It’s funny how the books I most frequently re-read are not necessarily the books I count among my all-time favorites. For instance, I’ve re-read For My Lady’s Heart and The Shadow and The Star only once, and some favorites, like Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, have never been re-read. On the other hand, some Lisa Kleypas books that I wouldn’t rate above a B or B- are frequently re-read. And one particular comfort read of … Continue reading How dost thou squick me? Let me count the ways.→
You know the drill – give us the title, author, and heroine’s name and we shall bestow upon you a spiffy Smart Bitch title. Raider of my Lost Heart Heiress to family fortune, born to shop but stifled by parental oversight, seeks young man from the wrong side of the tracks to start a hot, passionate, and impossible-to-resist romance. Must be willing to wade through 300+ pages of big, little, mid-size and Escalade-sized misunderstandings disguised … Continue reading Name that Heroine→
I’m in a cranky sort of vengeful mood today, which I tend to foster by thinking of all the best revenge and just-dessert plot twists that have happened in romances I’ve read. There’s Julia Quinn’s An Offer from a Gentleman where Sophie smacks her evil stepmother around and delivers the final smack: “THAT was not for not loving your daughters EQUALLY!” That was rather savory – not only was stepmother d’eville smacked around and ruined … Continue reading Suffer the Vengeance!→
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous book prices Or to take arms against a sea of banal writing And by opposing end them. To buy, to read— No more. Heh, I’m too lazy to do the whole soliloquy. I’m sure you get the gist of it. Anyway, Maili’s Romancing the Blog post today hits right at the heart of many of us biblioholics: Autobuy authors who have … Continue reading To Autobuy, or Not to Autobuy? That is the Question:→
So what’s your favorite flavor of hero (I don’t mean that literally)? I’m a big fan of the tortured hero, but especially when he keeps it quiet and the narrator doesn’t spend a lot of time in his head. Somehow, being inside a personally tortured hero turns him rapidly into an angst-filled hero, and that just makes me want to send him to therapy, not to bed with the heroine. But what kind of torture? … Continue reading My Favorite Kind of Hero→
Sarah: OK, first, no one rides horses in diaphanous gowns unless you are dying for chapped, chafed skin. Second, open shirt? What is WITH the OPEN SHIRT on all these MEN? Do we need empirical proof that they have nipples?! And finally: that horse has the thickest, shortest neck I’ve ever seen. Now that is cruelty. Candy: Maybe they need empirical proof that the dude doesn’t have a third nipple or a partially-resorpted conjoined twin … Continue reading When Bad Covers Happen Repeatedly to the Same Author→
Hey, kids, here’s a fun game for everyone: Love scene mad libs! First up is a scorching-hot Regency love story I’ve entitled “A Dark and Stormy Tryst.” Fill in the blanks, hit that button and have fun. Results will pop up in a new window; feel free to copy and paste your results in the comments. Breed of horse: Weather adjective: Brand of firearm: Verb, past tense: Verb, past tense: Somebody just stuck a stick … Continue reading Romance Mad Libs: A Dark and Stormy Tryst→
Good grief. I literally fell asleep within moments of coming home last night. One moment, I was laying in bed and engaging in a really silly and funny and profanity-filled debate with my husband about who does more around the house (he thinks my cooking shouldn’t count since I have so much fun doing it, I think his washing the sheets almost every week shouldn’t count because he’s the sweathog who makes weekly sheet-washing sessions … Continue reading Extremely Belated Coronation Ceremony for fiveandfour!→
All righty, folks! Another Friday, another personal ad contest, whoop-dee-doo! Guess the correct book title, author and heroine’s name, and find yourself the winnah of a beautiful and much-coveted Smart Bitch aristocratic title. Love in the Age of Aquarius SWF, antique shop owner, like, totally into spiritual enlightenment and chakras and stuff, looking for a guy to share some good times. I’m a redhead, tall (5’10”) and curvy (120 lbs.). If you’re a pig, though, … Continue reading Nightmare Hippie Girl→
Let me get the climax out of the way first – not very satisfying, but really, I can't amble around verbally until I get to the good part. I cried at the ending. Could be hormones, could be that I was really tired and already emotional. But I think it was the writing- I cried at the end. Y'all, it was that good. It made the pregnant Sarah cry. This might be the hardest review … Continue reading Goddess of Spring, by P.C. Cast→
