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What kind of mood exactly, I have no idea. I have a basketful of brand new books and don’t want to read any of them. I’ve looked over my shelves so many times in the last day or so that I’m tired of doing that.  I did finally pick out one of Stephanie Laurens Bastion Club books, A Lady of His Own, just to have something in my hands but I honestly can’t say I’m actually happily rereading it. More picking it up when I have nothing better to do. Which is weird because Laurens tends to be my comfort read author nowadays. The problem isRead More →

Just a thought that hit me while posting a comment on Angie’s blog. I mean, really, when did anyone but best sellers start expecting to be able to make a living writing? Seems to me, most great writers only have a handful of truly good books in them, much less masterpieces. And even if a pop fiction writer masters the art of cranking out half-way decent novels on a regular basis, there’s still going to be a finite number of those writers that can actually make a living at it. So, what’s with this concept that readers are supposed to support them all? Okay, I KNOW that’sRead More →

Whether to be upset with myself or proud of myself because I got sucked into another discussion of reviews. Well, there’s some comfort in the fact that it wasn’t really about the unresolvable issue I truly hate to get mired in - that being what are reviews, what makes up a good review, etc. At least, I don’t think it was initially, anyway. What will invariably suck me in nowadays is when people start acting as if readers should have the exact same concerns as authors and should therefore sympathize when their books are “attacked” but at the same time can’t possibly understand where authors are coming from because they’re only readers or worseRead More →

Okay, extra, extra good guys are acceptable too, especially if they wear a cape . . . ahem, back on topic. A title & cover mentioned by Nicole a while back got me all salivating for a book with angels in it as a break from all the dark, um, devil types we’ve been inundated with lately. You know the ones I mean. Then I got to thinking some more and realized that, while I’m sure I’ve run across romance with angel heroines, I can’t remember any angel heroes. Hmmm. Further thought – is there a hidden sexist message in that? (Heh, what am I saying. Isn’t thereRead More →

Kroger does stock clinch covers. I only see them when they’re my auto-buy authors, though. I know this because I “automatically” pounced on Donna Fletcher’s Taken by Storm while grocery shopping and then realized, well, yeah, that’s a clinch cover. I blinked, looked some more and doggone it if there weren’t more there. That day, at least. So, either I’m blind half the time or these things run in cycles. 😀 Oh, and I also couldn’t resist Gwen Rowley’s Knights of the Round Table: Lancelot. I’m weak, I know, but it’s the Knights of the Round Table for goodness sakes. It’s also a Lancelot who doesn’t end upRead More →

I asked myself this at the grocery store the other day when I couldn’t find a new book to buy. No, I wasn’t looking specifically for clinch covers but it did suddenly strike me that there weren’t any anywhere in evidence. Granted the romance section of the bookshelf at Kroger isn’t that big but the only truly lurid covers I saw were in the thriller/crime section. (Yes, I know lurid is not the right word, but I can’t think of another better one. So deal with it. ;p) Have the covers really gotten that much better? Or does Kroger’s distributor simply not pass on the reallyRead More →

I recently reread all three of the Pysnergy, Inc. books by Jayne Castle and was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed them just as much as originally. I was actually more surprised that I reread all three straight in a row but that’s another matter entirely. I’m honestly not sure which one of the three, Amaryllis, Zinnia or Orchid, I like the best. I think I like all of them fairly equally and if the truth be told I probably prefer their completely unconnected predesessor Shield’s Lady to both them and her subsequent Harmony books. Unconnected in terms of sequel but definitely connected in terms of where Krentz was headingRead More →

I have pictures with an Amazon Associate link. Of course, I had to add a plug-in called WP-Amazon to make it work but that was so easy to do I wish I’d done it earlier. There was another plug-in available but it had so many bells & whistles that I wasn’t sure I’d ever use that I decided against it. WP-Amazon just adds an “Insert content from Amazon” link below the write or edit post form and then lets you search for the product and pick what format you want – all without going to the Amazon site. Yes! So, naturally I had to test itRead More →

This is a mini-rant that’s been building in my head the entire day because lately it seems like every romance I read ends too abruptly and I can’t figure out why. Really, I’m not sure if it’s just me and they aren’t really that abrupt or if suddenly all the “epilogues” are missing. I put that in quotes because I don’t necessarily mean literal epilogues. At least not all the time. Sometimes all I need is a quiet moment between the hero and heroine to put a period on things but it doesn’t even seem like that’s happening with a lot of books lately. SuddenlyRead More →

Whew, what a weekend. It started out with a massive migraine on Thursday and Friday. All my fault because I ate something last week that I shouldn’t have. Plus, too, I believe my body at least thinks it’s heading into menopause no matter what the doctor says and at certain times of the month my headaches go into overdrive. Modern medicine is wonderful – except when it DOESN’T work. Okay, enough of that. Then yesterday, we lost our phone service for most of the day so I couldn’t get online. Apparently a line was cut or shorted out somehow down the road because the neighbors were also without service.Read More →

Yeah, I know, three posts in one day but I just couldn’t sit on this one. Check out the doozie Bam found today. I think I’m going to have to go read something fun until the after-image fades from my retinas. Oh, and while I’m at it, help me decide whether this one needs its own spot on the Body Parts Puzzle page. I’m undecided. On the one hand, I know what’s happening. I think. And it sort of breaks the no head rule because I’m pretty sure that’s a nose and at least one eye. On the other, what the heck is that thingRead More →

Not sure I like this one as much as the other but it has several things in it’s favor, not the least of which is that the left sidebar isn’t acting up. The other one kept bouncing to the middle of the page for some strange reason that I have yet to figure out. If I can figure out why that was happening I may keep both as alternates to each other. Still, this theme is just as simple and neat, which is a plus because I can add graphics without worrying that they’ll totally mess things up. My butterfly definitely goes better with this color scheme soRead More →

Or at least it should be soon. I finally decided to ask everyone a question about plots that I’ve been wanting to ask for a while, so check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks. Oh, and I should probably mention that I’m using my longtime online screen name of B.B. Medos for this so no one will get confused.Read More →