"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." -- Louis Pasteur
Thinking about the concept of intellectual property today... The next big law area to be radically rewritten. Maybe I'll go into intellectual property law. I certainly have opinions. And J would love it. Then we could have really geeky conversations...
Title: The Two Lives of Miss Charlotte Merryweather
Author: Alexandra Potter
Publisher: Plume 2010
Genre: Chick lit
Pages: 400
Rating: 3 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Summer Romance - Contemporary
Imagine if you could go back ten years and meet your younger self--would you recognize her? What advice would you give her? Wear sunscreen. Back away from those pleather pants. Don't give that idiot your phone number. Lemon juice won't bleach your hair, it just attracts wasps. He's the one--don't let hm get away. For Charlotte Merryweather, there's no need to imagine. She's about to find out for real... with some surprising consequences.
My first thought after finishing... "It was alright." I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't love it. It was okay. It was mediocre. It was something to read for a day, I guess. My real problem lies with the characters. Looking back over part book reviews, I am always talking about the characters. I guess I really need good characters to love a book. And this book gave me alright characters. Charlotte, the present Charlotte, was way to neurotic. I guess she's supposed to be. It's the Christmas Carol syndrome. Take a crazy/neurotic/angry/depress/etc person and show them their past, present, and probably future. They do a 180 degree change, and everything works out in the end. Just like in A Christmas Carol, I cannot stand the main character. Charlotte is too crazy/neurotic/silly. I can't even want her to change. I just want her to go away. I understand the point is to show you what could have happened and what went wrong, but shouldn't I be rooting for the character.? I just wasn't at all. And so I don't care about the book. The premise was interesting, but the characters just didn't make me care.
As I read back over this review, I may be a bit harsh on the book. Once Charlotte meets Lottie (about 150 pages into the book), I started to see her as a real person and not a crazy stereotype. By the end of the book, I started to somewhat care for her. But I still stand by that she wasn't a character I could connect to. And I guess that's why I'm sticking with my 3 star rating.
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This week's topic, in honor of the coming of fall, is Top Ten Books on Your TBR List. I'm not planning on buying any books (we'll see how far that goes), so my list is all books currently sitting on my shelves. I'm really trying to wrap up a ton of reading challenges. I just spent a few days reorganizing my books to put the reading challenge qualifying books on top and in the bookshelf next to my chair. Those are the books that I really need to read like now!
1. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler -- I've had this one for awhile and need to get a few more contemporary romances in before Sept. 30th. This one also intrigued me. So it's going to the top of the list.
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- Counts towards science fiction and Page to Screen challenges.
3. Contact by Carl Sagan -- Another Science Fiction...
4. Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern -- Really need to wrap this contemporary romances and I heard good things about this one.
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley -- One of favorite old books. Counts for 2011: Back in the Day and A to Z: Authors (X).
6. The Girl from Jungchow by Kate Furnivall -- I"m intrigued by her books and settings. Plus it counts for Historical Fiction and A to Z: Authors (F).
7. The Blades of the Rose series by Zoe Archer (Rebel, Scoundrel, Warrior, Stranger) -- Been on my shelf for a few months and I really want to read them. Plus they count as four for my Summer Romance - Paranormal Romance Challenged ending Sept. 30th.
8. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer -- Still have 4 to read for my Heyer challenge. As much as I love Regency romance, this one has been hard to get motivated for.
9. The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn -- Some good looking historical romance for my 2011: Show It Who is Boss challenge.
10. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn -- Another historical romance for my A to Z: Authors (Q) challenge.
Title: Greek Street Vol. 2: Cassandra Complex
Author: Peter Milligan and Davide Gianfeelice
Publisher: Vertigo 2010
Genre: Graphic Novel; Fantasy
Pages: 144
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Graphic Novels
Boasting a "Greek Chorus" of sexy strippers, vengeful gangsters, a murderous youth and a disturbed clairvoyant teenaged girl, GREEK STREET is Peter Milligan's reimagining of the brutal and visceral tragedies of Ancient Greece played out on the mean streets of modern-day London. In this second volume, a shocking new drama unfolds on the blood, tear and fluid-stained stage of Greek Street as disturbed mother-killer Eddie and aristo visionary, Sandy, try to get to London where Dedalus investigates a suicide and an urban witch tries to get through to a monster. Don't miss this sexy blend of crime, supernatural surrealness and soap opera, all using characters and plots that are simultaneously familiar yet intesnely brand new.
Another Greek masterpiece. I love this series. It takes all the pain of the original Greek tragedies and turns them into something new and modern. We can understand the underlying themes of all the Greek plays through a new lens. If I continue, this review will just turn into gushing and more gushing. Plus I don't want to spoil the storyline for you. It's too good to miss. Unfortunately the third volume won't be out for another few months. I will have to bid my time until then...
I'm not a huge fan of country, but I absolutely adore Lady Antebellum. Maybe it's because Charles Kelley is brothers with one of my favorite singers, Josh Kelley. Or maybe it's just because they have good songs. Anyway, I love them. And this song is one of my favorites by them. Enjoy!
Lyrics (my favorite lines in bold):
Traffic crawls, cell phone calls Talk radio screams at me Through my tinted window I see A little girl, rust red minivan She's got chocolate on her face Got little hands, and she waves at me Yeah, she smiles at me
Hello world How've you been? Good to see you, my old friend Sometimes I feel cold as steel Broken like I'm never gonna heal I see a light, a little hope In a little girl Hello world
Every day I drive by A little white church It's got these little white crosses Like angels in the yard Maybe I should stop on in Say a prayer Maybe talk to God Like he is there Oh I know he is there Yeah, I know he's there
Hello world How've you been? Good to see you, my old friend Sometimes I feel as cold as steelAnd broken like I'm never going to healI see a lightA little grace, a little faith unfurledHello world
Sometimes I forget what living's for And I hear my life through my front door And I'll be there Oh I'm home again I see my wife, my little boy, little girl Hello world Hello world
All the empty disappears I remember why I'm here Just surrender and believe I fall down on my knees Oh hello world Hello world Hello world
Title: Miranda's Big Mistake
Author: Jill Mansell
Publisher: Sourcebooks 2009
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 475
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Summer Romance - Contemporary
Miranda's track record with men is horrible. Her most recent catastrophe is Greg. He seems perfect--gorgeous, witty, exciting. And he and Miranda are in love... until Miranda discovers he left his wife when he found out she was pregnant.
With the help of her friends, Miranda plans the sweetest and most public revenge a heartbroken girl can get. But will Miranda learn from her mistake, or move on to the next "perfect" man and ignore the love her life waiting in the wings...
Another delightful contemporary romance. I knew within the first 30 pages who would end up with who (except for Bev, that was a surprise), but I still enjoyed the ride. Jill Mansell has a way of taking fairly common storylines and character stereotypes and turning them into a rollicking good read. I loved Perfect Timing and somehow I think I love Miranda's Big Mistake even more. Of course the main character is great. But somehow all the characters are great, even the ones you are supposed to hate. The story played like a good romantic comedy. With the rash of really bad romantic comedies in the theaters lately, has anyone thought about turning these ones into movies? They would be amazing. Funny, sad, cheesy (but good cheesy), romantic, yet realistic. They have everything you want out of a rom com. I must read her other books! I think I finally found a way to finished my Summer Romance Challenge. I'll just read all Mansell books!
Read-a-Thon Goals
Books to Knock Out
Other Books I’d Love to Get to
How Much Time I Intend to Read
Update
Number of books I’ve read today: 2 Total number of books I’ve read: 13 Pages Read Today: 779 Total Pages Read: 3781 Hours Read Today: 6 hours 40 minutes Total Hours Read: 30 hours 50 minutes Today #insixwords: Big letdown but thankfully great romance!
Ending Comments
I am so proud of myself this readathon. I actually stuck to my goals and completed every single one of them. I unloaded a ton of library books and even a few from my own collection. I finished one reading challenge and made some great progress on multiple others. I read a ton and restricted my tv viewing, much to the dismay of J. He really doesn't like watching tv by himself. But that's okay, he bought himself a LEGO Millenium Falcon set and was happily engaged for about 5 hours yesterday. I even did the usual housework and went to a few job interviews. Overall, I read some great books: 7 five stars, 3 four stars, and 3 three stars. I had a lot of fun... can't wait until the next one!
Recipes are from This Week for Dinner unless otherwise notated.
Sunday
-- Bistro Chicken
From Jen Schulte - Boneless, skinless chicken breasts - 1/2 cup chopped onions - 14-oz can diced tomatoes (I get petite diced) - Italian seasoning (or a few shakes of oregano, basil, parsley and garlic powder) - 1 can Campbell’s French Onion soup - Swiss cheese, sliced
I cut my chicken breasts into thirds and pound them thin before browning, but the recipe didn’t originally call for that. Brown the chicken breasts in a medium-high skillet in oil or butter. Remove and place in casserole dish.
Cook onions in skillet for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning, french onion soup and cook together to reduce liquid for 5 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken in the casserole dish, top with Swiss cheese and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
-- Peas
-- Rolls
Very yummy! I followed the recipe to a T and it came out great. The only I would maybe change: the sauce was still very runny, but we just strained it a bit before laddling onto the plate.
Monday
-- Blackened Chicken Fetteccinue Alfredo
- 9-oz package fresh fettuccine - 1 jar Newman’s Own Alfredo Pasta Sauce - 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts - 1 teaspoon paprika - 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper - 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin - 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 1/4 teaspoon pepper - 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
Lightly spray a 9×13 baking pan or dish with cooking oil. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pound the chicken breast until quite thin (around 1/4″ thick). Mix all of the spice ingredients together thoroughly. Coat both sides of the chicken breasts with the spices. Heat a non-stick grill pan or skillet over medium high heat. Place chicken breasts in pan and brown both sides, 45-60 seconds per side. Place chicken in prepared baking pan and bake in oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and slice chicken into strips. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and return pasta to warm pot over medium-low heat. Pour in alfredo sauce and mix thoroughly. Serve pasta with sliced chicken served on top. Serves 4.
-- Garlic Bread
A keeper! J claims that he likes anything blackened. And it was super easy. The hardest part was mixing the spices together to coat the chicken.
Tuesday
-- Bean and Cheese Quesadillas
-- Salsa Stoup (from Rachel Ray's Book of 10)
-- 2 tblsp vegetable oil --2 jalapeno peppers, chopped and seeded -- 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped -- 1 large onion, chopped -- 3 celery ribs, chopped -- 3 garlic cloves, chopped -- 1 28 oz can stewed tomatoes -- 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes -- 2 cups vegetable stock -- 3 tbsp cilantro
Heat a medium soup pot over med-high heat. Add the vegetable oil and jalapenos, bell peppers, onions, celery, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, then saute the veggies for 5 minutes. Add all the tomatoes and stock and bring to a bubble. Redue the heat to a simmer and stir in the cilantro.
I added cayenne pepper to the stoup. It kicked it up to the next notch. We like our stuff spicy around here!
Wednesday
-- Very lazy! We went out and got Boston Market. Goodness how I missed those half-chicken dinners!
Thursday
-- Korean BBQ Flank Steak
From Rachel Ray 1 tbsp grill seasoning 1/4 cup tamari (dark ages soy sauce) I used regular soy sauce and it worked just fine 1 tbsp honey 1 teas red pepper flakes 2 large garlic cloves, chopped 2 tea dark sesame oil 2 scallions, chopped vegetable oil 2 lbs flank steak Combine grill seasoning, soy sauce, honey, red pepper flakes, garlic, sesame oil, scallions, and drizzle of vegetable oil. Coat the flank steak, let stand for 10 minutes. Grill
-- Spicy Slaw
1 lb bok choy, shredded 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced salt 1 cup sauerkraut 1 tbsp honey 1 teas red pepper flakes 2 large garlic cloves, chopped In a large skillet heat vegetable oil, bok choy, and bell pepper. Season with salt, stir fry 2-3 minutes. Add the honey, red pepper flakes, and garlic. Toss to combine. Add sauerkraut and mix in. Heat for about 1 minute
-- Rice
-- Spring Rolls and Potstickers
Friday
-- J's meeting got pushed to today, so leftovers for me...
Saturday
-- Lazy night. We had a really late lunch and a birthday party to go to. I ended up just eating a salad with sunflower seeds, cranberries, and honey dijon vinaigrette. Very yummy!
Week summary/comments:
Some interesting recipes from this week. I think they are all keepers. I have some more Rachel Ray recipes on tap for this coming week.
Title: The Left Hand of Darkness
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Ace Books 1969
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 304
Rating: 3/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Science Fiction; 2011- Show It Who is Boss
Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. --L. Blunt Jackson
I am at a loss about this book. I went in thinking "This is a classic, I will love it. I'm digging science fiction right now. I loved Madeliene L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time series. I loved Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale. I enjoyed Heinlein's Have Spacesuit-Will Travel. I adored Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. I am going to love this."
And I was completely disappointed. Oh sure there were parts that I liked. But overall, I kept waiting for the story to really start. I wanted more. And it didn't help that all the names, geography, and customs were very confusing. I got hopelessly loss in a sea of words. I just couldn't truly get into the story like I wanted to. Definitely not going to appear on my Favorites of 2011 list. Oh well. Onto something else...
Title: Perfect Timing
Author: Jill Mansell
Publisher: Sourcebooks 2009
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 431
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Summer Romance - Contemporary
It's the night before her wedding when Poppy Dunbar meets Tom. he is tall, dark, and handsome with a quirky smile, and Poppy can't shake the feeling she's known him all her life. She can't go through with the meeting they arrange... but she can't go through with the wedding anymore either.
Suddenly notorious as "The Girl Who Jilted Rob McBride," Poppy leaves for London and a fresh start. Soon she's installed in the bohemian household of Caspar French, a ravishingly good-looking young artist with a reputation for breaking hearts. But even in her new home and new life, Poppy can't get Tom off her mind. Until she's tracked him down, she'll never know if their meeting was destiny, or if it was just a matter of timing...
OMG!!! I finally found a contemporary romance that I absolutely adored. Everything about it was great! The characters are amazing. Poppy is horribly lost (just like how I feel sometimes). Caspar is the perfect lothario. Claudia is a down-right bitch. Jake is the nerdy little boy lost. And Tom is the perfect Prince Charming. But of course, not everyone is who they seem. All the characters have such chemistry. I couldn't wait to read the whole thing. Even the perfect happy ending didn't bother me. I loved how the characters got to their happily-ever-afters. The journey was the book. And it was great. Very inventive. Not full of clichés like most contemporary romance. I didn't feel like I was reading a recycled story. I was reading a real story, full of faulty people.
I won't run the ending. You'll just have to pick it up and read for yourself. I will definitely be reading more from this author. I finally, finally, finally, found some great contemporary romance. I'm not giving up on this author!
Books to Knock Out
From Net Galley
From Library
From Home Library
Other Books I’d Love to Get to
Update
Number of books I’ve read today: 1 Total number of books I’ve read: 11 Pages Read Today: 431 Total Pages Read: 3002 Hours Read Today: 3 hours 40 minutes Total Hours Read: 24 hours 10 minutes Today #insixwords: Contemporary romance... I found good one!
Books to Knock Out
From Net Galley
From Library
From Home Library
Other Books I’d Love to Get to
Update
Number of books I’ve read today: 0.93 Total number of books I’ve read: 10 Pages Read Today: 359 Total Pages Read: 2571 Hours Read Today: 3 hours 20 minutes Total Hours Read: 20 hours 30 minutes Today #insixwords: Lots of supernatural makes me happy!
Title: The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance
Edited By: Trisha Telep
Publisher: Running Press 2009
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 532
Rating: 4 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Summer Romance - Paranormal
If love transcends all boundaries, then paranormal romance is its logical conclusion. From the biggest names around, here are 24 tales to take you to another time and place.
Let Alyssa Day, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Cheyenne McCray, Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews, Kelley Armstrong, Maria V. Snyder, Carrie Vaughn, Allyson James Marland, and others show you powers beyong your wildest imaginings.
Within these pages mythical beasts, magical creatures of all shapes and sizes, heart-stoppingly handsome ghosts, angels, and mortals with extra-sensitive sensory perception play out the themes of extraordinary desires.
Overall, I really enjoyed this anthology. There were a few stories that I didn't really love, but I think that has more to do with the style of writing. I did absolutely adore a few. My favorites:
And...here we go!
1. How in the world did I have all these boxes in my old room. I swear it multiplied on the trip over.
2. Rows of corn in front of me.
3. Life's like a cloud, ever moving and changing shape.
4. What I wouldn't give for a handmade picnic lunch.
5. Borders closing its doors next week. That was where we used to buy books.
6. Nowhere yet: I think of as "our place". We need to find one pronto.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to catching up on Trueblood, tomorrow my plans include nothing so far, maybe baking some chocolate chip cookies and Sunday, I want to finished my readathon strong!
Books to Knock Out
From Net Galley
From Library
From Home Library
Other Books I’d Love to Get to
Update
Number of books I’ve read today: 2.07 Total number of books I’ve read: 9.07 Pages Read Today: 343 Total Pages Read: 2212 Hours Read Today: 2 hours 5 minutes Total Hours Read: 17 hours 10 minutes Today #insixwords: Blood, tragedy, laughs, animals, succubus, silkie...
Title: Squireel Seeks Chipmunk
Author: David Sedaris
Illustrated by: Ian Falconer
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company 2010
Genre: Humor
Pages: 159
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Amazon -- Customer Favorites
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary is a collection of animal-themed humorous short stories by memoirist and humorist David Sedaris.
If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. "I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though would be more coarse. "Bull," could say the pig and horse. As to the scribe, they'd quote the hen: "Trust me, he's no La Fontaine."
Delightful collection of stories. Some funny, some sad, some thought provoking. Make not mistake about it, these stories really aren't about animals. Unless you consider humans just to be another species of animals. Then, yes, it is about animals of the upright two-legged kind.
My favorites:
David Sedaris has certainly hit another home run. Just amazing!
As part of the Bout of Books Readathon Actin' Up with Books is holding a contest: Pick It Up, and Then Pile It Up. Mind you these are only the books on my current TBR bookshelf (ignore the yearbooks on the second shelf). I have at least 4 boxes of books in the garage that I want to read. And that ottoman us full of library TBR books. Plus I have an iPad floating around here with my NetGalley books. I'd say I have enough to keep me busy. Oh! But I forgot about Borders closing sale. I'm sure I'll be adding to the pile this week.
Title: Greek Street Vol. 1: Blood Calls for Blood
Author: Peter Milligan and Davide Gianfeelice
Publisher: Vertigo 2010
Genre: Graphic Novel; Fantasy
Pages: 144
Rating: 4/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Graphic Novels
Inspired by classical Greek dramas, the series constructs a crime epic following intertwined stories in modern London and most succeeds in channeling the shock value of the original works.
What would happen if we took the classic Greek dramas and set them in today's world? Would they fundamentally change? Milligan shows us that the answer is a resounding NO! All the stories, the triumphs, the tragedies, the characters from ancient Greece are still with us.
I loved this gritty, definitely not for kids, graphic novel outlying the undying lessons. All the remembered characters are here (Cassandra, Daedalus, Oedipus, Agamemnon, the Furies, the Fates, the Greek chorus) placed into modern bodies. I love that this is set in the nasty parts of London, Greek Street, almost a world unto itself. We feel for the tragedy of Eddie (Oedipus). We sympathize with Sandy"s (Cassandra) plight. We loathe Lord Menon's (Agamemnon) and the Furies' despicable behavior. We hope for Detective Daedalus' future. Will his blood be spilled while Jesus watches?
This first volume pushes the stories. Retelling them, but adding new connecting bits. I really want to read the second volume. And the third coming out early next year. Unfortunately, the series was cancelled after issue #16, so I must enjoy it while I can. I like to think of it as a darker Fables series. Definitely something perfect for me.
Title: Men in Kilts
Author: Katie MacAlister
Publisher: Onyx 2003
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 352
Rating: 4 / 5 stars
Reading Challenges: Summer Romance - Contemporary
So far, Kathie WIlliams has made a good show as the only American at a mystery writers' conference in Manchester, England--what with that falling asleep in public thing behind her.
The sight of Iain MacLaren wakes her up. Clad in a deliciously woolly sweater, the burly Scotsman seems to be holding up a wall at the cocktail party. So Kathie makes her move...and winds up stark naked with him in bed, where his thick Scottish brogue, thick manly chest, and thick...other parts...drive her to do things she's never done before. Like fall in love.
And if things aren't moving fast enough--and on the wrong side of the road, no less--Kathie is about to visit Iain's sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands and meet his sons. She's feeling a wee bit nervous. Because she can't tell where this mad affair is going--except north...
Everything in the summary happens in the first 20 pages. Based off of that, I thought I was going to hate this book. I thought "that's it, just jump into bed with some guy. We all do it (yeah right). And so as you get to the Highlands, everyone will love you and that'll be it."
Thankfully I was wrong. The book really gets going after Kathie arrives in the Highlands. Turns out Iain hasn't been completely forthcoming with his acquaintances and other details of life. Not that he should have bared his soul that first night in Manchester, but it does make an interesting adventure for Kathie to find out all the details.
The characters are great. Kathie is generally someone I would like except for those sobbing episodes. I tend to get mad, not burst into tears when someone is mean to me. Kathie is a crier. Other than that little part of her personality, I love her. She's got the sarcasm, the intelligence, the craftiness, to make her interesting. Iain is all muscle and Scottish accent. He's more eye candy than character, but surprisingly it didn't bother me that much. Bridget is entertainingly evil and the housekeeper is irritatingly annoying. Iain's first wife and Kathie's mom are like two peas in a pod. Great little side characters.
Spoiler alert!!!
The book continues past the pont of the usual romance end: the wedding. Thankfully we get to see a bit of life after the big day. There are a few unanswered questions about the farm and various acquaintances. There's also that bit about the sheep seasons. I thought it was going to wear me down, but amazingly I loved that section of the book. We get more than the usual romance, and I defiantly appreciated that!
Overall, a good light romance read with some nice not-so-graphic sex scenes. A welcome change from my recent string of bad luck with tired romances full of tired plots and characters.
Books to Knock Out
From Net Galley
From Library
From Home Library
Other Books I’d Love to Get to
Update
Number of books I’ve read today: 2 Total number of books I’ve read: 7 Pages Read Today: 656 Total Pages Read: 1869 Hours Read Today: 4 hours 45 minutes Total Hours Read: 15 hours 5 minutes Today #insixwords: Zombies and hunky men! Eeek! Yummy!