Song lyrics that made me cringe

 I did like this one when it came up on Long and Short Reviews's list, because I like watching lyric videos on YouTube (if I want to listen to a song I don't want any background weirdery from the official video, so lyric videos are easier) and have often been surprised at what people have got away with.

The first one that startled me was the Bee Gees' "You Win Again".

 "I'm going to hit you from all sides, lay your fortress open wide

Nobody stops this body from taking you."

 OK, there are a couple of ways that could be taken, but it sounded very dodgy from my perspective.

 And then we have "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes". Not for the same reason, of course.

"Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide..."

Um, get some new friends. Seriously.

There are a couple more I can think of, but I think "Young Girl" and "My Sharona" are a bit too obvious. :) 

I'm interested to see what other people will come up with! 

Will you watch the Super Bowl? Why or why not?

 This one from Long and Short Reviews made me laugh, simply because this is a question that pops up in our house every year.

Because I live in the UK, the Super Bowl is something that happens in the middle of the night and gets recorded. Nothing surprising there - I got into NFL while writing "The Hand He Dealt" and still like watching it from time to time, so it makes sense that I would record the Super Bowl.

Will I watch it, though? That's the question.

The thing with NFL is there are a lot of breaks, which means the Super Bowl tends to run for hours. I dare say this is fine when you're having a Super Bowl party with your friends and are happily eating and drinking your way through it, but it's less fun watching a seven-hour game when it's just me on an average evening after work. My husband is an NBA man and has no real interest in American football, so I wouldn't even have him for company.

So what tends to happen is I record it, I find out who won the following day, and then it sits in my Sky box for a while before I give up and just delete the thing.

So what does everyone else think?

New books I'm looking forward to this year

 It's time for a new year of Long and Short Reviews blog posts, and this is a topic I always like - although I have fewer books on my pre-order list than usual.

The first is "The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield" by Claudia Gray. I always love her Jane Austen-inspired mystery series, although I do hope the slow-burn romance is going to burn a little higher in this one.

And the second is "Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel" by Lucy Foley. Agatha Christie continuances are always risky, but after the many Poirots by Sophie Hannah it'll be interesting to see a Miss Marple one for a change.

Other than that I have seven other books in my "currently reading" pile and will be working on those while I wait.

I'm interested to see which books everyone else will have on their list!