Bitchin' Blog Posts : Good Shit

GS vs. STA: You Can Love More Than One Person In Your Life

August 11, 2011 | Thursday | 90 Comments

This request comes from Louisa, who is looking for a specific type of plot device - in the back story. I’m looking for books that might counter-balance a very specific pet peeve of mine. I call it the “I only THOUGHT I knew what love is” syndrome.   read more »

GS vs. STA: Nerdy Heroines

July 20, 2011 | Wednesday | 82 Comments

Time for “Good Shit vs. Shit to Avoid,” with special guest PK, who is looking for a particular kind of heroine: Oh baby, talk nerdy to me. There was a great ad for some sort of high end kitchen appliance years ago that featured a very cute lady with naughty librarian glasses and lab coat standing next to a male model in a designer suit and it said “IQ meets GQ” and it always made me smile. I love smart girl protagonists, I love quirky geniuses! I love sexy doctors/scientists/academics/etc. I am looking for books with heroines like that. Geeks,… read more »

GS v. STA: Time Travel Romance

September 08, 2009 | Tuesday | 114 Comments

Stephanie, a lurker (hi lurkers!) asks: I am hoping you, and the bitchery, may be able to help me out.  Do you know of any time travel romances along the lines of the Meg Ryan movie “Kate and Leopold”?  I’m not picky about who does the time travel or which direction (hero to the future, heroine to the past or vise versa). There was a time when every third romance was a time travel. This was back in the days when there was a cardboard postcard in the middle of the paperback, either Zebra or Dorchester, and there would invariably… read more »

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