Teaser Tuesdays - July 16th

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

When everyone piles on expectations, rules, plans for the future and college, part of Buffy balks. A voice inside screams for comfort, for fun, for a chance to lash out.

~ Page 82, Buffy and the Heroine's Journey by Valerie Estelle Frankel

You've Got Mail Monday

Another week has come and gone. Last week was a crazy one with doctor visits, end of the school year activities, and dance recital. Today is the last day of school, so now the schedule should lighten up for a month or so.

In addition to my latest issue of All You magazine, the postman delivered catalogs from Boston Proper, Land's End, and FrontGate. Not feeling in the buying mood--meaning, I am so broke it hurts to even browse--they swiftly made it into the recycle bin.

Two books arrived this week and I am so excited. The Many Faces of Katniss Everdeen and Buffy and the Heroine's Journey. These books are by Valerie Estelle Frankel. I read Frankel's other Hunger Games book, Katniss the Cattail, which is a guide to all that is Hunger Games. She kindly sent me these two other books for review. What a neat niche she has created with her movie and television show tie-in books. You can find her here if you would like to learn more.

That's it for this week's You've Got Mail Monday. Hope you have a lovely week.

Free for All Friday - Giveaway Roundup

Since we started a new giveaway earlier in the week, I won't be having a new one for Free for All Friday. I encourage you to check out our giveaway page.

My kids and their dad are out at the new movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. I decided to start the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's weird to see Xander and Buffy acting like the adults. I forgot how much I enjoyed the series when it was on. It had it's moments when it wasn't so great, but I loved the Spike and Buffy angle.

Are there any movies coming out you're looking forward to? Any shows you recently rediscovered?