What will you do instead of watching Oscar? [and now Oscar discussion]

flippyshark · 02-23-2009, 09:23 AM

I watched the three-minute Oscar summary video today, and I found even that to be tiresome and eye-roll inspiring, so I'm glad I spent last night curled up with a cat and a book.

The cat - Tsunami
The book - Dead Until Dark, the first of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. These are the basis for the HBO True Blood series, which I have not yet seen, but the book was hella fun!

Betty · 02-23-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

I watched the three-minute Oscar summary video today, and I found even that to be tiresome and eye-roll inspiring, so I'm glad I spent last night curled up with a cat and a book.

The cat - Tsunami
The book - Dead Until Dark, the first of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. These are the basis for the HBO True Blood series, which I have not yet seen, but the book was hella fun!

Yeah Baby! One of my latest favorite book series. MUCH better then watching the stupid tv show. I've read them all and really enjoyed them. After that series I highly recommend you check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood novels.

innerSpaceman · 02-23-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Betty

Yeah Baby! One of my latest favorite book series. MUCH better then watching the stupid tv show.

Nope, sorry. The first book I've ever read that was far worse than the film or television series based on it.

(There's nothing wrong with the book ... but since it's told first person by the protagonist, the other interesting story and character threads invented by the tv series are simply missing. Sorry ... no Jason Stackhouse adventures with V .... NOT AS GOOD by definition!! Hahaha!)

Sorry, we digress. Oh, um, ok vampires back to Oscars ... well, most people at the Chez party didn't recognize the cute actor from the vampire movie Twilight until we mentioned he was also Cedric Diggory from the HarryPotterverse.

Betty · 02-23-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Nope, sorry. The first book I've ever read that was far worse than the film or television series based on it.

(There's nothing wrong with the book ... but since it's told first person by the protagonist, the other interesting story and character threads invented by the tv series are simply missing. Sorry ... no Jason Stackhouse adventures with V .... NOT AS GOOD by definition!! Hahaha!)

Sorry, we digress. Oh, um, ok vampires back to Oscars ... well, most people at the Chez party didn't recognize the cute actor from the vampire movie Twilight until we mentioned he was also Cedric Diggory from the HarryPotterverse.

Sorry - the stupid TV show I was referring to was the Oscars and not the True Blood series. For the books vs series - I like them both.

02-23-2009, 09:23 AM	#1
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I watched the three-minute Oscar summary video today, and I found even that to be tiresome and eye-roll inspiring, so I'm glad I spent last night curled up with a cat and a book. The cat - Tsunami The book - Dead Until Dark, the first of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. These are the basis for the HBO True Blood series, which I have not yet seen, but the book was hella fun!
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