In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a post where I tell you the books that I received this week either by buying them from the bookstore, going to the library or from my mailbox. In My Mailbox was inspired by Alea and turned into a meme by Kristi.

Howards End by E.M. Forster
Learn Me Good by John Pearson
The Kiss Off by Sarah Billington
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Contest Saturday

Here are some contests that are currently going on right now in the blogosphere that are book related. Click the links to enter them. I will try to hold my own contest each month.

Win a copy of Empty by K.M. Walton HERE. Ends 1/14

Win a copy of Angelfire HERE. Ends 1/17

Win a copy of Release HERE. Ends 1/18

Win a copy of The Farm HERE. Ends 1/18

Win any book from The Book Depository HERE. Ends 1/25

Win two books from a list HERE. Ends 1/31

Win a copy of Salvation HERE. Ends 1/31

Rock of Ages

Title: Rock of Ages

Director: Adam Shankman

Writer(s):  Justin Theroux, Chris D'Arienzo, Allan Loeb, and Chris D'Arienzo

Starring: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and Tom Cruise

Grade: 85% or B

 

My Thoughts::

Okay, so I'll admit it..I'm a suck for musicals. And since I played Karaoke Revolution back in middle school, I loved songs from the 80s (since that was more in the budget I suppose). Mix these two together and you get a movie that I find very fun much to watch and sing along with.

I was never much of a fan of Tom Cruise. I didn't dislike him, but I was never impressed by his performances or enjoyed the movies that he was in to any large extent. So he really wowed me in this movie. I had absolutely no clue that he had such fantastic singing abilities! And he took on the rockstar persona soooo well! I tell my friends that I only like Tom Cruise when he's playing Stacee Jaxx.

This movie had a very scattered plot going on though. Is it about Stacee Jaxx going solo? Is it about his relationship with the reporter? Is is about the relationship between Sherrie and Drew? Is it about Sherrie and Drew becoming famous? Is it about keeping the Bourbon Room from becoming bankrupt? Or is it about the clash between the protesters and Stacee Jaxx/The Bourbon Room? You see it is all of these things and none of them are at the forefront. It is just mixed all together with even more elements involved as well. 

Overall this was a fun movie to watch, if only for the amazing performances and songs and of course, Stacee Jaxx (being very very sexy..ugh..)

Winner: Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop

And the winner of the Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop (a copy of The Center of the Universe by Anita Liberty) is.....

Texas Book Lover

Congrats Texas Book Lover!! I have already e-mailed you. If you don't reply within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen.

Thanks to everyone who entered!