Monday Musings

Okay so preggo mama wasn't too good with traveling this weekend, so I didn't get the reading/writing done that I wanted to.  So the big question, did I have a muse for this weekend?

No...okay well except for The University Of Missouri's beautiful quarterback...but that's another story.

So today for my Monday Musings I am going to give you some recent book and movie recommendations that can help out your writing or just give you some entertainment!

Books:

1.)  The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade-  I've never read a book that made me thing a teenager wrote it herself!  Not that she talks like a teenager, but there was never a moment were I felt like I was "out of the story."  Stacey has a way of writing that is fresh and makes her characters feel like real people.  The sequel comes out in June, but I will have an ARC in a few months to share a review on :)

2.)  Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick - I was told as a feminist I'm not supposed to like this book, but I can't help it.  Becca does the right amount of sexual tension without going too far.  She left me breathless at times and always wanting more.  (That sounded sexual...)

3.)  The Sookie Stackhouse series- (I couldn't go without one adult book/series recommendation)  Do you want a fun read full of allegories for racism, sexism, and just good ol' vampire love making?  Why yes it does have all of those!  The show has strayed a bit from the book (True Blood), but I can't help being a Truebie...and I'll admit that I left work early one day to get my hands on the latest book in the series the day it came out in stores.

Movies:

1.)  The Breakfast Club-  If you haven't seen this movie, SHAME ON YOU.  This movie shows the basic high school stereotypes:  The geek, the jock, the princess, and the stoner, but takes a new spin on them that isn't stereotypical and makes you wonder if there will ever be another John Hughes (though I heard Easy A is pretty close).

2.)  The Covenant - For all those people writing paranormal romances or tales set in a private school then this movie is for you.  Okay and if you aren't writing either of those...Chase Crawford is REALLY pretty.  Yes, I know this is an older one too, but I love the friendship and love/hate relationships of the characters...okay so we all know I really just rented this movie to see Chace Crawford, but in the end I found myself watching it over and over again.

3.)  Keith-  Move over Justin Bieber, Jesse McCartney was here first and he can act!  The pretty girl with the put together life falls for her chemistry partner, who seems like a jerk but really has a secret that even she doesn't realize till after she's fallen hard for him.  I swooned, I cried, and I wanted to sing "Beautiful Soul" over and over again.

Friday Potluck

So have you checked out http://karenjonesgowen.blogspot.com/?

Yeah she's throwing a labor day bbq and already I've gotten 5 new followers who are looking for pralines.  There are actually five batches of pralines and a candy bar cheesecake in my freezer if anyone would like to come on by!

Well I guess with a little inspiration from her bbq and since I've been noticeable absent for a few days...I thought that I should do a Friday five a little potluck style.

1.)  Some of you -may- be confused at posts about an agent.  I do have an agent, BUT it's not a literary agent.  Too add to the stress of preparing for baby and following hurricanes, my husband and I decided to put our house on the market.  If you are in Illinois and would like a nice small house you can call my real estate agent.

2.)  To the new people:  HEY.  I should say something witty... Uhhhhhh...  Usually there is a Fangirl Friday, but I am waiting for interviews back from Stacey Kade (who was just talking to me on Twitter and I fangirled out) and Kristin Walker (who um told me that she loved this blog and I shrieked like a little girl).  Otherwise I talk about my WIP, being a geek in high school and graduating to former sorority girl/fortune 500 company employee.

3.)  My WIP is a contemporary women's fiction with more details right there on the side bar.  If you would like to, you know, represent me or help me get this bad boy published I'm all ears.  I'm also working on a sci-fi fantasy novel called HOW TO DATE AN ALIEN.

4.)  I'm making beer bread because my preggo self thought it sounded good.  You should really be here right now.

5.)  I'm just going to search for a random picture and put it below...yeah me!  (Oh...that's Chace Crawford.  My husband asked why I have a picture of Chace Crawford, shirtless, on my computer.  I stammered and giggled...)