1) Koldcast.tv:
-Blue Movies is one of there really funny series. Season One ended a while ago and I'm not sure when Season Two is starting up, but all the episodes are still posted. The show centers around the dramas of a low budget rising pornography company and one of their new-to-show-biz interns.
2) Take180:
-They did this really great series a year or two ago called My Alibi. Since it's over all the episodes are up and there's no need to wait for new ones. That was possibly one of my favorite web shows ever. Sort of a Breakfast Club spin off- a bunch of high school kids held in detention on suspicion of a prank.
**The other show of there's I really love is I <3 Vampires. If you're into the paranormal scene at all check this one out. I recommend it. It's currently in the middle of Season Two, which is turning out to be much darker than Season One. It plays off of the Twilight craze quite a bit. I <3 Vampires is about two girls who are obsessed with a series of books about vampires, except the books turn out to be a little too real...**
Reading Update
Author: Sarah Mayberry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: None
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary:
Jake Stevens--star reporter and celebrated literary genius--is a snake. How else to explain the way he turns Poppy Birmingham's hero worship into loathing with a single conversation? So what if she's got a lot to learn about journalism? Aren't they coworkers now? On the same team? Jake can take his attitude and...
Then during a job-related road trip, their relationship goes from antagonistic to hedonistic in no time flat. And suddenly Poppy can't think of anything more delicious than having a secret fling with Jake. But with all this intensity, can she really keep it no-strings-attached?
Review
I know a lot of people are big fans of Ms. Mayberry, but I just wasn't feeling it. I couldn't really connect to either character, and that just made the book fall flat for me. This really comes down to personal taste, but Poppy was too bubbly and optimistic. It might have been the Olympic athlete in her that had her always keep going, never give up, and keep her chin up high. While Jake was a bit of a prick, I could relate to him more.
I felt that Jake was justified in being annoyed with Poppy for getting the job at the newspaper. There were tons of people who worked really hard in journalism and deserved that job. Poppy worked really hard in her field and did deserve recognition, but didn't necessarily deserve rewards that she wasn't qualified for. She didn't have a college education, and a full time job at the paper didn't seem to fit. It seemed more like a midlife crisis. I don't know. I think I sound I bit mean, but it's mostly because Poppy spent most the book being stressed out rather than achieving something meaningful. Other than being a big fan of Jake's works, there didn't seem to be anything pulling Poppy to a career at the newspaper, and I don't think writing was her passion.
All in all, while Her Secret Fling didn't click with me, I'd be willing to give Sarah Mayberry another try in the future because the writing was ok and the sex was steamy.
Title: Lessons in French
Author: Laura Kinsale
Genre: Historical Romance
Series: None
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary:
I had mixed feelings about this book, but overall I really did like and enjoy it. It was the first Kinsale I've ever read, though I do have a copy of Flowers From the Storm waiting patiently on my shelf.
It worked well as a light comedy, though a times I felt confused about what was going on. Either too much action was going on too follow or it seemed like characters were saying (or thinking) one thing and doing another. Often Callie and Trev seemed to be having these internal angst moments where they swore it was too tormenting to be near each other, and then go right along with their witty banter and flirtations. Either I was seriously misreading or they were being over the top.
I really did like all the characters though, especially Trev and Hubert (the bull). For a bull, Hubert had a lot of personality, even if he mostly was just stubborn and ate buns. Admittedly, I have a soft spot for farm animals. Trev, on the other hand, I didn't want to like, but I couldn't help it (sort of like Callie). He bungles almost everything up, and makes more messes to cover for those. Total boyish charm *sigh*.
Here comes the spoiler...
Something that did bother me though was that Trev was supposedly a virgin (if I managed to interpret that part of the story correctly). I don't know what it's supposed to add to the story, especially since it's rather awkwardly tossed in there. Also, it's not believeable. Trev wasn't in love with Callie until they met again, so what was he saving himself for? Especially with so many chances? It just seemed too contrived for me.
Nevertheless, Lessons in French was a fun, light read for me which I would recommend to anyone else who likes historical romances.
Author: Laura Kinsale
Genre: Historical Romance
Series: None
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary:
"It was quite settled by now. She was born to be a spinster. The gentlemen would have to declare their undying devotion to other ladies. Callie would be too much occupied with developing a delicate constitution and a dependable recipe for tapioca-jelly."
She is, after all, Lady Callista Taillefaire, jilted three times in spite of her fortune and her father's best efforts to find her a husband. Now her greatest desire is to win the silver cup at the agricultural fair with her gigantic prize bull, Hubert. But when Callie's only old flame returns from his long and mysterious absence in France, her quiet spinster life turns upside down.
Dark-eyed, elegant and a magnet for trouble, Trevelyan d'Augustin has given Callie lessons in more than his language in the past. Her father put a harsh and humiliating end to any dreams of romance with a French émigré scoundrel, however, and Callie never thought to see him again. Swallowing his pride, Trev has finally come home to care for his failing mother, but his secrets and misdeeds follow him.
Callie soon remembers that nothing is ever peaceful with Trev around. The enormous Hubert vanishes into thin air, one of her former jilts comes back to woo her in a most determined manner--and her bull takes the town by storm! In the midst of these misadventures, Callie finds herself falling in love again with the worst possible man for her...
She is, after all, Lady Callista Taillefaire, jilted three times in spite of her fortune and her father's best efforts to find her a husband. Now her greatest desire is to win the silver cup at the agricultural fair with her gigantic prize bull, Hubert. But when Callie's only old flame returns from his long and mysterious absence in France, her quiet spinster life turns upside down.
Dark-eyed, elegant and a magnet for trouble, Trevelyan d'Augustin has given Callie lessons in more than his language in the past. Her father put a harsh and humiliating end to any dreams of romance with a French émigré scoundrel, however, and Callie never thought to see him again. Swallowing his pride, Trev has finally come home to care for his failing mother, but his secrets and misdeeds follow him.
Callie soon remembers that nothing is ever peaceful with Trev around. The enormous Hubert vanishes into thin air, one of her former jilts comes back to woo her in a most determined manner--and her bull takes the town by storm! In the midst of these misadventures, Callie finds herself falling in love again with the worst possible man for her...
(Dear God, for the life of me I could not find a shorter summary, and honesty I was too lazy to write one myself.)
Review
**warning, mild spoilers!**
**warning, mild spoilers!**
I had mixed feelings about this book, but overall I really did like and enjoy it. It was the first Kinsale I've ever read, though I do have a copy of Flowers From the Storm waiting patiently on my shelf.
It worked well as a light comedy, though a times I felt confused about what was going on. Either too much action was going on too follow or it seemed like characters were saying (or thinking) one thing and doing another. Often Callie and Trev seemed to be having these internal angst moments where they swore it was too tormenting to be near each other, and then go right along with their witty banter and flirtations. Either I was seriously misreading or they were being over the top.
I really did like all the characters though, especially Trev and Hubert (the bull). For a bull, Hubert had a lot of personality, even if he mostly was just stubborn and ate buns. Admittedly, I have a soft spot for farm animals. Trev, on the other hand, I didn't want to like, but I couldn't help it (sort of like Callie). He bungles almost everything up, and makes more messes to cover for those. Total boyish charm *sigh*.
Here comes the spoiler...
Something that did bother me though was that Trev was supposedly a virgin (if I managed to interpret that part of the story correctly). I don't know what it's supposed to add to the story, especially since it's rather awkwardly tossed in there. Also, it's not believeable. Trev wasn't in love with Callie until they met again, so what was he saving himself for? Especially with so many chances? It just seemed too contrived for me.
Nevertheless, Lessons in French was a fun, light read for me which I would recommend to anyone else who likes historical romances.
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