Mel's Shopping Diary
My First Starred Review!
May 28, 2006 Just wanted to share that the Booklist review, which I have posted on my blog previously, was printed in the Booklist magazine with a STAR and in its own BOX! This is very, very special. I have NEVER gotten a starred review before! And I have always dreamed of having one! And now I do. Hee!You can check out the full content of the Booklist review on my site and click on the "Press" page.
There are many new additions to my home page, in "Photos" you can see MORE photos of the fab launch party, and under "Publication Schedule" you can see what books I have coming out in the next year. I also added a few new links to some friends' websites in "Links".
Yesterday we went to see X-Men 3. It was just OK. We were pretty excited for the movie (Dark Phoenix! Whoo!) but in the end, it was just like a Justice League cartoon. Enjoyable, but eminently forgetttable. I guess we'll all just have to reread the comics and be satisfied with that. We also saw The Da Vinci Code the other day, which was SO boring. The book kept me up until 3AM, and the movie was such a snore. We knew we were going to be disappointed and yet we saw it anyway. We also saw Mission Impossible 3, which was just Alright for me, dog, as Randy on American Idol says. Mike and I love summer blockbuster movies, but I think after this round we're going to go see some quirky independent or foreign movies now. Although our hopes are high for Superman Returns. (Or as Mike calls it, "Superman Returns...His Blockbuster Video!" "Superman Returns...His Library Book!")
Today I'm going over the first 100 pages of Angels and figuring out if the pacing and story are working. I was a little worried it was moving too slowly, but now I think it's moving too fast. You gotta get it *just right*.
Have a great Memorial Day everyone!
xoxo
Mel