When I read Annihilation last fall, I was intrigued, repulsed, mystified, enchanted, horrified, compelled, absorbed, and ultimately so unable to articulate what had happened that I didn’t attempt a review. But it has never stopped growing on me, new insights twining around in my brain. It’s insidious. Then the movie happened. I. Had. To. Go. I didn’t think anyone could film the book, and I was on Cloud 9 when I saw the abundance of rave critical reviews. It got compared to Apocalypse Now and 2001: A Space Odyssey ! It got called “stunning” and the “Best Sci-Fi Film in Years” that “ranks among great philosophical sci-fi”! And though there were many differences from the book, it sounded almost as batshitcrazybrilliant as the book!! Which means there are now two equally haunting versions of this story for me to wonder WTF happened. I might not have all the answers, but I’ve certainly enjoyed replaying scenes in my mind and pondering the possibilities. And I suspect that’s
I love Saucey Wenches ! Following for a while now and excited about this giveaway ! Jaye Wells is one of my all time favorite authors. I've read everything of hers, and some even more then once.: )
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Delete“I'd have a longer attention span if there weren't so many shiny things.” ― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right
"Before Melanthe became this, she was that..." from Dark Skye by Kresley Cole. I love this quote because it is just mysterious enough to keep you wondering throughout the book.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite quotes: "“I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people.” " Richelle Mead's Storm Born
ReplyDeleteI only highlighted the end of the sentence because it's fun out of context. "Like we're completely normal people and not demon-made monsters trying to save the city from an albino alligator and a fox-eared girl." - Servants of the Storm by Delilah S Dawson
ReplyDeleteAmber (Lynn Natusch) has a deep-seated fear of clowns and deep water . . . Especially clowns swimming in deep water.
ReplyDeleteShe lifted her face to his and kissed him, running her tongue over his lips before entering his mouth. He pricked his tongue with his fang to make his blood flow and did the same to hers. Their blood mingled, and they drank each other down. Their passion for each other already heated, the connection of the blood sealed them as one and worked to soothe her soreness. -- Master for Tonight by Elaine Barris
ReplyDelete“He was so very large and so very gruff that he rather terrified her, but he always behaved correctly in public, and there was a lot to be said for a man who sported such well-tailored jackets---even if he did change into a ferocious beast once a month.”
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"It was going to be so much fun dragging his complacent sexual views out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary."
ReplyDeleteFrom the Riley Jensen guardian series by Keri Arthur