It follows a group of modern 20-something jaded Saint Petersburg residents who dig on old WWII battlegrounds for military memorabilia, which they sell on the black market.
One of the group is a Neo Nazi thug, who tries to use an unearthed skull for target practice. This sets up the time travel portal for this group of young men to meet the men whose grave they just disturbed.
Really enjoyed it. My interest in actor Daniil Strakhov led me to this one, as it is leading me to many excellent projects.
Believe it or not, I'm re-watching the Russian historical drama Bednaya Nastya (Poor Nastya)now that I've discovered the fully-subtitled version on Viki.com.
My husband and I are gobbling up this show like starving maniacs. What I love most about it: the good guys don't have to be shiny, although the bad guys don't show too many Save-the-Cat moments to make them more agreeable. In this show, even the good guys do things that truly shock the viewer, and then have to pay a karmic price for their wrongdoing. It's awesome.
Brad and I watch one episode per day, which tends to eat up my movie-watching time, but I'm having too much fun in Imperial Russia.
Just want to say a massive shout-out to subtitler Agatha for helping me to understand what they were saying! *kiss kiss kiss*
I'm blogging over at The Popculturedivas today, where I share my admiration for Russian-born director Timur Bekmambetov as I look forward to seeing his latest release,Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.
I'm interviewed over at Books, Books, the Magical Fruit today, where I chat about which section of the bookstore I race towards first, why I have a Russian phrasebook in my purse and where I describe my very first 'novel' written when I was in grade five.
This week, in honor of the girl for whom I was once the nanny--and who just celebrated her 27th birthday!--here's a Neil Diamond set.
Once upon a time, after I'd moved out of the Toronto home where I'd been the live-in nanny and then moved in as roommates with my employer's brother, we had his sister/my friend and her then-fiance-now-husband over for dinner and a games night. By this time I was engaged to Brad and he lived in our apartment with the brother/my roomie as well.
We played a music trivia game where you had to give clues about songs and then finally hum part of it if necessary. This first song always reminds me of Donna, the mom/my former employer/housemate/friend and her finger-snapping version.
SAINT SANGUINUS is the featured book today at Bornean Bookworm, all the way over in Indonesia.
Bornean Bookworm, aka Vanessa lives in Malaysian Borneo, likes ghost-hunting reality TV, hates porcelain dolls and clowns, and invites bloggers to stalk her blog.
My newest release, BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE drops by YA paranormal author Shawna Romkey's blog today, as well
BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE also makes a stop at Storyfinds, a new ebook browsing site for Kindle. Authors, check it out! It's a great place to showcase your releases.
Join me at Simply Infatuatedwhere I'm interviewed about favorite childhood toys, something I would never eat, and which five people I would most love to invite for dinner.
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
I wanted to take this moment to thank my 5 on Friday posse for continuing to drop by with comments this month when I've been so busy with my book launch. I want you to know I've been dropping in to listen to everyone's sets while I worked on getting BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE released.
Join me atRoxanne's Realmwhere I share the inspiration for my two main characters from SAINT SANGUINUS, Welsh warrior Peredur and his beloved, Tanwen the chieftain's daughter.
Be careful what you wish for
Both characters should have heeded that advice.
Roxanne has included an excerpt from Tanwen's point of view, as well.
Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
