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And I'm all caught up. Now I'll start gathering eps again for another marathon once the season ends. Overall, I like the show and I like the friendship between Sherlock and Joan. On the other hand, it's just another procedural a la Monk or The Mentalist about a male genius with issues and his female nanny. Based on all the hype, I expected more.

Books #7+8

"Ivan the Heartless" by Megan Derr

Rating: ♠ ♠ ♠

A freebie. A fairy tale about a prince who went on a quest to save three cursed friends. Sweet. The tone, the style really reminded me of old children stories, only the prince fell in love with a man here.

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"Thankful" by Lissa Matthews

Rating: ♠

This short story simply didn't work for me. I love D/s but here, it felt like a father disciplining his son, not a dom taking care of his sub. And the fact that Thor and Bobby were visiting Bobby's conservative, close-minded parents and went for a bit of spanking into the woods right next to their house and even called each other "boy" and "sir" where the parents could overhear them... No, just no. There are stories where I can accept a D/s ship outside the bedroom but the power imbalance in this relationship was just too much for me, Bobby was way too immature, the whole time I had a feeling he was barely in his teens, not a grown man and a lawyer. Not my cuppa.

Re-watching Sherlock!

I spent the afternoon re-watching Sherlock S1. Gosh, I almost forgot how much I love the show, how utterly smitten I'm with the characters, the setting, the cinematography, the music... So, so lovely, all of it. And I love that, even after so many viewings, I can still find details I missed! Like in The Great Game, when Sherlock is being all diva-ish on the sofa, draping himself all over it like a Victorian maiden with the vapors - he flexes his toes and curls them into the cushions! Ha, it's such a tiny thing but I love it to pieces, it's a wonderful touch!

And yes, I still LOL when he huffs and curls up in a tiny ball on the sofa, with his back to John, all bored and angry and annoyed, refusing to talk to John - but how does John DARE to leave! Or when John finds the severed head in the fridge! Or when John decides to go on a date with Sarah and Sherlock invites himself too, totally not getting what a "date" is about! And I still get the shivers when Sherlock say softly, "Please, Jim, will you fix it for me..." when he realizes that Moriarty is a consulting criminal. Beautiful, so, so beautiful...

This show makes me so incredibly, wonderfully happy. Whenever I watch it, I float like a helium filled balloon! Gosh, these two...

LOL!

The best summary of Les Misérables:

"So Wolverine is on the run from the Gladiator because Catwoman had a baby at Borat's house."

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The Fellowship of the Ring, part 1

I finally started watching the extended edition of the original trilogy. And considering it's... 12 discs? I think I'll have a lot of fun with it in the upcoming days/weeks.

It was very considerate of them to cut the movie exactly in half, turning a 3hr. 20min. long film into two 1hr. 40min. long ones. It feels like watching a mini-series of movies, not just a trilogy. I really like the extended version with so many added scenes, it feels richer that way.

You know, before I saw The Hobbit, I didn't really care about the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings, it felt like their scenes took me away from the "good stuff" - Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. But now that I've actually seen Bilbo and a bit of his adventures, I'm loving the hobbits. I think it's all because of Martin Freeman - my favorite actors can make me fall in love with anything. So, I'm actually enjoying Frodo's POV very much and especially his relationship with Bilbo, it's so warm... And they are so much alike, aren't they?

In this first part, Legolas, my favorite character of all - I mean, he's an ARCHER, for goodness sake, archers simply DO it for me, so sue me! - wasn't there much, in just two scenes. But I love his antagonism with Gimli, the way he rolled his eyes when Gimli stepped up and joined the fellowship too - and with such a smug expression too. I'm already loving this back and forth so much.

The creepiest thing so far? The Nazgûl. Crikey, they are scary. And not just their looks, but the screeching sound they emmit too!

You know, now that I've seen The Hobbit and a part of The Fellowship of the Ring, I love the bits and pieces that connect the movies together. Like the trolls that turned into stone. Or even just the paper stuck to Bilbo's door! It's so incredibly lovely! And I can't wait for the day when I will be able to watch all the movies, all 6 of them, in one go, to see how they are all connected.

And the music... oh, oh, the music is awesome. I admit that Howard Shore's score for The Hobbit didn't measure up to his LotR work. Not that the new OST isn't beautiful, but he simply outdid himself with LotR!

This is so precious! \o/