. The weekend's "to do" list probably won't include much other than sleeping in, reading, relaxing, a workout or two with The Trainer, a bit of laundry, and cooking up a big pot of gumbo. And, really, I'm perfectly ok with exactly this kind of quiet, relaxing weekend!
So, speaking of spending the weekend do nothing more strenuous than cracking open a book or opening a fic tab, I was in need of a new vampire series since I was all caught up with Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, so I recently picked up J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. And, it's weird, my reactions to these books are all over the map. I go from really liking the mythology and having the characters start to grow on me, to being completely appalled by something that triggers my, what is in truth pretty damn hard to trigger, feminist-rage button. I'm on the third book of the series, and at this point I feel committed to reading at least the other three that are on my shelf, but I'd like to be able to settle on either really liking them or flat out despising them. But as soon as I think I have my mind made up, something happens to swing me in the other direction. Has anyone else read these books? What did you think? *curious*
And since we're on the topic, here are some decidedly GOOD reads, for your weekend reading pleasure. What? You thought I'd be able to go a whole post without mentioning Adam Lambert??? Don't be ridiculous. *g* Also, I just really want to be able to close these tabs -- having them open for so long is making me twitchy. My inner-Virgo would like a cleaner looking browser, thank you very much. :)
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ohmyra (Adam/Brad, Adam/Drake, R). This captures all the real messiness and undefined boundaries of relationships. The emotions resonate and the voices all ring true. Good stuff!
:: Complicated Melody bymiss_begonia (Adam/OMC, Kris/Katy, PG-13). Very few authors get the emotional layers of relationships so spot on right for me as she does. I very literally CRIED when I read this.
:: Appetite and Orchestration byastolat (Adam/Kris, adult). The first is furry-kink. Yes, editorzon, feel free to laugh your ass off. To say this is not really my kink is an understatement of epic proportions. And yet, this fic was incredibly hot. Go figure. I blame it on Adam. *g* The second is Kris as a substitute teacher! Adorable!!! And still, and this IS important, very, very hot.
Ok, so what else? Tom Brady and Gisele are apparently pregnant. Or, rather, she's apparently pregnant and he's apparently still hot. *g* But, seriously, is that going to be like the most gorgeous baby ever or what??? Talk about hitting the DNA jackpot.
We've got a summer thunderstorm brewing here. Sweet. I've got my trainer due here in about an hour for another round of voluntary torture. Go me! After that I think I will open a bottle of wine, order in some dinner, and get busy with that weekend relaxation!
Not that there's much on the agenda for the weekend. I had hoped for a spa day tomorrow, but I couldn't get that booked until next Saturday. Mom had some minor surgery yesterday, so I'll be hanging close to home to keep an eye on her. The weekend's "to do" list probably won't include much other than sleeping in, reading, relaxing, a workout or two with The Trainer, a bit of laundry, and cooking up a big pot of gumbo. And, really, I'm perfectly ok with exactly this kind of quiet, relaxing weekend!
So, speaking of spending the weekend do nothing more strenuous than cracking open a book or opening a fic tab, I was in need of a new vampire series since I was all caught up with Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, so I recently picked up J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. And, it's weird, my reactions to these books are all over the map. I go from really liking the mythology and having the characters start to grow on me, to being completely appalled by something that triggers my, what is in truth pretty damn hard to trigger, feminist-rage button. I'm on the third book of the series, and at this point I feel committed to reading at least the other three that are on my shelf, but I'd like to be able to settle on either really liking them or flat out despising them. But as soon as I think I have my mind made up, something happens to swing me in the other direction. Has anyone else read these books? What did you think? *curious*
And since we're on the topic, here are some decidedly GOOD reads, for your weekend reading pleasure. What? You thought I'd be able to go a whole post without mentioning Adam Lambert??? Don't be ridiculous. *g* Also, I just really want to be able to close these tabs -- having them open for so long is making me twitchy. My inner-Virgo would like a cleaner looking browser, thank you very much. :)
:: But now we're just going to go forward by
ohmyra (Adam/Brad, Adam/Drake, R). This captures all the real messiness and undefined boundaries of relationships. The emotions resonate and the voices all ring true. Good stuff!:: Complicated Melody by
miss_begonia (Adam/OMC, Kris/Katy, PG-13). Very few authors get the emotional layers of relationships so spot on right for me as she does. I very literally CRIED when I read this. :: Appetite and Orchestration by
astolat (Adam/Kris, adult). The first is furry-kink. Yes, editorzon, feel free to laugh your ass off. To say this is not really my kink is an understatement of epic proportions. And yet, this fic was incredibly hot. Go figure. I blame it on Adam. *g* The second is Kris as a substitute teacher! Adorable!!! And still, and this IS important, very, very hot. Ok, so what else? Tom Brady and Gisele are apparently pregnant. Or, rather, she's apparently pregnant and he's apparently still hot. *g* But, seriously, is that going to be like the most gorgeous baby ever or what??? Talk about hitting the DNA jackpot.
We've got a summer thunderstorm brewing here. Sweet. I've got my trainer due here in about an hour for another round of voluntary torture. Go me! After that I think I will open a bottle of wine, order in some dinner, and get busy with that weekend relaxation!
