What I've been enjoying lately in...

Books


I finished The Quiet Game by Greg Iles in 3 days - great thriller. I also loved his book 24 Hours which was adapted into the movie Trapped. I'm currently halfway through Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy, which is... nice. I was wondering what happened to the American character and then I realised Chris O'Donnell was supposed to be playing an Irish guy in the movie:)
I'm taking a break from White Teeth by Zadie Smith - I like delving into it from time to time. I'm also halfway through Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde. I'm enjoying it, but having grown up reading Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, I'm not as impressed as certain other listees.


Music

My 'welcome' shipment from Columbia House music club arrived yesterday. One of the highlights was the Finding Forrester soundtrack. Though I couldn't recommend it unless you like experimental jazz, the cd includes a song I've loved since hearing it over the closing credits on Meet Joe Black - Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. I also got 5 by Miles Davis, 2 by Coltrane, plus Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie and Tony Bennett. I now have more music by Miles Davis than Elvis!

Movies

Enjoyed Notorious C.H.O, sat though The Texas Chainsaw Massacre again, and I'm hoping to watch Liam today. It stars one of my favorite actors - Ian Hart. He played Professor Quirrel in the first Harry potter movie, and was great in Wonderland, The Butcher Boy, Backbeat, Michael Collins, Nothing Personal, and Hollow Reed. 'Liam' was directed by Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dangerous Liasons, The Snapper). I missed it an the International film festival here and was glad to find it at Netflix. Yay for bleak British movies.


TV

Weekly watchings - Buffy, Angel, The Shield, Friends, Charmed, Alias, American Idol. I also enjoy The Daily Show, Will & Grace and Mad About You whenever we happen to catch 'em. Oh, and we watched Scrubs for the first time last week - it was surprisingly good.
I'm a sucker for awards shows, so I watched The Golden Globes plus E!'s pre and post show shows! I'm feeling very tempted to order HBO again in time for the return of Six Feet Under - will have to examine the budget!
Enjoyed Queens Supreme - Oliver Platt's new show. I think it's on CBS Friday. Looking forward to the supernatural ABC show starring Skeet Ulrich - Miracles starts on Monday. Hope Scott Foley's new show (coming in February) won't be crap! He and Jennifer Garner were so cute at the Golden Globes.
Hoping to finally get the MSCL box set in February (ack - Vic's Birthday, Valentines Day and our anniversary!).

Internet

I think I'll drop another plug for Fisher. The guy who once wrote music for Power Rangers got together with a hot West Virginian chick and they make sweet music together! It's probably not something vic and I would listen to if not for sentimental reasons. Fisher's 'I Will Love You' was the first MP3 Vic sent me, and a song she sang along with on tape and in person later. And then there was the band's dedication of the song to us on national radio for our first anniversary. Anyway, their cover of 'L.O.V.E' is a quiry little ditty and will be included on the soundtrack to How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Visit digitalsound.net for pics, MP3s, message boards and more.