Like a Thief in the Night
As soon as I realized yesterday was Bettie Sharpe’s release day, I headed over to Samhain and picked up my copy of this novella. And though I had other things I really needed to be doing, I sat down and read it right then. Why? Well, if you’d read any of her work, you wouldn’t [...]
I get around…
*hums the song for a minute* Anyway! I’ll tell you how my weekend went. I left insanely early on Friday morning, and by early afternoon, I was in San Diego. I could talk about my trek through Tijuana or write about San Ysidro, but I think I’ll skip over that. I arrived at my hotel [...]
Villains2Heroes
No, it’s not a new boy band (although wouldn’t that be special?) It’s one of my favorite things, frankly. I make no secret of the fact that I like a bad boy. I like a cold-blooded son of bitch, brought to his knees by the right woman. I’m sure there’s enough gender empowerment material in [...]
Potluck
Well, I’m home. And I can’t tell you how happy I am to be here. I think I’ve finally caught up on my emails, but if you sent me something and are still waiting for an answer, it’s possible it got lost in the masses of stuff I had to read through. Just email me [...]
hey, you sexy thing
You know who I’m talking to — that box Amazon sent me yesterday! I have more coming, of course, because they tend to mail small boxes of 4-5 books, no matter how many I buy. So I’ll get three or four more shipments before my order is complete. Yesterday, I received: Which pisses me off, [...]
I want a new drug
First I want to lodge a complaint with the title gods. Connie Brockway is one of my favorite authors. The woman is insanely gifted; she’s totally from the Kinsale school of yummy, irresistible angst, and All Through the Night, published in 1997, is my favorite historical romance of all time. In fact, I want to [...]
Perverted sci-fi to avoid
This thread tickles me. You can go read it for yourself by clicking the title of this post, but I’ll share the crucial bit. I’m no prude, but I hate reading about sex in SF, especially when it’s pornographic or dirty. Am I alone in this, or do others hate it, too? Here is a [...]
I’m baaaaack
Did you guys miss me? This morning, I find myself thinking about relationship arcs. There’s a particular magic involved when an author gets it just right, when the reader gets swept into the irresistible chemistry between the two main characters. I’ve read a few books where it just didn’t work for me. I mean, I [...]
movies, romance, and stuff
So I went to the VIP Cinema with my husband on Friday night for a proper date. We were intending too see Resident Evil 3, but it had already been shunted off to the regular theaters. Since the gorgeous leather reclining seats and impeccable service were the reason we went to La Cuspide, we examined [...]
What’s in a name?
So how important are titles, really? Would a bestseller by any other name still smell as sweet? Let’s examine some plucked randomly from the NYT list, past and present, and find out. NINJAS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown Huh. Is it wrong to say I like this one better? I bet I’d have liked a [...]