Tami inspired this week’s question:
What book do you think should be made into a movie? And do you have any suggestions for the producers? Or, What book do you think should NEVER be made into a movie?
I think along the lines of some of the silly funny movies that have been out lately that the Bergdorf Blondes would make a funny movie. Not a block buster but funny.
The year is 1539. Henry VIII must take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. Although she is fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she can sense a trap closing around her.
Katherine Howard, meanwhile, is to flirt her way to the throne. But her kinswoman Jane Boleyn is haunted by the past and the Boleyn inheritance of suspicion, betrayal, and death. In this time of upheaval and uncertainty, these three young women must try to survive the most volatile court in Europe.
Phillipa Gregory does it again with this novel. The Boleyn Inheritance is a striking tale of the least known wives of Henry the VIII, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard. We also meet Jane Boleyn known mostly in history only for her part in seeing her husband George and her sister-in-law Anne go to the scaffolding. We follow the tale from Cleves when Anne is being selected, right on up to the scaffolding and eventually the Kings death, and the whole book will hold you spell bound.
I could hardly set this one down, and yet at parts I had to. It is so descriptive and so heart breaking you will cry for the way these women are terribly caught up in this court. Henry VIII truly was a mad man bent on his own whims, his own desires and no one ever dared tell him no, for if they did they could, and would end up dead. Watch as the body counts of those sent to the scaffold tally higher, for small crimes like simply loving a girl. And those who are the true masterminds of the plots get away from the axe man like a slippery snake in the grass.
You will shake your head at how stupid and frivolous young Katherine is as a Queen. And yet you will feel utterly horrified for her in the end she was really only a child of 16 years who could not possibly know right from wrong when she only ever did was she was told. I believe in the end the only one I did not feel sorry for was Jane Boleyn, to me she made her own bed. Through pure jealousy, ambition and self preservation, in the end she got what was coming. Though preferably no one should have died because of the whims of a selfish King, who thought he was a god. If you haven’t read this book yet, do. You will be emotionally grabbed and riveted to each and every page.
Looking for a cool way to weigh your books? Don’t laugh I know a few people who are doing book challenges based on how many pound of books they weigh. Or another good thing I use food scales for, I have a cat on a special diet and have to weigh out her meat portions for her raw diet. Check out this great scale website.
Alright my book friends, who wants to help me decide what books to read for May? I have April all sorted though I might make a few changes, But May is wide open. I try to read a book every 3 days. So we shall say lets pick 10 books for May..
These are the books on my current short list..
A Rakes Vow by Stephanie Laurens (Cynster book 2)
Quiksilver by Neal Stepheson
Blue bloods by Melissa de La Cruz (bk 1)
Masqueade by Melissa De La Cruz (bk 2)
Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz (bk 3)
The Virgins Lover by Phillipa Gregory
Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling
To the Tower Born by Robin Maxwell
The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie (bk 1)
The Perfect Waltz by Anne Gracie (bk 2)
A Lady of High Regard by Tracie Peterson (liberty bk 1)
Mr Darcy’s Decision by Juliette Shapiro
The Wild Irish by Robin Maxwell
Nectar from a Stone by Jane Guill
Marked by P.C Cast (bk 1)
Betrayed by P.C. Cast (bk2)
Chosen by P.C Cast (bk 3)
A promising man by Elizabeth Young
The cry of the Dove by Fadia Faquir
The Naked Duke by Sally Mackenzie
The Naked Marquis by Sally Mackenzie
The Naked Earl by Sally Mackenzie
The Murder of Helen Jewett by Patrica Cline Cohen
Jemima J by Jane Green
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
Dating Mr Darcy by Sarah Arthur
I have been thinking about getting a proper domain for the blog. Some catchy book title, to direct people here and get even more traffic than we have already been getting. Traffic is getting bigger, thank you readers! So it is time to start doing a little bit of research on the matter. There are SO many web hosting companies; it’s hard to know where to start. I came across this site in my search.
They make it to easy to decide what company you want to use for hosting! They offer an easy layout to use, with easy to understand rating system. They are an independent company so you don’t have to worry about them serving the needs of one particular server.
I found it very useful for my purposes that they had everything nicely put into categories, and they also had a list of award sites from 2008. I spent a lot of time looking over the Blog hosting sites in the award section for our purposes here at Fire & Ice. So If your thinking about moving web hosts, or looking for a new one. Check out this company for some ratings information. They include consume comments, ratings, and prices from a lot of web hosts. I defiantly got all the information I needed to do proper research on my choices.
So I am thinking about doing another give away when the other two have run out. And I am going to turn to my readers to pick the book. Run Down to my March Reading list here. Than leave a comment on which book you would like to see me give out when I am done with it.
I have been posting many fan vids lately, and of course, we have New Moon coming out soon. Yay! Therefore, I thought I would post a little link about making your own movies. Burn2DVD.com is a cool website where you can burn your own DVD’s to their service for download, set your price and away people can go to buy. Living in Minneapolis I know we have a large scene for indie films, and I think many people could appreciate this very cool service. So pop over and check it out.
Yay. I will have to adjust my march-reading list, because I was offered a book from a new Author to review. Yippee! It is in EBook format, which is not thrilling, but the book itself looks good and I am excited to read it. So keep a look out for my review on Dirty Little Angels.
So with as stressful as times can be right now, my friends and I have been looking for ways to distress. Especially while reading, because after all reading is supposed to be relaxing, and if you cant relax what’s the point. I love scents; anyone who knows me knows how much I love scents. So I thought I would do a little search for some reed diffusers, and bath products. I found this great website with the best best body scrub.
They have a wide array of yummy scents, and even yummier products for relaxing. They have a reed diffuser set called Champagne, which is just positively yummy. I set it out while I have been reading my current book the Boleyn Inheritance, and maybe it’s just my active imagination, but its helping me feel like I am more a part of the book. Is that silly? I don’t really think so; scents are a big way to transport you really…
If you’re looking for a fun bath and body company I would check that website out, I think it was a great find on my searching. And I am pretty picky myself over my smells, and all my other bath and body choices. I get laughed at a lot by the old drummer boy who says I could probably scent a whole country with my collection of smells. But he also didn’t disagree with the website I found when I showed him some of the body oils. Typical male right? That’s okay though, I like that kind of stuff too because it softens your skin, and with the Minnesota winter I can really use some skin oil to soften it up. We have yet another winter weather warning out right now. Its march, why can’t the weather go away. Rain and thunderstorms I could take but this snow and sleep needs to go. I think its time to go set my champagne reed diffuser up again and settle down and relax.
