What I'm reading....

Although it was not my intention when I picked it up, it seems I'm being a bit counter-cultural among my friends by reading Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', instead of 'Les Miserables'. :)
I'm not really far enough into it to have an opinion, but I do have some, notwithstanding, (thanks to my despicable habit of reading ahead). :)
I don't like Phoebus, first of all. He's a lout once his habits get unfolded. Esmeralda is still somewhat of a mystery to me...what's she after? (Besides Phoebus, poor girl.) Quasimodo is tragically stoic (at least that's the impression I'm getting,) Frollo strikes me about the same as he did after I saw Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, (which I like, by the way, even though it's nothing like the book.) Like my character Governor Andellan in Points of Light, Frollo represents a great mind that has reached too far and has finally come up empty. Not a good situation.

One character I'm still in the dark about is Pierre Gringoire. The story keeps coming back to him, but I have no idea what part he will play in the grand scheme of things...time will tell.

EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention in my original post is that Frollo's relationship with Quasimodo is very different than in the Disney movie. In the book, his adoption of the hunchback is a real act of charity, (done on Frollo's younger brother's behalf.) The aspect of Frollo's relationship with his brother is another huge wedge between the evil, conniving Frollo of the film, and the Frollo who you meet at the beginning of the book. (Though you quickly see him become as he is in the movie, as he becomes obsessed with Esmeralda.)

Random Update for late in March...

Hello there!
This is just sort of a random update...as noted in the post title.
I'm working on my costume for the upcoming literary ball on April 1st. I'm very excited for said ball! I love dancing, and costumed dancing is even more fun!
Plus I'll have something cool to enter in the fair this Summer as well! :)
No, I'm not going to reveal my literary identity, but I will say that it is quite unlike my last costume role which was rather unsavory. ;)

Pride and Prejudice fan trailer

So I finally got around to giving one of my favorite movies some love...:)
Enjoy!

Mr. Matthew MacFadyen...you are "The man"

Totally.


For me, Matthew McFadyen IS Mr. Darcy, and he always will be. Colin Firth is good, but Mr. MacFadyen great. So imagine my wonder and rapture when I happened to see this on Youtube:



This my friends is...well, the ultimate in audiobook material. Now if only there was a complete audiobook on the market...it shall be a lifelong sorrow, I know. Is not his voice amazing? So dramatic, but not in the least overdone. Such a great performance. Such feeling, so soothing, so expressive.
If it helps, don't watch the video, just click play, minimize the window, and just take in the experience!



There are also a few videos on Youtube of Mr. MacFadyen reading poems, which are very good as well, though nothing to the above clip.

A sneak Peek at what I've been working at...

As some of you know, I've got a new trailer in the works, that should be coming online very soon. I'm not going to reveal what movie the trailer is for, but I'm going to share some of the music I'm using in it. So without further ado, I give you:
Audiomachine's "City of Hope",
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQVkB95cPY&playnext=1&list=PLFD7C2CCF154F82F2

I hope you like the music, and keep an eye out for the new trailer! :)

An interesting sale...

Some of you know that my mom has an Etsy store and has been making and selling Regency dresses through it. She has been, basically, costuming a Pride and Prejudice play in Wisconsin, (Very blessed by all those sales.)

Her most recent sale is very interesting. We discovered that the buyer is in fact, Sharon Lathan...(Don't completely pass yourself off as illiterate if you don't know who she is...I didn't either.)
My mom came down and asked me, "Are you familiar with any books about Darcy? Like sequels to Pride and Prejudice?" (Or something to that effect.)
A little confused, having just got out of bed, I pulled some eyebrows and tentatively said that I was, thinking of Mr Darcy Takes A Wife.
"Have you heard anything good about them?" Was the next question.
"No."
"Well, the lady who bought my dress has written a series of Darcy books."
More eyebrows..."No kidding."

So, I had never heard of these books before, (The Darcy Saga,) which to the best of my knowledge begins on Darcy and Elizabeth's wedding day, and over the course of five books, covers the first years of marriage, their first child, etc.
I can't say anything for the books, but watching an interview with the authoress and her husband was quite nice, and reassuring as far as for her motive in writing.
She bought the dress for her daughter to wear to a Jane Fest in CA (Which was canceled, unfortunately). She has some pictures of her and her daughter in their Regency dresses up on her website's blog, though only one of her daughter. I'm not sure what kind of a following she's got, but it is international. And so that's kind of a lot of advertising, we're thinking. :)

Anyway, anybody heard of/read these books?

http://www.sharonlathan.net/sharonsblog/