R., better known as RedHeadedGirl, is back with another wayback-when old-skool romance review, with plenty of layered WTFery to go around. Enjoy! You never forget your first. You don’t forget your first kiss (Mike, and I had to guilt him into kissing me, because he was too much of wuss to try, and I was too much of a girly-wuss to kiss first), your first flower (Dave, whose great moments were always involving flowers but … Continue reading Season of the Sun by Catherine Coulter - A Guest review by R. →
As Harlequin very generously offered a book voucher as part of the Sony e-Reader test drive, I decided to use it to break out of my preferred romance genre (long historicals) and try some short contemporaries. I hadn’t read a contemporary in years, so I figured the best way to re-introduce myself to the genre was to try some random compendiums and the Blaze series seemed to be about the furthest away from my usual … Continue reading Naked Attraction by Jule McBride: A Guest Review from Test Driver Mary →
On, on, deeper into J.R. Ward’s Dark Lover! In reading the comments to my first post on this bit of dreck I feel as though I’ve found several dozen kindred spirits. Now on Chapter 33, I’m having to backtrack a bit to keep up with the chapter summaries (but what fun they are! well worth the trouble), and I too am sick and tired of gratuitous references to gangsta rap artists (J.R., puhleeze: just because … Continue reading Doc Turtle: Dark Lover by JR Ward Chapters 6-9 →
Every night before bed this week I’ve read a few pages of Lora Leigh’s Maverick. I picked it up partly because I know for many readers, her books are Teh Cracke, and because she’s a huge seller in contemporary erotic romance. Plus there’s SEALs and muscular badasses with semi-automatic weaponry in their trousers, plus an actual firearm if they’re carrying, and I’m a total fangirl of law enforcement characters of both genders. The problem with … Continue reading Maverick by Lora Leigh →
A snarktastic chapter-by-chapter account by Li’l SBiT Patrick Howdy, howdy! It’s time I get underway with my next review, of the much-ballyhooed Lord of Scoundrels. As I write these words I’m about a chapter and a half in, and already I’m afraid that there might be a little less snark in this episode: so far the book is pretty much a big ol’ loaf of awesome smothered in a rich awesome sauce. I’m liking it … Continue reading SBit Patrick Reviews: Lord of Scoundrels, Part I →
Jane has mentioned before that the contemporary romances that doesn’t feature vampires, campy vampires, werewolves, immortal peril, mortal peril, suspense out the wahoo, or extraordinary extraterrestrial extraneous circumstances seem to be fewer and far between. Every now and again I hear declarations that the contemporary romance is a dying subgenre and it’s harder and harder to find, and that if you’re not an established name, you’ll never get anywhere, because fewer people want to read … Continue reading Buy a Contemporary, Save the World: Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy →
Submitted by DebR Bio/Intro:As a way to support freedom from censorship, I made a pledge at the beginning of this week to choose one book I hadn't yet read from the list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 – 2000, read it, and review it on my blog. Earlier this week I went to our local library, carrying a list of a half-dozen books from the challenged list – all classics I had … Continue reading Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck →
Submitted by Missy “It is the morning of the funeral and I’m tearing my room apart, trying to find the right shoes to wear.†With these words, Judy Blume takes us into the world of Davis “Davy†Wexler, a fifteen-year-old girl struggling with the recent murder of her father. Unable to articulate her intense grief, Davy internalizes her sorrow and passes out several times at school. On doctor’s advice, her mother takes the entire Wexler … Continue reading Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume →
Submitted by Maya (Warning: Some spoilerish comments included, because they refer to the story’s banned status. Hopefully this isn’t too big a violation of review procedure considering the book is over a quarter century old). The story begins with a 13-year-old girl alone in the Alaskan wilderness, desperately yet systematically trying to establish communication with a wolf pack as her last means of avoiding starvation. As opening hooks go, the question of how someone so … Continue reading Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George →
Submitted by Angelina This book is the first in a loose trilogy written by Lowery about a far future utopian/dystopian society. It is followed by Gathering Blue & Messenger. Fans of 1984 and Brave New World will not be disappointed. Society has become a disinfected and homogenized version of what it was. Children are born to designated Birthmothers and given to “families†during the ceremony of One. Family is no more, adult males and females … Continue reading The Giver by Lois Lowry →
OK, all you bitches who’ve been making fun of me all this age for having Musashi up on the sidebar for about year can quit now. I’ve finally admitted defeat. I’m about 245 pages into this monster, and I can’t stands it no more. And by “it,” I mean “the most gawdawful translation job I have ever encountered this side of Kafka, and I’ve encountered some pretty shitty translations of Kafka.” Seriously, every time I … Continue reading The Dump: Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa →
