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My Girl S&SG is published on the web!!!!

While she's not back to blogging, she does have some wicked awesome articles up about How To Get Rid of Things (Goth Kids and Zombies), and about green cleaning (Check out Honey and White Vinegar).

So while you're there, get click happy. Not only does this put money in her pocket, but it means I get to actually socialize with people of my own age group.

'Tis the season...Show the Love.

Movie Homework

While Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series has been on my TBR pile for a while, I was forced to start it when S&SG gave me The Ultimatum. If I wanted to go with on our weekly movie theater jaunt, I had to go see Twilight this weekend.

This of course forced me to read the book (Hello. I gotta know what I'm comparing the movie to!).

Bella moves to the small town of Forks to live with her dad, so her mom can travel with her minor league ballplayer step-dad. Bella hates the small town, the greenness of the Olympic Peninsula, and misses sunny Phoenix. However, she is intrigued by the insanely perfect and standoffish Cullins Kids, in particular her Bio Lab partner Edward. There seems to be something off about them...like they're vampires.

It is VERY well written. To the point where the books weakness can be easily overlooked.

For instance:

*Bella thinks alot, but she is slow on the follow through. She is saved an awful lot by other people, albeit, they are mostly vampires with superior strength and reflexes. Maybe I just grew up in the Buffy generation, so I thing that Bella should have some ass-kicking moves too.

*Without having a real in depth conversation, she "in love" with her man. That's all good and sweet, and as a devoted romance fan that's great. But she's 17 and in high school. Have we not yet learned from Romeo & Juliet that at that age, it's much safer for everyone involved to be deeply in like. Love is deadly.

However, I love the characters (with the exceptions noted above) and the plot and writing are fab. I'm definitely stealing New Moon from my sisters over Thanksgiving break.

Freebies!

I love getting stuff for free. And today, because I'm so fabulous I managed to get a FREE download of "Days Go By" Live from the new Keith Urban concert DVD. It was just sitting in my inbox as a little bit of love from Ticket Master. I knew there was a reason I put up with there goofy extra charges. Along with the download, I also got 15% off any purchases at the Keith Store, so I renewed my club membership. Smart girl, Huh.

Also in other news, I finally watched the entire concert portion of the Love, Pain, and the Whole Crazy World Tour Live. I have yet to watch the other features such as the makings of the tour, outtakes, and the rerecording of "shirt". I will soon, have no fear!

My other freebie of the day was a free ebook download of Harlequin's new Historical Undone ebooks. I haven't read it yet, but it's called The Viking's Forbidden Love-Slave by Michelle Willingham.

Cheesy Title - Check
Bare Chested Hottie Cover Art - Check
Cliched Names (Aisling and Tharand) -Check

Doesn't it sound like a terrific read! It has everything that makes Harlequin Romances so fun to read. I can't wait!