Legend of the Seeker - Saturday's at 4PM!

So in keeping with the recent trend of books-to-television series obsessions (True Blood, Vampire Diaries, anyone) I have recently (starting with the beginning of the second, current season) become infatuated with Legend of the Seeker. If you're in the Chicagoland area it comes on channel 9 at 4PM on Saturdays (hence the title). It's based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind, (which I have no desire to read-- again much like True Blood and V-Diaries) but changes it up a bit so I've heard.

The first season follows the epic journey of a young woods guide named Richard Cypher, a mysterious woman named Kahlan Amnell and a wizard named Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander to stop Darken Rahl from unleashing an ancient and terrifying power.

The second season follows the three of them (and some others) as they try to stop the Keeper (Lord of the Underworld) from destroying the land of the living.

Here are the character bios, courtesy of Wikipedia with a few changes:

• Richard Cypher – Richard starts out in the series as a young woods guide living in Hartland, a town in Westland and a place where no magic exists. Richard is the adopted son of George Cypher and brother of Michael Cypher, but he does not know who his real parents are or that Zedd is his grandfather. He discovers that he is the first true Seeker in a thousand years - "a hero who arises in the times of trouble and suffering and seeks out evil".Although Richard is reluctant to be the Seeker, he is earnest in fulfilling his role as he is the person prophesied to defeat Darken Rahl. Along the way he becomes closer to Kahlan and falls in love with her. Craig Horner explains Richard's character as someone who is "what you see is what you get" and is "so truthful", adding that "the only thing he's been taught to reserve his whole life is his anger, and he can release that once he starts to get hold of this Sword of Truth."

• Kahlan Amnell –the Mother Confessor and, in contrast to the novels which the show is based on, she is not the last living Confessor, at least until partway into the second season. As a Confessor, she has the power to magnify the love a person has within them for her, allowing her to control the person. This power allows her to serve the people of the Midlands, who respect and fear her. Her mother is deceased and she meets her father later in the series after many years of being estranged. Her sister appeared to have been killed at the beginning of the first episode in the series, but later we learn she has indeed survived, and will give birth to a male confessor. In Kahlan's quest to defeat Rahl, her role is to protect the Seeker with her life. She develops a deep love for Richard, which is torment for them both since her Confessor's powers would be inadvertently unleashed in a moment of intimacy, making it impossible for Richard and Kahlan to act on their feelings for each other. Executive producer Robert Tapert describes Kahlan as "a female action hero for 2009… she's perhaps more feminine at the same time as being as ruthless as Xena was."

UNFORTUNATELY, the Tribune Company has decided not to renew the series as of March 4, 2010. The show's owner, ABC, has announced that while Tribune has decided to drop Seeker, this is not the deciding factor on whether it is cancelled completely. If enough other stations are willing to carry the show, it is possible that a third season will be produced.

I totally want there to be a third season. This show is complete with love and romance, laughter and sorrow, surety and silliness. Check it out-- both seasons are on YouTube.

P.S. The male protagonist is pretty hott too, he's an Aussie with pretty hair :)

So Freakin' Excited: Sequels to the Best Books I've Read in a LONG TIME!

I love to read. Seriously, I mean I could read probably 15 hours a day, 5 days a week and be happy.

I read nonfiction all the time, but fiction is better :> (It lets you step out of the world for just a moment.) My favorite type of fiction? Historical fiction comes second only to Sci-Fi/Fantasy. All those hours with Piers Anthony, Robert Jordan, C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle... middle school was heaven.

I thought that maybe some of my passion would rub off on you guys! So here are two of my favorite books and even some info about their upcoming sequels!

JUST ONE NOTE AND I'LL GET ONTO IT: EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SCI-FI, YOU'LL LOVE THESE!

The Hunger Games (2008) is a young adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world where a powerful government called the Capitol has risen up after several devastating disasters. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the ruthless and evil Capitol randomly selects one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts, who are then pitted against each other in a game of survival and forced to kill until only one remains.

The second book in the series is Catching Fire and the third book, Mockingjay, is slated for release on August 24, 2010.

THAT IS A DAY AFTER MY 22 BIRTHDAY!!! Will someone buy it for me? I'll love them forever and ever :>

The second novel is The Host by famous author Stephenie Meyer. Now I know you have your doubts, but this book is GOOD. I mean, seriously. Talk about character driven novel with lots of plot. And this book was written for ADULTS, not boy crazy teenage girls. So READ IT.

The Host is a science fiction/romance novel by Stephenie Meyer. The novel introduces an alien race, called Souls, who take over Earth and its inhabitants. The book describes one soul's predicament when the mind of its human host refuses to cooperate with her takeover... Melanie "Mel" Stryder is one of few "wild' humans. After "insertion" into a human body, they erase the human occupant and establish a claim over the body and mind. Wanderer is a soul who has lived on eight different planets previously, with Mel being her ninth host body. Upon waking inside her new body, Wanderer is shocked by the power and vividness of human emotions, memories, and senses, and quickly learns that Melanie is not willing to give up the entirety of her mind.

So far, there's no sequel to the host on the horizon, but Steph says she's gonna write them: "She said in an interview that, if published, the first sequel would be entitled The Soul and the second The Seeker. In November 2009, she said, "I'd like to eventually have The Host be part of a trilogy. That's one of the projects I'd really like to get to in the next year or so."

GOOD NEWS: In September 2009, producers Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, and Paula Mae Schwartz used independent financing to acquire the rights to adapt The Host into a film. YAY!

BAD NEWS: Unfortunately, we might have to wait until after Breaking Dawn is filmed. Sad :<>
*KUDOS to KIRA, who made me read these two books in the first place. I will say that I trust her to recommend the right books... at least for me!*

Random Post - Pay It No Attention

So I'm sitting here in my apartment and I've just killed the smallest bug I've ever seen, save for a gnat. I'm hoping it wasn't a bed bug-- a lady on the third floor had them and she had to get her apartment fumigated. I know I'm overreacting but, ewwwwww. I hate bugs and anything creepy crawly. I'm most girly in that way.

Anyway so, I'm supposed to be getting up, showering and all that, to go to a fabulous dinner with two of my favorite people. I kind of want to dress up in something fabulous, you know to match the dinner, but I'm afraid I have too many dirty clothes to really do that, so I'll settle for "significantly better than average."

I'm not really sure why I am writing this blog today, other than that I'm procrastinating and such, I just felt like, I dunno, EXPANDING... and writing is the only way I know how to do that.

I guess I will focus on what I want to do right now, so as to make this post not be a complete waste of time. What I really want to do right now is be fully dressed, on my way to Chicago with the girls in some fabulous outfit (as noted above).

Dinner, drinks? (didn't eat that much today, so probably not a good idea), dancing.
I want to wear high heels, preferably the $20, 4-inch platforms I got downtown. I haven't worn them yet and they are AWESOME!

Weirdly too, I want to go out, on a date. With a specific person? Haven't decided yet. Yes and no. Ugh, why is my love life so UN-complicated? Haha. I doubt he realizes I exist as a romantic option. Oh well, such is life. (Ooh, if that came out as bitter, that was not my reaction at all. I was actually amused when I wrote that. I even chuckled a bit.)

Ah! I have to get up and get ready now. We are actually going to dinner-- Bravo, I think. Not dressing up anymore, though. Sad. But at least I get to chill with the girls :)