Archive | January, 2006

On Judging a Book by its Cover

January 31, 2006

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On Judging a Book by its Cover

I am currently reading The Dark Queen by the same author and enjoying it so far, so I’m really looking forward to reading this sequel. When I perused the Amazon reviews for this book, I found this: With the cover and placement of this book, you would think this would be a great historical novel, [...]

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I Wonder What This Book is About…

January 30, 2006

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I Wonder What This Book is About…

Umm… let’s see. Leopard print underwear, stiletto-heeled wrap-around fuck me pumps, a half naked man who has a woman with her legs wrapped around his hips… Damn it, I wouldn’t be able to read this book on the bus at all. These new cover artists are just getting more and more daring. Before you know [...]

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Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

January 30, 2006

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Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Grade: C- Damn, I just read this book last night—finished it in three hours, a new record!—and I can’t even remember the name of the witless heroine who pissed me off every five pages. I can, however, remember the name of the hero because when I stumbled across this book at B&N, I looked over [...]

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Random Story

January 30, 2006

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Random Story

I was on campus today, waiting for the shuttle to take me to the parking lot where my car was when this kid came up to me and asked me how long I’d been waiting for the shuttle. At the time, I was reading The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll, so I looked up from [...]

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Somewhere I’ll Find You by Lisa Kleypas

January 28, 2006

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Somewhere I’ll Find You by Lisa Kleypas

Grade: D In theory, this book should have been kickass. I mean, we’ve got two leads who were forcibly married when they were children (to each other) and now that they’re all grown up, the female is a celebrate London actress and the male is a powerful marquis who wants the female to be his [...]

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