 | 30 Nov 09 |
It’s the last day of November. Can you believe it? Sometimes I look back on the year and think it flew by. Other times, I think of certain events and it feels like they happened ages ago.
Still, it’s definitely feeling like winter to me. It’s 52 degrees outside. The heater is on and I’m bundled up in bed with my netbook. The Christmas tree is up, the lights are lit on the house, and the stockings are hung from the fireplace mantel. I haven’t bought a single present yet, but I’m looking forward to the wrapping when the time comes.
As the year ends, so does (do?) some of my favorite television shows. Sons of Anarchy only has one episode left before it goes on hiatus after a truly phenomenal sophomore season. Katie Sagal continues to blow me away in her role as Gemma Teller Morrow. Charlie Hunnam is bad boy-licious; he makes a girl want to do bad things. Ron Perlman is brilliant, as he is in everything he does. The storyline for this season broke all the characters (and therefore the club) into tiny pieces, then somehow managed to pull them all back together even stronger than they were before. It was a no holds barred ride that for many shows would have been final-season worthy. For SOA, it’s only the beginning. I can’t wait to see what happens next, and I hate that I have to wait until next year to find out.
Another of my beloved shows, Dexter, is two episodes away from the close of the season. I really enjoyed this year’s storyline. John Lithgow rocked the house as the Trinity Killer. Quinn’s animosity toward Dexter heated up. I wonder if he’ll catch on to Dexter’s Dark Passenger like Stokes did. I’ve adored Dexter Morgan from the first, but this year, he really won me. He grew as a character by leaps and bounds. He’s always had moments of dark humor, but they seemed much more evident this year. He came to some deep revelations about himself, which was fascinating to watch. I’m going to miss Dex. September is so far away…
At least The Tudors will be returning in the spring. It’s just too bad there has to be a gap in between.
How about you? Which shows are you sad to see go on hiatus? Which shows are you looking forward to picking back up again?
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Sylvia Day is the national bestselling, award-winning author of seventeen novels. A wife and mother of two, she is a former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence. In addition to her novels, she’s written numerous novellas and short stories for both print and electronic-original release. Sylvia’s work has been called “wonderful and passionate” by WNBC.com and “wickedly entertaining” by Booklist. Her stories have been translated into Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Czech, and Thai. She’s been honored with the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, the EPPIE award, the National Readers' Choice Award, and multiple finalist nominations for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award of Excellence.
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I’m with you on this season of Dexter. I was worried the baby would somehow take it in a wrong direction, but it’s FABULOUS. John Lithgow deserves an Emmy for his work on the show. And the writers are rocking it big time. I’m already in mourning for the season’s end.
by Sue Ann Jaffarian November 30th, 2009 at 5:51 amI wondered about the baby, too, especially since the first couple of episodes really focused on how difficult it was for Dexter to mess all the aspects of his life. But it’s all coming together now. Just in time for hiatus. *sniffle*
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:32 pmI guess I watch too much “traditional” television because my favorite shows don’t end until the spring! When they go on hiatus for a couple weeks (SUPERNATURAL, FRINGE, HEROES) I have FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and BUFFY SEASON FOUR in the que to watch
by Allison Brennan November 30th, 2009 at 6:36 amI still haven’t caught Fringe! I’ve heard such great things about it.
I’ve noticed that I’m watching a lot more cable-original programming lately. They don’t seem to hold any punches, which I really like.
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:32 pmBones, Castle, and NCIS are perenniel favorites. My “off-season” guilty pleausre is Leverage. It’s on hiatus now and I can’t wait until it comes back! Oh, must add The Mentalist to that list, too.
And now, a brief commercial. I know some of the MSW crew have entered but I’m poking the rest of you! Tomorrow, December 1, is the deadline to enter the National Readers Choice Award, sponsored by OK-RWA. Books published in 2009 are eligible and our judges are the people who read and buy books. MSW’s own Roxanne St. Clair won the romantic suspense category last year! Entry is simple. Go here: http://www.okrwa.com/NRCA/nrca.htm then click on Author Entry Form, fill it out, and voila!
I love y’all’s books and think every one of them should be entered! Just sayin’….
by Silver James November 30th, 2009 at 8:15 amI enjoy Castle and Bones, too! I never got into NCIS, but I’ve enjoyed all the episodes I’ve caught of Leverage.
I won the NRCA, too. One of the highlights of this past year for me!
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:35 pmACK! I didn’t realize that! Congrats! And you were the first person to enter this year.
Good luck! I’d love to see you all enter and win!
by Silver James November 30th, 2009 at 8:15 pmThank you! It’s a great contest. I enter every year.
by S. J. Day December 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 amDrop Dead Diva, Royal Pains, In Plain Sight, and now Storm Chasers are done until next year. Thank god I have NCIS and The Mentalist.
by HollyD November 30th, 2009 at 8:31 amI’ve missed most of this season’s episodes of The Mentalist. I hope to catch them in reruns!
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pmCold? Aren’t you in California? Come to Florida, then, Syl, it’s heavenly here.
I got hooked on V this season and am v. sorry (had to) see it end until March. I also watch some reality TV and am *never* happy to see Biggest Loser end because that show is just all kinds of awesome and inspirational for me.
All I can say is I CAN’T WAIT FOR LOST TO START. Does anybody know the exact date?
by Roxanne St. Claire November 30th, 2009 at 8:41 amYes, I’m in California and wow, is it cold at night! I slept with socks on. I’ll be in Florida in March. I’m looking forward to it.
I love V, too! I caught the pilot episode at this year’s Comic-Con. I can’t believe it’s over already.
The ending of Lost last year was intense. I’m dying to see what will happen next. I hope they do a recap episode prior to the new season launch. I love those.
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pmHey Syl! It’s cold here in Alabama, too! I’m waiting for my favs to come back on next year. The Closer, 24 and True Blood! Everyone tells me I would love Dexter. I have to watch that sometime!
by Debra Webb November 30th, 2009 at 12:52 pmI love Dexter! Love, love, love it! Well worth buying the DVDs, IMO. Or watch them in a marathon On Demand. I did that with Season 2 and it was fabulous.
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:42 pmI’m pissed that V gave me four (4!!!) episodes then went away until spring. What are the TV execs thinking? Or not thinking as the case may be???? No wonder TV is dying. I’ll just read books this winter.
by Jill James November 30th, 2009 at 3:18 pmI was surprised at how small the original order for the show was. My guess is that it’s expensive to produce and they wanted to be sure it would be a hit. Maybe?
by S. J. Day November 30th, 2009 at 4:43 pmI’m going to miss Dexter, SOA and Castle. I already miss DWTS!
by Karin Tabke November 30th, 2009 at 8:06 pmAnd Nip/Tuck! No idea how I forgot to mention that, but I love me some Christian Troy!!
by S. J. Day December 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 amWell, I have to say SUPERNATURAL and VAMPIRE DIARIES, the former because it’s my favourite show and the latter because of the cliff-hanger endings (Gods, I hate those).
Speaking of cliffhangers, I know this is totally random, but any word on next EVE book? I’m DYING to know about that proposal and there’s like no info to be found on the net about the next book! There IS a next book right?!
by Calliope December 1st, 2009 at 9:23 pmI don’t have any word on the next Eve book, no. I’m sorry! I wish I did.
by S. J. Day December 3rd, 2009 at 9:26 am