Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

     This is one book in the Kate Daniels series. This is a series best read in order. The first book is Magic Bites.

     This is one of those books in a series where things take a dramatic turn and things really change for the characters. I won't spoil anything, but this installment has ups and downs and twists and turns, soon after the story starts.
     It all starts with an offer the pack can't refuse. An assignment as body guards of a werewolf carrying twins, by different fathers. A pawn used to lure Kate by someone from her past, and that is just the beginning of an intricate weaved story.
     Worth the time to read it. A wonderful installment to the Kate Daniels series.
   

Omens by Kelly Armstrong

     I have read Armstrong's other works. So when I heard about Omens, and read what it is about, I got interested. I have read her paranormal Otherworld Series, and her fiction about Nadia Stafford. But to me Omens, seems to have lost balance the balance that her other supernatural books have. This needed to either have more supernatural, or be just plain fiction.
     At points, the book gets really interesting. I did like the segue's into character thoughts after something happened. The characters are interesting. The story has potential and to be honest, I had trouble at times, wanting to get back into the story. I wasn't even sure I wanted to read the next one, till it hinted at being more supernatural, so I probably will give a try.
     I really hope the next one is more like her other works. I won't say I was completely disappointed. It was just I could see subtracting the supernatural, and tweaking a few things, and it could be a good mystery.Or tweak a few things another way, and it would be a better supernatural tale.
   

I, Frankenstein

     I thought from what  previews I saw that this film would have been a bit more action packed with it. It wasn't a bad film, it was good, but to me felt like it could have been a bit more. I wonder what was in the graphic novel it was based on.
     I know from previous book adaptations, that sometimes things are cut form the story to make it flow better on screen. But it felt like as soon as the monster meets the girl, the story ended. I wanted more to that encounter, a bit more on the gargoyles, even the demons.
     Like I said, not bad. Probably, better seen on the big screen, and the 3-D isn't a bad plus.