All right, all right, all right. We'll kill him first and then have tea and biscuits.
* BOOK NEWS *
Bonnie tells us how to tame the social network monster - Fiction Matters
Jo-Jo is giving away copies of “Men and Dogs” - Jo-Jo Loves To Read!
Alex is hosting The Movie Dirty Dozen Blogfest on June 21 - Alex J. Cavanaugh Join in the fun!!
How we blog and comment is the talk of the town! Visit Elizabeth at Mystery Writing Is Murder and Michele at Southern City Mysteries
A gallery of literary feuds - The Daily Beat (Courtesy of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management )
* MOVIE REVIEW *
You've not seen a movie review in a while! That's because Spunky's been so busy, she hasn't seen any movies!!! Well, I finally caught one on NetFlix...
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
One of my foster daughters LOVED this series. I never had an opportunity to read any of the books, and approached this movie with hesitation.
Totally unfouded! This movie was a hoot! It possessed such a quirky sense of humor from start to finish. John C. Reilly was perfect as the vampire - droll and sarcastic. Salma Hayek is in it, too!
The story follows Darrin, who unwillingly becomes a half vampire to save his best friend. He joins the other freaks in Cirque du Freak's camp and becomes involved in a war between the vampires and the vampenezee.
What struck me was the genuine humor and innocence of this movie. It's a shame it did not do well in theatres (thanks to another vampire movie) as this series has been around for a while and there could've been many more movies.
On a side note, I've not seen either Twilight or New Moon - but my husband has and said this was a far superior movie!
B+
* PHOTO OF THE DAY *
A Spot of Red - do you see the ladybug?
OOh.. beautiful photograph. And... I enjoyed that movie much more than expected as well.
ReplyDeleteWill check out the links!
A lovely photo, will hopefully check the links later.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day.
Yvonne.
Thanks for mentioning The Movie Dirty Dozen!
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant photograph. And isn't it amazing how the eye is instantly drawn to the spot of red, even though the rest of the photograph is so compelling visually.
ReplyDeleteThere must be lessons in that for all of us writers.
I agree with Rayna, we could learn a lot about writing from photography. Picture is worth a 1000 words, don't they say? I'll check out those links.
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Thanks, everyone! The photo was taken in Asheville, NC, and it was a windy day. I'm just as proud that the fronds are in focus as I am for catching the ladybug!
ReplyDeleteLove the picture and the oh-so-tiny but oh-so-lovely ladybug.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links.
Helen
Straight From Hel
Wow, what a beautiful photo. Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeleteMason
Thoughts in Progress
Would love to have that picture on my wall!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links.
Maribeth
Giggles and Guns
fantastic photo! I love it...
ReplyDeleteI'm already compiling my 12 movies for Alex's Dirty Dozen blogfest on June 21.
ReplyDeleteLee
Tossing It Out
Diane, it's good to see you having some time to sit and relax with a movie. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the photo. So crisp and lush.
You have a great weekend!
You sure sparked some hot topics with your 'how do you blog' post! It's been fun seeing everyone's opinions! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the ladybug!
Thank you, Sia. I was really please with this photo.
ReplyDeleteJemi, so many have blogged about it since! I was just tossing something interesting into the world, and look what happened.
I love to go to the movies. I gave this one a pass because it looked like a Twilight wannabe. But now I'm thinking I'll give it a chance.
ReplyDeleteLove the picture. :0)
The photo looks like a painting, it's beautiful! Great movie review.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice list this is! It helps us to see what others are doing in terms of book promotion. Great inspirtion. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBest,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Blogging writers' resources at Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites pick www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com
Great photo! And thanks for the links. Happy weekend, Simon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the movie recommendation, I'll check it out! And I love that photo, the rich green of the plants is just so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou know...I wanted to see the Vampire's Assistant, but it didn't seem to do well and no one talked about it...so I didn't. Now I'm gonna hafta make it a Blockbuster evening!! :D
ReplyDeleteKathi and Zoe - check it out! I was just so surprised by how much I enjoyed the film.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great picture. That ladybug does look like a star!
ReplyDeleteNice post. I'll drop by those links sometime today. Smiles...:)
Beautiful picture Diane.
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning Jo-Jo's giveaway. I'm signed up!