Part four of my liveblogging an Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Chapter Four: The Night before Christmas Bliss is the word for it: they’ve “gotten to know” each other now that the hot sex has cleared the air, and it’s time for a merry Christmas and a merrier denouement and conclusion. Lord Alex WALON has even offered to help with the chores. HOLY CRAP. But oh, noes! … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick→
Part three of my liveblogging of my reading of this Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Chapter three: Melicent tries to concentrate on her mutton, but her hot husband is distracting her, to say nothing of her wastrel brother, the Feckless Aloysius, and her tyrant harpy of a mother. Her stomach squirmed with sensuous longing. She wondered what on earth was happening to her…. Better check the mutton, … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick→
Sam Wollaston of the Guardian wrote up two programs that aired this weekend on BBC4, one a drama weaving together three Mills & Boon plots, and one a profile of a writer who hopes to write one, entitled, How to Write a Mills & Boon. The best part of the article? The programme is a success too – for one because Stella Duffy, as well as throwing herself into it whole-heartedly, is very good company … Continue reading Hey you Brits, Didja Watch Tv This Past Weekend?→
Part two of my liveblogging of my reading of this Historical Undone. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Ok, their estate in Yorkshire? Peacock Oak. Poor Alex WALON, I hope that’s not an endorsement of his endowment, or the sexual preferences of his brother. Melicent’s mother apparently feels “sick as cushion,” whatever that means, and is a pain in the ass. Melicent is hiding downstairs writing. Writing the scandalous gossip? … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick→
I’m attempting to liveblog my reading of this Historical Undone. It remains to be seen whether I’ll be able to read and annotate by the end of the day, but I shall give it a shot. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Lord Alexander whatever a lot of names Beaumont entered White’s, found no one would look at or speak to him, and challenged his friend Wheeler to inform him … Continue reading Liveblogging: The Unmasking of Lady Loveless by Nicola Cornick→
The three winners of the Harlequin Historical Undone contest are: 28: Lil’ Deviant 48: Chantel 93: Tae Meanwhile, my world is so hectic today, I think I’m going to take a romance lunch break, load a Historical Undone on the Kindle and read while I eat. I’m looking forward to my break immensely!
Paradigm for a new hero: voting is sexy! Voter turnout? HOT. Waiting in line to cast your vote? Oh, I might have to fan myself. Voting makes you uber cool. So if you’re in the US, there’s a little election going on, so head on down and vote. Unless you’re like me, and you voted three weeks ago. Now: it’s silly time! Enough other sites are going to be uber-reloaded to keep up with voter … Continue reading Voting Silly!→
Bitchery reader Jennifer is a student at Davidson College who is focusing her research on the romance genre, and she comes to the Bitchery with a query. She’s looking for vampire romance, specifically those that do ti differently, or did it over but better the second time: I’m putting together a list of what I think are vampire romances that are both representative of the genre and ones that break, subvert, or rewrite vampire romances. … Continue reading GS. vs. STA: Vampire Romance Done Differently→
It’s Monday, and it’s a joyous one, for DocTurtle has read and blogged Chapters 11 and 12 of Sex Straight Up. The continuing adventures of a scornful mathematician’s journey through a category romance novel: DocTurtle reads Kathleen O’Reilly’s Sex, Straight Up, Part Four! Chapter 11: A Literary Device Goes Off in Chinatown, Wounding Three As this chapter opens our hero sifts through the photos of his wife he’d locked away in a storage unit in … Continue reading DocTurtle Goes All the Way Past 11→
Get a load of this shop: in Asbury Park, NJ, there’s a bookstore entirely devoted to all things paranormal from ghost stories to ghost hunting guides – to the equipment for getting that huntin’ done. Plus, there’s ghost tours of the area, and classes on how to ghost hunt. In a time when independent bookstores are few and far between, becoming a place for like-minded people to hang out seems like a growing trend. Publishers … Continue reading Road Trip!→
