So being the crazy person that I am, I checked out 10 Hannah Swensen Murder Mysteries. This was about a week before we moved. And also being the crazy person that I am, I read 7 of those books and started the 8th before my 3 week deadline was up and the books had to be returned. Le sigh. The are really fun and really fast reads, although you wouldn't know it since it took me three weeks to read 7. I blame the fact that I was unpacking and had a 3 year old and a newborn who require care and attention. There is one thing that drives me crazy about these books though. I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but a certain love interest of Hannah's....well let's just say I despise him. They are pretty predictable, starting with the third one, I've been able to guess who the killers are, but had to wait for more info to come along and Hannah to figure it out.

Also, that Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict=terrible. It might have been ok, but the ending just didn't make sense. AT. ALL. And a bad ending can ruin an otherwise good book.

I have read my fair share of Pride and Prejudice "sequels" and copycats, but I just reread my all time favorite. The third book in Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam Darcy, A Gentleman trilogy called "These Three Remain." I highly highly recommend these books to anyone who likes Pride and Prejudice. Pamela Aidan really is a literary genius (a friend of mine once called Stephenie Meyer a literary genius, regardless of the fact that she writes at a 4th grade level and her plots are slower than molasses). The first book is "An Assembly Such As This" and the second one is "Duty and Desire." Gah, Edward Cullen can't hold a candle to Mr. Darcy. It's not even close.

We also watched Ghost Town, with Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, and Greg Kinnear. I thought it was a cute movie. Worth watching at least once.

Then we watched XMen Origins: Wolverine. So bad, so terribly bad. So many things don't make sense, from the characters' motivations to plot holes to bad CGI, it was just a huge disappointment.

I have seen Star Trek in the theater three times now! It's like the most I've ever been to the theater for one movie since Titanic. I saw it the first time with Corey. Then I was going to go see it in the dollar theater by myself, but then Matt came back from VA so I went with him. Then when Nicole was out here before we took her up to Idaho I made her go see it too. I really really LOVE that movie. And it looks so much better on the big screen than it ever will on our crappy little TV so I am getting my fix while I can.

Some time this week I want to see the Proposal. I'll probably be going by myself again (I went to Harry Potter by myself, the first time I've EVER gone to the movie theater alone), I doubt Matt will want to go and it wasn't in the dollar theatre while Nicole was here. Now let me just say, I generally abhor chick flicks. Time Traveller's Wife, My Sister's Keeper, Sweet November, I can tell just by the previews that someone is going to die. Never heard anything other than what the previews show, but I bet someone dies in each one. I could be wrong, I've never seen any of them, but really have no desire to anyway. Corey has this theory: if a book or movie makes a woman cry, she automatically thinks it's a good book or movie. Not me. I do like the A&E Pride and Prejudice and the Jane Seymour, Anthony Andrews Scarlet Pimpernel and a few chick flicks. I like Just Like Heaven, Sweet Home Alabama, 27 Dresses and a few others. Sure they are cheesy and of course very predictable and you know how it's going to end, but you just gotta love them anyway. I'm sure that's how The Proposal will be. We'll see.