Transferring posts from A Wren's Nest

I'm bringing over some posts from an older blog of mine at LiteralMinded. They aren't new, so I'll probably date them as they were, but they'll all be under the Wren's Nest tag.

Here's hoping any nonsense in them can be overlooked or forgiven; they were written when I was among friends, and intended for our writing site, so there are bits of silliness everywhere. :)

From Forks, Back Home

If nothing else, Stephenie Meyer got me reading entire books again. Fiction, at that. Clawing my way back from teenager-vampire stories, I read Pride and Prejudice (and then promptly sat down and watched the movie until the wee hours of the morning), and now have been engrossed in Silas House novels. I want to get my hands on more Kentucky writing; in fact, I need to do that.

I want to see what is out there, learn more about place and voice. And of course, who would mind camping out with a stack of Wendell Berry to read?

I've Been Sucked In...

No pun intended, LOL. It's happened. I'm wrapped up in the world of Twilight. Just dabbling, I've told my friends and family. But, good grief.

Have read the first two books, waiting for my niece to finish the third. Sigh.

Between the author and the movie director/actors, they've NAILED the romance. The funny thing is, I recognize the formula, and I don't care. I want to know what happens to these characters. I don't read standard "romance novels" as a rule, but I have read Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and I have to wonder if Stephenie Meyer has, too. No vampires that I recall, and definitely more, um, explicit, but all of the frustration and misunderstandings - Heather and Brandon, anyone?

So now I'm considering showing up for the midnight release of the DVD, and I'm following some role-players on Twitter, keeping up with the day-to-day in the Cullen family.

Dabbling, indeed.