Tuesday Tagline #155

The wanderer gleamed balefully in the sky- was it a new world for Man or a messenger of ultimate destruction?    

  

 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new Top Ten list will be posted. Everyone is welcome to join. Link back so everyone can check out other bloggers' lists. It's a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers.

This week is Top Ten Books That I'd Like In My Personal Library. Interesting topic. I do tend to buy a lot of books on Kindle, so I don't have tons of new books going on my shelves- I generally only buy physical copies of books I really like or want to have. Except for when I impulse buy in a bookstore, but we won't get into that. So...       

 

The Shark Club. 

I was really impressed with this and had to have a copy. And yes, Barb, you probably knew this would be here, right???

The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet. 

I love this whole series and have them all, but this one is my favorite and if I had to pick one to own, it would be this one. 

The Blue

Another good book that I just wanted to have a physical copy. I love the idea of living on a yacht for a while, sailing from place to place, although hopefully murder wouldn't be part of the itinerary. 

Bad Girls With Perfect Faces. 

Why isn't this on Netflix yet???

A Dance With Dragons

I pretty much need this in my library- my fave of the series. 

Eight Hundred Grapes

I won this in a giveaway a few years ago but I'm so glad to have a hard copy. 

The Extinction Trials

I hardly see anyone reviewing these but they are so fun! 

Lost Girls

Again, I need Netflix to get on this 

Planet of Exile

A favorite

The Winds of Winter

I can dream, right? 

Song Lyrics #13 - Shock the Monkey

This week I'm looking at Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel. This song is a trip, and I admit I have no idea what it's about! Even reading over the lyrics, I'm clueless. But... it's a catchy tune and I love the beat.     

So what do you think?   

Lyrics

Cover me when I run  

Cover me through the fire 
Something knocked me out the trees 
Now I'm on my knees 
Cover me, darling please, hey
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

Fox the fox
Rat the rat
You can ape the ape 
I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of 
I can't take any more
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey, hey
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey, hey, hey
Shock the monkey, hey yeah

Monkey wheels keep turning
Monkey Something's burning 
Monkey Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Cover me when I sleep 
Cover me when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine 
Make the monkey blind 
Cover me, darling please, hey

Monkey Too much at stake 
Monkey Ground beneath me shake 
Monkey And the news is breaking 
Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey 
Shock the monkey to life 

Shock the monkey to life 
Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life 
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life 

Sunday Post #312

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I saw this week that Archive Of Our Own (the fanfiction site) won a Hugo Award at Worldcon. You can see the post here. How cool is that? Fanfic has come a long way! And did you know Naomi Novik was a founder of AOOO? I had no idea. I used to be a little skeptical of fanfic, to be honest, but like a lot of people my views have evolved. I used to think I would rather write my own stuff- and I would, generally- but I also appreciate fanfic now and understand it better. I've even written some. I've been trying to decide whether I want to post new fanfic to AOOO or Wattpad, and this news makes me lean towards Archive. Although I could post both places I suppose. 

Do you like fanfiction? What do you think about Archive Of Our Own winning?   

Have you heard of Mythothon? It's a readathon going on over at Foxes and Fairytales based on mythology, but you don't have to read mythology books- the prompts are just mythology based.         

  

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Movies That Suck returned this past week with Dragonslayer. Vermithrax is without a doubt one of the coolest dragons ever put on film. Have you seen it? If not, I got ya covered. :) And this week we have Soylent Green! 

You know, we are only three months (less than three) from Nov 2019. The era of Blade Runner. So I thought I would do a little dystopia countdown. 

Thank goodness NYC isn't this crowded yet.

At least 2274 is a ways off. 

 

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