Tonight ... the beginning of the end (FNL)

Last Night in Dillon is the first episode of the final (and fifth) season of Friday Night Lights. A show that made me invest in fictional characters, on the celluloid, in a way I have never have before. I care about each and every one of them, even when I detest them (hello JD....Lyla). Dillon is real for me.  Of personal interest in Julie Taylor - Aimee Teegarden's portrayal of this bratty teen has transceded cliche and become one of the most accurate depictions of a teen today.  She may not have suffered like most of her peers but she has the most to live up to.  Eric and Tami Taylor are impossible shoes to fill but at least she'll always be known as the 'pretty' Taylor girl :P

Persnickety Snark Survey Results

Last month I asked Persnickety Snark readers to take part in a readership survey.  One hundred and forty six people anonymously (some self declared) shared their thoughts on the blog and its future direction.

Here are the results -

Lessons Learned (1)

I've been reading blogs outside of the YA sphere of late and it is through this reading experimentation that I came across Sound Bite's Monday meme - Lessons Learned.  It's a two part meme - first you volunteer five lessons from your week and secondly, you share five of your favourite things.  I won't be doing this every week but wanted to try something different :)

And here we go -

Lessons Learned
1. Tofu is intolerable. No matter how many times people tell how good it is for you, or how it will help you lose weight, it will never stop it from being a tasteless gelatinous mass.

Review - Sea / Heidi R. Kling

Since her mother's disappearance and presumed death three years prior, Sienna's been plagued by grief and doubt. With her fears and her inability to process her pain, her father proposes a trip to Indonesia. In helping others like independent Deni, fragile yet sweet Elli and the other orphans it is possible for her to move beyond her own problems.

In helping them can she help herself?  Or something even greater?

Review - Kling attempts a huge array of issues in her debut release and prove to be adept in keeping a clipping pace without doing a disservice to her characters. She's taken on many facets with character that is as fragile yet immovable as Sienna. Sienna is a wholly relatable yet occasionally trying character that manages to draw in the reader while also pushing them away.