True Blood and The Host

[anogete]

I haven't seen the episode of True Blood that is airing tonight. No HBO, you guys. So sad. Anyway, I'm sure I can find a torrent of it tomorrow, so it's no big, dramatic deal. I finally got a chance to sit down and watch the third episode today. I have a few big problems (i.e. Jason and the V-Juice, Layfette as a drug dealer, etc), but I'm not going to nag. I'm trying to just go with the flow on this. And as much as I hated Sam and Tara sleeping together, I couldn't be too mad about it because the actor they chose to play Sam is just so freakin' charming and sweet that I melted during their scenes together. He plays Sam just right, and he looks exactly how I pictured Sam. I'm fan-girl giddy over him, for real. I want to start a website and write tons of fanfiction and be obsessed with Sam with other crazy people.

Oh, and I finished The Host by Stephenie Meyer. The second half was better than the first, and I ended up reading the majority of it in twenty-four hours. I'm so happy I read it, and I recommend it to anyone else in the market for something new. If a book makes me cry, then I count it as a damn good book, even if there are a quite a few Stephenine Meyer haters out there. Oh, and theredzebra1, Team Ian all the way! :-) How could anyone not love him?

I need to make some Sam icons, STAT.

Comments

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

I felt tonight's episode strayed even farther from the books, but Eric is perfect! And Sam is growing on me.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

That's what kills me! With some of the bits and characters they hit the nail on the head. And then there are the bits that stray, and those really bug me. If there were a reason to stray, then I could let it go, but I don't really understand why they are changing these things.

I'm happy to hear that Eric is perfect, though! I thought they made an excellent choice in casting him.

[theredzebra1.livejournal.com]

Agreement is boring, so I'll just say that: the straying bugs me, but Eric and Sam are delish. Eric's accent...cold and crisp as the biting Arctic wind.

*claps* I'm beyond thrilled that you liked The Host and Ian in particular. Doesn't the ending just....agh! *sniff* I wept off and on through the last part of the book.
"I held you in my hands and you were beautiful." *sigh*

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I adored Ian. Like you, I wept off and on during the last few chapters. I was afraid Wanda was going to leave forever and poor Ian would be left alone. I never did manage to drum up much love for Jared, but Ian is beyond perfect.

I'm so excited to see the fourth episode of True Blood, mainly because of Eric. I'm trying to enjoy the bits I can and ignore the silliness (like Jason's extreme!sex scenes every ten minutes).