Today

Because I can't think of a better title. XD

Well, on Saturday we went to see The Young Victoria. It was amazing. Review coming soon, but let me just say right now, that if a theater near you is playing it and you have the opportunity to see it, do so! Highly recommended for fans of costume drama, history, and/or Austen/Bronte-esque romantic films. It was very, very well done.

I had a lovely Christmas with family, and got some wonderful presents--even a Legolas Ken doll, with the bow and arrows and everything!! Opening it was being like seven years old again. ;)

I also started reading Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte, and so far it's an excellent read. She writes third person just as well as first, and in this particular story you get to see another side of her writing; more humor, with elements of Dickens and Austen (Shirley is actually set in the Regency/Napoleonic era). The history she covers in this story is interesting, and one I hadn't read of before; basically, Yorkshire people without jobs vs. mill owners and new machinery. Like Gaskell's North and South, there's two sides to the situation, and it's easy to understand both.

I'm also working on my new "Sleeping Beauty story". I find it works a lot better to outline a book by chapters--that way, I won't have any doubts or worries about where to end the chapter, or what to write in one. =)