Book Review
by SB Sarah · Oct 25, 2012 at 3:18 am ·
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I received the following Book Rant from Heather, who read a book that made her so incredibly angry, she had to share. This happens more than you think – and they find their way to my inbox, which means I get to share them with you! And now, Heather’s Book Rant. I recently read The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter. I’ve read quite a few of Madeline Hunter’s books, and generally at least … Continue reading Book Rant: The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter →
by SB Sarah · Oct 18, 2012 at 2:53 am ·
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There are two words I keep running into in romances, and I have to talk about them. First: when a heroine is barefoot and she's ambulating from one location to another, what verb will be used to describe her movement? Padded. All barefoot people pad. Count on it. I searched “padded” on all books on my Kindle, and came up with 20+ examples referring to people walking barefoot. Because it's new, I have a total … Continue reading The Following Cliches Are Brought to You by the Letter P →
The things I do for your entertainment. So, to get back to the discussions of Old Skool WTFery, I went as WTF as I could. I went Fabio. You remember, right, that Fabio “wrote” a couple of romances back in The Day? I remember reading an article in Parade (I think) when his first one came out, and that he had put his foot down that his books would not portray smoking and would encourage … Continue reading Viking by Fabio - A Guest Review by RedHeadedGirl →
This Book Rant is from Sarah (no, not me, a more different Sarah) who read a book with A Makeover Scene. One that was so preposterous she had to email me about it. She wrote me this a few months ago, but it’s never too late to discuss absurd makeovers, right? Right. I just finished a book and I have a rant. I’ve never posted on here before, though I lurk all the time, so … Continue reading Book Rant: Makeovers? Come On Now. →
With all the business cards and email addresses exchanged at RWA and at other summer conferences, I thought an examination of the rules and best practices governing newsletter distribution might be a good idea. Really, this is inspired by my own annoyance. I've noticed an increase in the number of email newsletters I'm receiving that I absolutely did not sign up for. This is making me insane and very angry, and I want to explain … Continue reading Unwitting Newsletter Douchebaggery And How to Avoid It →
So let me tell you about my morning! While I was taking my cats to the vet (they LOVED it) (NOT), someone hacked the Bitchery palace and tried to drop links to those male erectile dysfunction drugs that are constantly advertised during football and baseball games. Two bathtubs on a hillside, that kind of thing (WHY are there bathtubs?). So there were errors and WTF? and email messages of, “Um, is something wrong?” when I … Continue reading And…We’re Back! Let’s Punish the Evildoers →
I interrupt your daily can-can of RITA Reader Reviews for… a few words on reviewing! I keep thinking that someday we're going to be over the “Reviewers are mean bullies!” thing, or the whole “You didn't say nice things so I'm going to say mean things about YOU” thing. Clearly I overdosed on optimism. Here's what I don't think is clearly understood regarding online reviews and discussions: This is how readers interact with books. We … Continue reading A Few Words on Reviews, Reviewing, and BullShit →
In the ever-so-zippy development of the digital publishing marketplace, there's a few levels of trickery from those attempting to make a quick dollar (or euro, or pound, or whatever). There's people selling copies of public domain books for profit, which is pretty skeevy. There's people who sell cut-and-paste substitutions of other authors' books, which is a lot skeevy. And then there's this example, which I think might be the reigning champion of skeevy behavior. Also … Continue reading Introducing Nora A Roberts, Poacher, With Response from Nora Roberts, Real Author →
I received the following book rant from Nali, and it’s totally over The Top and back down the other side of The Top and climbing back up again. But this time – there is book rant challenge! I challenge you to guess which book this is? I’ll give you a hint: it was published in the late 70s, and when I read this, I remembered reading it, and remembered the highfalutin’ hilarity therein. Hang on, … Continue reading Book Rant: Guess This Book! →
WTFery of the morning, as reported by Dianna Dilworth on GalleyCat: Brevard County Public Libraries in Florida have pulled their 19 copies of 50 Shades of Grey from the shelves. Why? HuffPo has a quote from Don Walker, a spokesman for the library, who said, “it's semi-porgnographic.” The HuffPo article indicated that several other libraries in Florida had refused to purchase copies, but Brevard bought 19, then took them out of circulation, sending notices to … Continue reading WTFlorida? Brevard County Libraries Remove 19 Copies of 50 Shades from Circulation →
I receive many requests for review daily. This is probably not a surprise. It increases with each review we do, particularly if I review a self published romance. I've begun to notice a pattern with the requests, and so I put together this list of tips to address them. Here are a few hints on submitting for review here: 1. I don't accept every book pitched to me, nor do I guarantee a review. 1.5. … Continue reading A Few Notes on Submitting for Review →
