Ponderings of a Gladiatress

I've been meaning to write this for about a month now. Woops. I've let time escape me and laziness overcome, but not anymore! This first book is The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber. I really enjoyed this book because it kept me busy for a good while. It is 894 pages but don't let that discourage you. It is not hard to read at all. It takes place in the 19th century, my favorite as we now know, and unlike The Meaning of Night it does not read like a novel that was written in that era. So although it is long, I think if anyone is interested in getting a feel for that time period then this is a good book to read. The back of the book does not do it justice. It is about a lot of people, ...

This one is going to be a little bit shorter and not as indepth as the last because I accidently returned two of the books I was supposed to review....OOPS! So to start off I read The Godmother by Carrie Adams. The main character telling the story is named Tessa King, haha, but she couldn't be any less like me. She is 35, single, and British. She is also the Godmother to all of her friend's kids, four total. But she has no kids. I didn't really know how to get into this book at first because I felt so far removed from the situation. I'm almost 20 years old, in a relationship with no plans of kids on the way. But yes, my best friend does happen to have a little girl and I'm kind of sort of ...

            As I sit here writing my first Reading Blog I’m mildly freaked out because I put “Marry The Night” on by Lady Gaga and just realized the first book I’m reviewing is The Meaning of Night. Kind of spooked.             Anyway. The Meaning of Night is by Michael Cox. It was a very tough read but I definitely count it as one of my favorites. I have too many favorites….            Cox loves Victorian Fiction and chose to write his first novel in the same style and he definitely succeeded. The story is about a man named Edward ...

FDA reveals bigger, graphic warning labels for cigarette packages I am appalled by this piece of news. I can not believe that the FDA is being allowed to put such awful things on something so simple as a cigarette pack. I understand that their motive and intention is to get people to quit but then why aren't they putting other graphic images elsewhere? Why aren't there pictures of the consequences of drinking posted on cans and bottles, or even just the cases? I'm not saying I would support that either but it seems very unfair to single out smokers. "'President Obama is committed to protecting our nation's children and the American people from the dangers of tobacco use. These labels ...

Am I Gaga obsessed? Probably. Or at least that's probably how a lot of people see it. The ones that don't call themselves "Little Monsters." Am I ok with this? Absolutely. I have to stick by what I love just like everyone else should and if this means I talk about her a lot, play her music over and over again, or attempt to dress like her now and then, then so be it. Hopefully my friends will still love me.... Gaga's new album comes out on the 23rd of this month and I am sooooooo excited. More excited than I've been for any CD in a long while. She's put out three singles from it and I absolutely love all of them. Born This Way:  When this song came out there was a lot of hype surrounding ...

May 1st, 2011 Osama Bin Laden is pronounced dead. SO much has been going on since then. Some still think that he's not really dead and that it's some publicity stunt to get Obama re-elected. Maybe so, maybe no. I personally think that's crazy. Other's think that it was a waste of the government's time because Osama apparently had nothing to do with 9/11. That too I can't agree with. But what is driving me up the wall is all of this talk about where the credit should go. I posted a status that I saw a friend of mine post [whose husband is in the Navy I believe] that says, "Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American soldier, whom Obama just a few weeks ago was debating ...

 Today I realized that we had NO dyed eggs for Easter. I set to getting the 8 eggs we happened to have hard-boiled. Even if they weren't colored there would, by golly, be hard boiled eggs on Easter.  After rummaging through the cupboards I found food coloring! I boiled 2 1/2 cups of water [1/2 a cup per color that you want] and poured it into 5 cups. I then added 1 teaspoon of vinegar to each cup along with ...

I watched this movie yesterday and these are some of the things that went through my head while watching it, and afterward: 1.) THIS IS A KIDS MOVIE?? 2.) Frollo is terrifying and gives me the chills....the song he sings about "hell fire" and how Esmeralda will be his or burn. And the way he smelled her hair. *shudders* Jeez Disney, is it just me or are you guys insinuating that he would do HORRIBLE things to her such as rape. Why else would he rub the gypsy scarf around his face and speak about desire? Ew 3.) I think I could handle living in the same time period as this movie :P The wine, cheese, and bread all look so good!! Definitely my kind of menu ;) 4.) Are they pronouncing Dame wrong? ...