Feeding Your Soul

If it wasn’t for the hype, would I be reading this book? Strange way to start a blog but as I was reading it, I couldn’t help but think that I might have stopped reading all together if it wasn’t for the hype around it. 50 Shades of Grey is the story of Anastasia Steele, a recent college graduate who meets the elusive and dark Christian Grey after interviewing him for her roommate Kate. Christian Grey is immediately smitten with Anastasia as she is with him. He finds all kinds of ways to meet her and take her out – suck her in before he tells her who he is and what he wants. Anastasia gets pulled into the world of BDSM (bondage/discipline, domination/submission and sadism/masochism) to please Christian and be with him. From here it gets kinky or scary depending on your point of view. To me this book is not about the sex and dominant versus submissive. That’s not my cup of tea anyway. To me, this is about change – Anastasia changing to suit Christian and Christian having h...

In every good book, movie, or television show there has to be an end.   No matter how much the fans scream for more or cry that they won’t see their beloved characters in print or on the big screen, no story can go on forever.   Not even one with vampires.   The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 brings the final tale of Bella, Edward and Jacob to a close in a way that not even the book did. Part 2 started off right where Part 1 ended – Bella waking up from her transformation into a vampire.   This first scene between Edward and Bella was emotional and sensual.   They were taking in each other for the first time and really feeling and sensing each other’s presence.   It had all of the heat and passion of a good sex scene.   It was more passionate and personal because for the first time Edward and Bella were the same – there was nothing keeping any part of themselves from each other. They could experience anything they wanted with each other....

With the release of The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-ray and DVD, the most iconic Batman trilogy according to some is coming to an end.   But the question remains is this the last trilogy for Batman or is this just another movie set to put up on the shelf, waiting for the next big director to come through and remake a classic. The Dark Knight Rises takes place 8 years after The Dark Knight – Batman has disappeared and Bruce Wayne is rumored to be a drunk, withdrawn man.   His company stands on the brink of bankruptcy after investing in a nuclear fusion project only to shut it down after learning that the reactor core could be weaponized.   Organized crime has been all but eradicated with the help of the death of Harvey Dent.   Commissioner Gordon almost confesses to what really happened to Harvey Dent but decides against it at the last minute then gets captured after a chase in the sewers by Bane and his minions.   All sorts of characters and plot lines return ...

The One with the Football. Slapsgiving. The One with Chandler in a Box. Blitzgiving. The One with All the Thanksgiving.   A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving.   Every year a sitcom or drama television show covers the ever eventful holiday of Thanksgiving. The most popular is probably Friends with everything from a family flag football tradition to a person in a box to Brad Pitt.   Friends did it all.   How I Met Your Mother took it even further with slaps, more slaps and a blitz bad luck charm.   Thanksgiving seems to bring out the funniest concoction of family and friend dynamics.   There is fighting, physical violence (albeit funny and ridiculous), romance and relationships rekindled.   Even Gilmore Girls had a Thanksgiving episode in season 3 where there was a Korean Thanksgiving, a Gilmore Thanksgiving and a deep-friend turkey Thanksgiving. They had it all in the little eccentric town of Stars Hollow.   What is it about turkey, stuffing mashe...

Leaves are changing and temperatures are dropping.   Fall is in the air and it is nicely welcomed after a hot and grueling summer.   What is also nicely welcomed are all of the new series and seasons of your favorite and new television shows.   This year is very busy for this entertainment junkie – 17 shows both returning and new are slated for my viewing this year.   Below is the list of returning and new shows that will be watched for the next few months: How I Met Your Mother Revolution NCIS The New Normal Vegas Supernatural Chicago Fire Nashville Last Resort The Big Bang Theory Grey’s Anatomy Glee Made in Jersey Fringe Once Upon a Time Revenge 666 Park Avenue As you can see, my tastes run all over the spectrum.   There are 8 new series that I will be watching and one – The New Normal – has already grabbed my attention and my laughter. In a world where the definition of family is changing – and whethe...

Love stories come in all shapes and sizes. Most of the ones I read are young adult novels. I read them because unlike adult novels, the love stories are pure and innocent. They aren’t looking for anything long term or even 6-months down the road. For the people involved, they are looking for instant gratification – which involves companionship, kissing, conversation something that I find lacks in some adult novels. Tiger’s Quest and Tiger’s Voyage are the middle 2 books of a four-part series focusing on Kelsey Hayes and her sudden pull into a 300-year-old curse to save 2 men from being tiger’s forever. And of course a love triangle that makes everyone’s head spin. Following the events of Tiger’s Curse Kelsey is back in Oregon trying to move on from Ren whom she believes she doesn’t deserve. She comes “home” to her own house, car, money all set up by Mr. Kadam for helping him and the tigers with their curse. He tells her that there is more to come but for now we can lay low. Sh...

Whenever Hollywood makes trilogies, they have to tread very carefully. They want to extend the storyline to the exact point where the audience has gotten just enough and doesn’t need any more closure or information. If it goes past that point, the audience gets laden with too much information and loses interest to keep going back. If it stops short of that point, the audience feels gipped that they wasted all of this time without a significant end to the story. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise stopped at the right point when it finished “At World’s End.” With “On Stranger Tides” it went way past that point and failed to find it again. In “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” the audience finds Jack Sparrow in quite the predicament. His first mate Gibbs tries to free him from the gallows but alas he is captured and brought before King George who has a new right hand man – Captain Barbosa. The King wants Jack to guide an expedition to locate the Fountain of Yout...