CROW AND BUTTERFLY ~ SUMMER SONGS - BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER

SUMMER SONGS
BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER
CROW AND THE BUTTERFLY by SHINEDOWN

Okay, this is my new favorite band for the summer. Listen to this:



What are you listening to this summer?

THE ROAD

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER
by KM Wilsher
FRIDAY FLIX
The Road

I didn't expect to like this movie. The previews looked awesome. . .but then trailers are made to look awesome, right?  I didn't hear anything about THE ROAD after it hit the big screen, and I figured that was bad news. I mean, no one even liked it enough to hate it.

Well, my mom liked it. She said, "Someone needs to redo this. This is a good movie." Does that mean she liked it?

The entire movie is about a father and son traveling in a lawless, post-apocolyptic world. That is it. In the beginning I truly warmed to their relationship, but as time, and paranoia, increased, it wasn't so enjoyable.

There were, however, some great lines!

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"He lay listening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone."

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"Can I ask you something? he said.

Yes. Of course.

Are we going to die?

Sometime. Not now."

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I feel like Viggo Mortensen could really identify with this character that he played. I don't know Viggo, but it seems to me he is much like the role he portrayed here. I think I watched the entire movie, just to see Viggo act. If you see The Road, see it for the great lines/quotes and Viggo's performance.

So, have you seen it? What did you think?

THIRDS ~ BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER

THIRDS
BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER
WORD WEDNESDAY

The first third of a hike is difficult for me. I'm usually a little slow, but, more than that, the flame of motivation is barely lit.

I roll through the waves of emotions

STARLIGHTER by Bryan Davis ~ Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog tour

I had a great weekend, did you? I know Bryan Davis must be having a great weekend. Excited about the publication of his newest book Starlighter.

Dragons are enslaving humankind and a black egg signals the end of the world. Jason Masters must journey to another realm and join forces with a slave girl named Koren to rescue the captives and save two worlds from destruction. What if the Legends Are True? Jason Masters doubted the myths: people taken through a portal to another realm and enslaved by dragons. But when his brother is taken, he must uncover the truth and find the portal before it's too late. Once he's through the portal, he meets Koren, a slave in the dragons’ realm, who struggles to destroy a black egg prophesied to doom all mankind. Jason and Koren must work together to save their two worlds before the dragons learn that their secrets have been discovered.

A tale by the great story teller: Bryan Davis

 Love this cover!

Visit these links:


Starlighter


Author blog

Author Web site
 
I haven't read the book yet. Way behind in reading. Please visit the tour, see what the others have to say!
 
Brandon Barr


Beckie Burnham

Jeff Chapman

R. L. Copple

CSFF Blog Tour

Stacey Dale

D. G. D. Davidson

Jeff Draper

April Erwin

Andrea Graham

Tori Greene

Nikole Hahn

Ryan Heart

Becky Jesse

Cris Jesse

Jason Joyner

Julie

Carol Keen

Krystine Kercher

Dawn King

Leighton

Jane Maritz

Rebecca LuElla Miller

John W. Otte

Donita K. Paul

Crista Richey

SarahFlan

Chawna Schroeder

Rachel Starr Thomson

Steve Trower

Fred Warren

Dona Watson

Phyllis Wheeler

Jill Williamson

KM Wilsher

ECLIPSE - CINEMA SOUND OFF with Lynn Rush and KM Wilsher

Welcome to Cinema Sound Off. We love movies!

My good friend and extraordinary writer, Lynn Rush

--and me, KM Wilsher-- visit the movies and we'll be sharing our reviews with you every

second Tuesday of the month.

Click here for more information on Cinema Sound Off and the code to CSO's rating system.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

KM's Review:

I have not read the Twilight series. I read most of the first two books and gave up. I didn't enjoy them.

I liked the Twilight the movie. I did. I really liked New Moon. That trailer for New Moon had me salivating and the movie did deliver. But, Eclipse? Another story. I fear they threw this together last minute, and I know they tried WAY too hard. The weak flashbacks that were the heart of the story, the cheesy newbie vamps coming to a battle that never satisified me. . .Had me asking: that's it? Really? And, you'd think after two other movies they'd have done something with Jasper's hair. He's Civil War soldier for heaven's sake.

Okay, I'm sure you could care less what I didn't like about Eclipse. Here is what I did like:

I adore Charlie. I enjoyed him in print, but full screen Charlie is the sweetest father ever! The scene where he and Bella discuss her virginity is PRICELESS. . . way to go.

I finally warmed to Edward. I know, I know, he's the vampire who chose Bella over all the women in space and time -- past, present, future -- but the 'I-love-you-so-much-I-have-to-leave-you' banner he's carried always made me cringe, clench my teeth. Really? This is the guy of guys? And when he sabatoges the truck so Bella can't go and see Jacob -- Again, I think "controlling macho man'. . . However, when Bella asks Jake to kiss her -- (Something I found believable and relateable. What else would have kept Jacob from leaving?) -- Edward's reaction was, well, marvelous and endearing. Okay, I'll give him a chance now.

And finally, Bella said:

“This wasn’t a choice between you and Jacob—it was a choice between who I should be and who I am. I’ve always felt out of step—like, literally stumbling through my life—I’ve never felt normal, because I’m not normal. . ."

After Bella said this: all her whining, her going on and on, her unbelievability suddenly softened to a dull whisper.

This "Twilight Saga" experience has been such a great bonding experience with the females in my life. Everyone from my best friends to my coworkers. . . I will continue this conversation.

KM's rating:

2 tickets See it, but by yourself on DVD or Blue Ray

(I know I'm going to hear about  his one LOL)

Now come with me. Catch the Rush. . . Let's see what Lynn Rush had to say! Click here.

Stay tuned for the second Tuesday in August. Another hot movie to review!

Do you have a must see movie for the summer?

Have you seen Eclipse? Got any thoughts?

HIKING REFLECTIONS ~ BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

WORD WEDNESDAY

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER

by KM Wilsher

CITIZEN SOLDIER - SUMMER SONGS - BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER

SUMMER SONGS
by KM Wilsher

SUMMER SONGS: Memories of bare feet and the ice cream man. Hope for future, long days of summer. Songs for summer, from summer and about summer.

The ultimate day of summer: 4th of July. Last year I was in a parade in Durango, Colorado!
The ultimate song for the 4th of July?: Citizen Soldier

Thank you to those who have sacrificed family, sanity, and their lives for our freedom. May God be with you.


Don't go away. Up next Word Wednesday, Friday Flix, and next week: AMERICAN MIDNIGHT!

Prince of Persia - BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

Friday Flix
Summer Movies 2010
BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher




Okay, I take it back. . .most of it.

I said I did not want to see Jake Gyllenhaal, the kissing cowboy, in the role of an ancient Persian prince. I thought I might die before watching this movie. I did not die. A sweet friend took me, and I actually liked this movie.

The chemistry between Dastan and Tamina is on the hotter side of warm. Disney has kept the language clean and sexy free. The action scenes are quite pleasing. The myths are creative and believable. And the story, I was surprised: Prince of Persia was born out of the video game, was it not? I have not played the video game, but can you imagine a movie taken from Everquest? Or based on World of Warcraft? Seems kind of campy. Prince of Persia was not, it was instead inventive and entertaining.

Let me not forget: Sir Ben Kingsley. Need I say more on that subject?

So, if you've seen Twilight 4 times already, and are looking for something to watch this weekend, try Prince of Persia. Let me know what you think.

Happy 4th of July weekend. Tune in next week for AMERICAN MIDNIGHT by Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr. Celebrate America with fiction.