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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Random Music Shuffle

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play.
Step 3: Looking the lyrics up on a search engine is cheating.
Step 4: If you like the game, post your own.

1. Turn away.

2. Well I wonder what it's like to be a rain-maker.

3. Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show.

4. Again the burden of losing rests upon my shoulders.

5. I just want to see you, when you're all alone.

6. I'm the trouble starter, fucking instigator.

7. Well, it's 3am I'm out here riding again.

8. These old boots still got a lot of ground they ain't covered yet.

9. I never said I'd lie and wait forever.

10. I wrote our names a thousand times just to see yours sitting next to mine.

11. Someday I'm gonna be famous.

12. Keep holding on when my brain's ticking like a bomb.

13. Heaven ablaze in our eyes

14. I'm going way down south where the big blue agave grow

15. Dead I am the one, Exterminating son

16. Spent 48 dollars last night at the county fair.

17. So close, no matter how far.

18. Should've known how hard it's to stop.

19. Well, the devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.

20. I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted

21. Well if you wanted honesty, that's all you had to say.

22. My hopes just fell, and I can't see

23. Give a little bit, give a little bit of your love to me.

24. Do you have the time to listen to me whine?

25. I feel so unsure as I take your hand

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Public Enemies - Trailer

It's finally out! Yeah, I'm a few days behind...but being ill will do that do you. I'm popping up now just to link to this awesome trailer. I've watched it a few times a day already. LOL. And I have to say it looks great.



Or check out the trailer here.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Review: Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh


As a Guild Hunter, one of those hired by the angels to hunt rogue vampires, Elena Deveraux has no doubts about her abilities. But when the Archangel Raphael requests her specifically for a job, she finds herself wishing she weren't quite so good. Because no one wants Raphael's attention on them. And once she finds out the impossible task set before her, where failure is not an option, she has even more reasons to want out from Raphael's fixation.

Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple, because this time she's not hunting a rogue vampire, but an archangel that's crossed the line...

Elena is pulled far out of her depths, both with the hunt, and her sensual attraction to Raphael, leaving her not sure which is more dangerous. Raphael with his seductive touch, or the archangel bent on a killing spree.

Nalini Singh has done it again. I truly had no doubt about it, but I'm still in awe of the ability she has to weave wonderfully full stories, with 3-dimensional characters. I was immediately pulled into the world of archangels, angels, vampires, and hunters. And I wasn't released until the last page. It gripped me from beginning to end.

The story centers around Elena, who is hunter-born, with abilities beyond those that are just trained to be hunters for the Guild. I loved getting to know her in this book. She's a strong, independent female, with a lot of compassion. Truly kick-ass. Often when I read of a strong heroine there's something else sacrificed for the sake of making her seem "strong", but not so with Elena. She's got a smart mouth, that often gets her into trouble, and a sense of compassion that can sometimes do the same. And then there's her sense of loyalty. She's completely devoted to those that have earned it. She's completely attached, to those she loves, to the world, to life.

Raphael, the Archangel of New York, is ruthless, powerful, and sexy as all get out. He's lived a very long time, ruling with an iron grip. But at the same time it's understandable. For while you can see in him the downfalls to immortality - the disconnection - you can still see that he cares for the many. Even if the individuals themselves have lost some of their value.

Raphael's unused to someone disobeying him, and Elena vows not to crawl, for anyone. Add to that Raphael's disconnection, and Elena's attachments and they're immediately thrown into a heated relationship with each other. The learning of the other, and the gradual changes in their relationship is simply perfection.

Then there's the secondary characters that simply jump off the page. Full of life of their own, I hope we get to read more about their stories in the future. The Cadre of Ten, Raphael's Seven, Sara, and Ransom just to name a few. I'm especially interested in Dmitri, and Illium. Intrigued beyond belief by the brief snippets we got of their history.

There's definitely more to be heard from Raphael & Elena's story. The main conflict is tied up in this story, there are obviously bigger things at work, and plenty of history that the two have not yet shared. I eagerly await the chance to read more of them in Archangel's Kiss.

Nalini's crafted an intricate world, full of not only believable, but incredibly vivid, conflicts, relationships, and characters. I highly recommend Angels' Blood to anyone that loves a great story told by a master story-teller. In fact, immediately upon finishing it, I turned to the beginning and started again. I can't get enough!

One small question that is completely inconsequential to the storyline, or the relationships crossed my mind at one point during my reading....and I haven't been able to get it out since. I'd dearly love to know what kind of shirts the angels and archangels wear. It seems to me it'd be very difficult to put them on and take them off over the wings. LOL. A little detail I know, but there it is. My OCD is showing. *g*

Grade: A

Book Link

You can purchase Angels' Blood here.

Check out Nalini's Reading Order here.
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