Grade: A- I love drama in my romance novels. Not just sissy, sniffle-inducing drama, but heart-wrenching, gut-twisting trauma porn. I especially love drama that revolves around incestuous wealthy families sleeping with each other and fighting over money. Yes, I know, I know. I need help. One of my favorite re-reads is Shades of Twilight by [...]
Archive | May, 2006
Maybe it IS Chick Porn!
May 23, 2006
From time to time, I find myself defending my reading material to my pretentious, hoity-toity friends– you know, the type of folks who say, “As far as I’m concerned, true literature died in the 19th century!” Like get over yourself, Shakespeare. Anyway, one particular friend calls romance novels “nothing more than pornography for women,” and [...]
Oh Happy Days!
May 22, 2006
It’s not often that I just totally lose my shit at the thought of getting my hands on a brand-spankin’ new book reprint of a book I haven’t read by one of my favorite authors of all time. Wait, what am I talking about? I’m a book geek and geeks totally lose their shit all [...]
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
May 21, 2006
Grade: B A while back, I read a bunch of Lisa Kleypas and pretty much gorged myself on her books. After that, I needed to take a break from her for a while, so this is my first Lisa Kleypas in a few months. This book is also the 3rd in Kleypas’ Wallflower Series–I haven’t [...]
Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
May 20, 2006
Grade: B- Susan Elizabeth Phillips says this book is “probably the best historical romance ever published” and Glamour proclaims it to be “one of the greatest love stories of all time”. What the hell do I say in the face of such praise? Would I sound like a complete plebe if I said that this [...]
May 24, 2006
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