Emmy Pre-Noms: Who I am Rooting For
So TODAY the pre-noms for the 2011 Daytime Emmys. Exciting, yes?
Bolded are the people who I AM ROOTING for:
LEAD ACTRESS
Maura West Colleen Zenk
LEAD ACTOR
Jon Lindstrom Michael Park
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Terri Conn (Colombino) Lesli Kay Julie Pinson
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Trent Dawson Eric Sheffer Stevens
YOUNGER ACTOR
Mick Hazen
LEAD ACTRESS
Kelly Monaco Laura Wright
LEAD ACTOR
Maurice Benard Steve Burton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Marie Berman Brianna Brown Jane Elliot Nancy Lee Grahn Kimberly McCullough
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonathan Jackson Jason Thompson Dominic Zamprogna
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Lexi Ainsworth Haley Pullos
YOUNGER ACTOR
Chad Duell Nathan Parsons Aaron Sanders
Bolded are the people who I AM ROOTING for:
ALL MY CHILDREN
LEAD ACTRESS
Rebecca Budig Susan Lucci Alicia Minshew Debbi Morgan
LEAD ACTOR
David Canary Ricky Paull Goldin Vincent Irizarry Michael E. Knight Michael Nouri Walt Willey Darnell Williams
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julia Barr Christina Bennett Lind Melissa Claire Egan Lindsay Hartley Jill Larson Jamie Luner Cady McClain Chrishell Stause
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Trent Garrett Cornelius Smith, Jr. Jacob Young
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Brittany Allen Natalie Hall
YOUNGER ACTOR
Finn Wittrock
Rebecca Budig Susan Lucci Alicia Minshew Debbi Morgan
LEAD ACTOR
David Canary Ricky Paull Goldin Vincent Irizarry Michael E. Knight Michael Nouri Walt Willey Darnell Williams
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julia Barr Christina Bennett Lind Melissa Claire Egan Lindsay Hartley Jill Larson Jamie Luner Cady McClain Chrishell Stause
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Trent Garrett Cornelius Smith, Jr. Jacob Young
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Brittany Allen Natalie Hall
YOUNGER ACTOR
Finn Wittrock
AS THE WORLD TURNS
LEAD ACTRESS
Maura West Colleen Zenk
LEAD ACTOR
Jon Lindstrom Michael Park
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Terri Conn (Colombino) Lesli Kay Julie Pinson
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Trent Dawson Eric Sheffer Stevens
YOUNGER ACTOR
Mick Hazen
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
LEAD ACTRESS
Kristian Alfonso Lauren Koslow Crystal Chappell Alison Sweeney
LEAD ACTOR
John Aniston Galen Gering Peter Reckell James Scott
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nadia Bjorlin Peggy McCay Suzanne Rogers Louise Sorel Arianne Zucker
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Shawn Christian Mark Hapka Jay Johnson Eric Martsolf
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Camila Banus Molly Burnett Shelley Hennig Taylor Spreitler
YOUNGER ACTOR
Casey Deidrick Chandler Massey
Kristian Alfonso Lauren Koslow Crystal Chappell Alison Sweeney
LEAD ACTOR
John Aniston Galen Gering Peter Reckell James Scott
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nadia Bjorlin Peggy McCay Suzanne Rogers Louise Sorel Arianne Zucker
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Shawn Christian Mark Hapka Jay Johnson Eric Martsolf
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Camila Banus Molly Burnett Shelley Hennig Taylor Spreitler
YOUNGER ACTOR
Casey Deidrick Chandler Massey
GENERAL HOSPITAL
LEAD ACTRESS
Kelly Monaco Laura Wright
LEAD ACTOR
Maurice Benard Steve Burton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Marie Berman Brianna Brown Jane Elliot Nancy Lee Grahn Kimberly McCullough
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonathan Jackson Jason Thompson Dominic Zamprogna
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Lexi Ainsworth Haley Pullos
YOUNGER ACTOR
Chad Duell Nathan Parsons Aaron Sanders
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
LEAD ACTRESS
Kassie DePaiva Susan Haskell Florencia Lozano Erika Slezak Gina Tognoni
LEAD ACTOR
Jerry verDorn Robert S. Woods
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Archer Ilene Kristen Hillary B. Smith Robin Strasser Bree Williamson
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brian Kerwin Mark Lawson Sean Ringgold
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Kristen Alderson Shenell Edmonds Farah Fath Kelley Missal Brittany Underwood
YOUNGER ACTOR
Eddie Alderson Nic Robuck David A. Gregory
Kassie DePaiva Susan Haskell Florencia Lozano Erika Slezak Gina Tognoni
LEAD ACTOR
Jerry verDorn Robert S. Woods
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Archer Ilene Kristen Hillary B. Smith Robin Strasser Bree Williamson
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brian Kerwin Mark Lawson Sean Ringgold
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Kristen Alderson Shenell Edmonds Farah Fath Kelley Missal Brittany Underwood
YOUNGER ACTOR
Eddie Alderson Nic Robuck David A. Gregory
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
LEAD ACTRESS
Jeanne Cooper Stacy Haiduk Michelle Stafford Melody Thomas Scott
LEAD ACTOR
Peter Bergman Eric Braeden Christian LeBlanc Tristan Rogers
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tracey E. Bregman Tricia Cast Amelia Heinle Elizabeth Hendrickson Julia Pace Mitchell Eden Riegel Marcy Rylan Laura Stone Sean Young
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeff Branson Doug Davidson Billy Miller John Driscoll Darius McCrary Greg Rikaart Michael Muhney
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Emily O'Brien
Jeanne Cooper Stacy Haiduk Michelle Stafford Melody Thomas Scott
LEAD ACTOR
Peter Bergman Eric Braeden Christian LeBlanc Tristan Rogers
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tracey E. Bregman Tricia Cast Amelia Heinle Elizabeth Hendrickson Julia Pace Mitchell Eden Riegel Marcy Rylan Laura Stone Sean Young
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeff Branson Doug Davidson Billy Miller John Driscoll Darius McCrary Greg Rikaart Michael Muhney
YOUNGER ACTRESS
Emily O'Brien
Some Trips are Just Worth the Time . . .
Is it March 1st yet? The NEW Julie James novel is coming out!!!! I can’t wait! I love her writing, characters and voice.
So, I was reading a lot this week. I started Worth the Trip, buy Penny McCall. I am not sure where I stand on this issue, but do you think that in order to read a series, you need to read the ENTIRE series?
I love the character of Trip Jones, but I loved him in the earlier novel he appeared in as well. I love, love, love Norah. I did not expect to, but I walked away really loving her character. Anyway, the fact is, the Trip that I read in her earlier works would not have even fallen for a woman like Norah.
So I guess the point I am trying to make is what if prior experience with a character hinders the overall novel? Is that really far to readers? It is obvious that regardless of where you stand on whether or not Worth the Trip was a good novel, you will say that Trip was definitely unexpected.
On another positive note, Jack and Aubrey from All Jacked Up, appeared in the novel, briefly, as well. They were so freaking cute.
On an irritating note, what is with Worth the Trip’s sex scenes all being exactly one page? And completely out of the blue? Did anyone else feel irked by this?
Anyway, for some great romantic suspense, check Penny McCall. I own all of her books and love to read them!
PS: FIVE DAYS until Julie's A Lot Like Love! Seriously. Can. Not. Wait.
So, I was reading a lot this week. I started Worth the Trip, buy Penny McCall. I am not sure where I stand on this issue, but do you think that in order to read a series, you need to read the ENTIRE series?
I love the character of Trip Jones, but I loved him in the earlier novel he appeared in as well. I love, love, love Norah. I did not expect to, but I walked away really loving her character. Anyway, the fact is, the Trip that I read in her earlier works would not have even fallen for a woman like Norah.So I guess the point I am trying to make is what if prior experience with a character hinders the overall novel? Is that really far to readers? It is obvious that regardless of where you stand on whether or not Worth the Trip was a good novel, you will say that Trip was definitely unexpected.
On another positive note, Jack and Aubrey from All Jacked Up, appeared in the novel, briefly, as well. They were so freaking cute.
On an irritating note, what is with Worth the Trip’s sex scenes all being exactly one page? And completely out of the blue? Did anyone else feel irked by this?
Anyway, for some great romantic suspense, check Penny McCall. I own all of her books and love to read them!
PS: FIVE DAYS until Julie's A Lot Like Love! Seriously. Can. Not. Wait.
Love, Adrienne
It Was SIX DEGREES OUT Today
This week I have not been concentrating on my writing. Boo. . .
I have been reading and applying for jobs! And I found one job that I really, really, REALLY want.
There are also some books coming out that I want as well. I mean, I am so looking forward to these. I thought I would share.
A Lot Like Love by Julie James (EEE!!!)
March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011
The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis
March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011
Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
April 26, 2011
Breaking Point by Pamela ClareMay 3, 2011
Can't Hurry Love by Christie RidgwayJuly 5, 2011
Playing Dirty by Susan AndersonJuly 26, 2011
So that's it . . . SIX novels that I am anxiously awaiting. I am interested to see if you have any suggestions for me. Or if you might be waiting for some books of your own. Share! Share!
Wynda-What?!? - Nikolas Cassadine About Tracy Quartermaine Moving In!
Beginning with both the awful and the awfully shocking – Tamara Braun is IN at Days of Our Lives, meanwhile Natalia Livingston is OUT. Tamara will be replacing Natalia in the role of Taylor. Tamara is best known to fans as Carly Corinthos from General Hospital. She is also fairly popular for playing the role of Reese on All My Children. Speaking of popular, have I mentioned that Tamara has won an Emmy? That’s right. She was playing Ava on Days of Our Lives. The Days of Our Lives that just hired her to play a completely non-related character. Right. . . and just for arguments sake – Natalia won an Emmy in the same category as Tamara FIRST. 
Speaking of casting news, REBECCA HERBST IS STAYING AT GENERAL HOSPITAL! Liz is not being written out. You can thank her fans for that one! Though not a huge fan, I do love me some Lizzie when she actually has a storyline. I am looking forward to some great things with this character.
Tess is back on One Life to Live and I am not that happy. I will admit, that I don’t really care about this whole Jess needs to fight Natalie back . . . I am more upset about the fact that they keep telling the same story over and over again. Jess and her twin fight over a man (whether it be about is impending fatherhood or death) and Jess can’t handle it, so Tess takes over. Really? Really? Haven’t we seen this all before? I don’t know about you, but I am done with this character.
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I thought I would share my favorite couple of the moments with you. This is fun for me. I get to share my opinion and be completely biased about it!
Runner Up: John McBain and Kelly Cramer (One Life to Live) have not actually become a couple, yet. From a purely superficial standpoint, they would make a great duo!
What are your thoughts?
Speaking of casting news, REBECCA HERBST IS STAYING AT GENERAL HOSPITAL! Liz is not being written out. You can thank her fans for that one! Though not a huge fan, I do love me some Lizzie when she actually has a storyline. I am looking forward to some great things with this character.
Tess is back on One Life to Live and I am not that happy. I will admit, that I don’t really care about this whole Jess needs to fight Natalie back . . . I am more upset about the fact that they keep telling the same story over and over again. Jess and her twin fight over a man (whether it be about is impending fatherhood or death) and Jess can’t handle it, so Tess takes over. Really? Really? Haven’t we seen this all before? I don’t know about you, but I am done with this character.
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I thought I would share my favorite couple of the moments with you. This is fun for me. I get to share my opinion and be completely biased about it!
- Patrick and Robin Drake (General Hospital) are my absolute favorites. They have been since they met and they will be . . . forever! Seriously, though, this Valentine’s Day was a great treat for P/R fans, because the couple broke up about six months ago and Patrick finally kissed his wife on this fated holiday. And she didn’t punch him! Might I take a ventured guess and say that the Character Assassination of Doctor Patrick Drake is on it’s way to being over? A girl can hope!
- Scott Chandler and Madison North (All My Children) are also really great. Everytime I see them together, I swoon. It's sickly inappropiate. At first I was kind of hesitant, because I prefer characters who have family and connections to the canvas and Madison, though she has friends, has managed to lose all her family (though, I will say that I would be perfectly okay with it coming out that in some weird twist, Greenlee is not Jackson’s daughter, Madison is!). I also don’t really like Ryan. I refer to him, sometimes, as the Vortex of Suck. He seriously takes the fun out of everything; so when Ryan and Madison hooked up, I was disappointed. It got worse when the audience found out she was pregnant. Now, now (!) Scott is claiming to be her baby’s daddy, and Greenlee is blackmailing him into a relationship with Madison. I love it! Scott is so charming and enjoyable, and Madison is so sweet and innocent. It’s perfection. Bring it on!
- Kevin Fisher and Chloe Mitchell (The Young and the Restless) kind of remind me of the two suckers who got picked last – except they are damn enjoyable. I love the fact that they were friends, and that he fell for her and she was scared and whatnot. It was really cute to see her chase him down on New Years Eve just to kiss him. They have a cute chemistry and I would love to see their story play out further.
Runner Up: John McBain and Kelly Cramer (One Life to Live) have not actually become a couple, yet. From a purely superficial standpoint, they would make a great duo!
What are your thoughts?
Love, Adrienne
What I Did For a Love Story
Okay, so I originally planned to write about the cute Three Kisses series by Christie Ridgway (it’s great – check it out), but I went to the library yesterday and actually thumbed through the hardcover section. I admit it, I am a paperback snob. I don’t like big, bulky books. They remind me of textbooks. You can’t convince me that there is anyone who wants to read a text book! Though speaking of textbooks, I read a paperback version of The Lexus and the Olive Tree while in college, and it was so thought provoking. I would recommend that book.
Anyway, I am strolling through the hardcover fiction section and what catches my eye? Susan Elizabeth Phillip’s Natural Born Charmer.
I actually read this book when it first came out. In fact I sought after it. I think I went to four libraries looking for it. To say I was sourly disappointed would be an understatement. I could not for the life of me get into the characters. And the fact that her name was Blue was terribly distracting. Anyway, I look over it and decide to take it out again. I mean, it’s been two years! I can’t be as terrible as I remember it, can it?
Well, it’s pretty bad; not as awful, though, as I recalled it. Anyway, so I decide to take out all the SEP books that I don’t own (I am ashamed to admit I own at least nine). I have never really liked SEP books. I never saw the glamour or reality in them. I was pretty sure that every single one of her books was based on the same two characters changing their names. Anyway, I end up taking out the book What I Did for Love. I read it. I can’t put it down. It’s actually really captivating. I need to know what happens next.
Over all, I would definitely say that What I Did for Love is my favorite SEP book to date. I was trying to think of why this was, and I actually can’t think of much, which is quite shameful. I liked the hero a lot. I think it mostly had to do with the fact that he was a liar, and as the reader I knew he was a liar the whole time. I did not like the whole insinuation that Bram followed Georgie to Vegas and planned to make her miserable . . . or whatever SEP was actually insinuating. I imagined the worst, so when it was not really that bad, everything was rosy for me. I did not really care for the fact that the main character was based on a real person (please! Jen Aniston – come on!), but I took pleasure in the fact that Jade was super cold (just as I imagine Angelina Jolie would be). And poor, poor Lance (aka Brad Pitt). The heroine’s father pointed out his fatal flaw – he changes himself to fit the person whom he is with. So true!
I liked Georgie and Bram together. They had a lot of history together and that added to the story. Their animosity to one another made sense. Though, for a thirty-one year old woman, Georgie was so naive. What was up with that? Chaz, whom many reviews claim stole the novel, was flat for me. I did not connect with her on any level; same with Laura. I liked Paul and Aaron. They were good and had gentle, but important transformations. With the exception of its briefness I was thrilled with how the novel ended, though that epilogue I could have lived without.
While What I Did for Love was not the best novel ever, I would recommend it to readers. It was charming, sexy and cute. For the first time in one of SEP’s novels, I felt like the dialogue and tension were validated. Other reviewers claim that Ain’t She Sweet is SEP’s best work. Well, I am reading that on tonight. That was the first SEP novel I read, prior to realizing she was SEP. You know, I just thought she was a crazy writer who got off on humiliating and punishing woman. (Seriously, though. Does anyone else get that vibe from her novels? It super bugs me.)
Anyway, I am strolling through the hardcover fiction section and what catches my eye? Susan Elizabeth Phillip’s Natural Born Charmer.
I actually read this book when it first came out. In fact I sought after it. I think I went to four libraries looking for it. To say I was sourly disappointed would be an understatement. I could not for the life of me get into the characters. And the fact that her name was Blue was terribly distracting. Anyway, I look over it and decide to take it out again. I mean, it’s been two years! I can’t be as terrible as I remember it, can it?Well, it’s pretty bad; not as awful, though, as I recalled it. Anyway, so I decide to take out all the SEP books that I don’t own (I am ashamed to admit I own at least nine). I have never really liked SEP books. I never saw the glamour or reality in them. I was pretty sure that every single one of her books was based on the same two characters changing their names. Anyway, I end up taking out the book What I Did for Love. I read it. I can’t put it down. It’s actually really captivating. I need to know what happens next.
Over all, I would definitely say that What I Did for Love is my favorite SEP book to date. I was trying to think of why this was, and I actually can’t think of much, which is quite shameful. I liked the hero a lot. I think it mostly had to do with the fact that he was a liar, and as the reader I knew he was a liar the whole time. I did not like the whole insinuation that Bram followed Georgie to Vegas and planned to make her miserable . . . or whatever SEP was actually insinuating. I imagined the worst, so when it was not really that bad, everything was rosy for me. I did not really care for the fact that the main character was based on a real person (please! Jen Aniston – come on!), but I took pleasure in the fact that Jade was super cold (just as I imagine Angelina Jolie would be). And poor, poor Lance (aka Brad Pitt). The heroine’s father pointed out his fatal flaw – he changes himself to fit the person whom he is with. So true!
I liked Georgie and Bram together. They had a lot of history together and that added to the story. Their animosity to one another made sense. Though, for a thirty-one year old woman, Georgie was so naive. What was up with that? Chaz, whom many reviews claim stole the novel, was flat for me. I did not connect with her on any level; same with Laura. I liked Paul and Aaron. They were good and had gentle, but important transformations. With the exception of its briefness I was thrilled with how the novel ended, though that epilogue I could have lived without.
While What I Did for Love was not the best novel ever, I would recommend it to readers. It was charming, sexy and cute. For the first time in one of SEP’s novels, I felt like the dialogue and tension were validated. Other reviewers claim that Ain’t She Sweet is SEP’s best work. Well, I am reading that on tonight. That was the first SEP novel I read, prior to realizing she was SEP. You know, I just thought she was a crazy writer who got off on humiliating and punishing woman. (Seriously, though. Does anyone else get that vibe from her novels? It super bugs me.)
Love, Adrienne
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