Author Archives: Colleen Houck

About Colleen Houck

New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, paranormal, science fiction, and romance. When she's not busy writing, she likes to spend time chatting on the phone with one of her six siblings, watching plays, and shopping online. Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now permanently settled in Salem, Oregon with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

Movie Review: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Posted on January 26 2015 by Colleen Houck

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Seeing Pocahontas and Teddy Roosevelt together was cute and I loved Tilly (Rebel Wilson) and Laaa the Neanderthal together. Special Effects: The dinosaurs were cool. Loved the snake. What I Liked: Pretty much everything. This movie was funny. I laughed hard several times. I like the monkey. All the cast. I really, really liked Rebel Wilson and then at the end when Ben Stiller and Robin Williams are sharing their final words, it felt terribly sad but at the same time appropriate. …

Christmas Cruise

Posted on January 21 2015 by Colleen Houck

Christmas Cruise So I’m finally getting around to writing a blog post on what I did over the holidays. You might have noticed that I was more absent than usual during December and that was because I went on my first ever cruise. Usually I am the hostess with the mostest during Christmas but since none of my brothers and sisters were coming to Oregon this year and my mom was going to be gone, my hubby and I decided we’d be grinches and take off. Funny thing is, there aren’t too many places you can go from the …

Up, Up, & Away In My Beautiful Balloon

Posted on January 16 2015 by Colleen Houck

I’ve been nagging my hubby to write a post on our balloon ride that was my birthday/anniversary surprise back in October and he finally did it! It was very cool and unexpected and even though he’s kind of factual about the whole thing it was a very sweet and romantic gesture particularly considering that this is the same guy who gave me corn dogs for Christmas one year. 😉 It’s the best kind of gift for an author, a new experience I can write about. Colleen Oh, He Floats Through the Air…! One of the most memorable events …

Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Posted on January 13 2015 by Colleen Houck

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Oh boy. Here we go. For me the only romance was between me and Legolas as I watched him in the film. There was a pseudo-romance between dwarf Kili and elf Tauriel. It was supposed to be some great love affair that broke her heart in this film since he was killed and yet there was absolutely no reason for them to be in love. They met, sure. They might have been attracted to each other. There were long looks. …

Movie Review: Into The Woods

Posted on January 10 2015 by Colleen Houck

Into The Woods I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: I liked the sweet relationship between the baker and his wife and seeing Rapunzel and her prince and Cinderella with Prince Charming (Chris Pine) was fun but the parts where they fall in love was missing from the film. In fact, all the fun bits like the ball or the prince climbing the tower and meeting Rapunzel weren’t shown. You can visit Mitcccny to know about some family movies. Special Effects: I loved the change from ugly to pretty when the witch broke the curse. …

Podcast with Reader’s Entertainment Radio

Posted on January 9 2015 by Colleen Houck

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/circle-of-seven/2015/01/08/readers-entertainment-radio-presents-colleen-houck

Top Ten Books on my TBR Pile for 2015

Posted on December 18 2014 by Colleen Houck

In case you don’t know, I love to read. I am reading constantly and my goal for 2015 is to read 100 books. Most of the books I read are YA simply because I have access to a lot of these books and since I rub noses with the authors, I like to feel like I know what they write when I meet them. Also I just love YA. Right now my bookshelves are loaded with somewhere between 200 and 300 books that are demanding my attention and I am determined to get to all of them at some …

Movie Review For Interstellar & Big Hero 6

Posted on December 17 2014 by Colleen Houck

Interstellar I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: There wasn’t much going on in the way of romance. Something was teased briefly between Matthew’s character and Anne’s but nothing really developed in the timeframe of the film and it was a looonnnng timeframe. Special Effects: There were definite and obvious nods to Christopher Nolan’s previous projects. I liked the ice planet and the spaceship. The wormhole was interesting. The way people slept on the ship and the planet where they were walking on water was cool. The circular farms going up overhead was too much …

Top Ten Conference and Tour Highlights of 2014

Posted on December 11 2014 by Colleen Houck

Here’s a recap of my conference highlights this year. #10-Giving a presentation at the Pasadena Memorial High School in Texas. I received such a warm welcome from this school. The kids were so fun and helpful and even carried all my stuff to the car. They provided a fantastic lunch and were such fabulous hosts. I’d love to go back! #9-The Utah Tour. I did a four school visit with Bree Despain and a book signing with local Utah authors. Had a blast seeing my long time friends (I used to live there) and shopping with the girls. Found out …

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