Trying out new themes today and have found a favorite
2009-12-19
Very bright and happy. Seems oddly appropriate for me. 😉 Still deciding. And yet I think I like it. How does it play for the rest of you?Read More →
Bev's Books goes mobile
2009-12-19
I’ve just added the WPTouch plugin to Bev’s Books that should allow at least some mobile readers to see content here. Since I’m not sure who will be able to see what or how it will look, yell out and let me know what you are able to see and how it looks on your end of things. Not that I’m all that sure I’ll be able to change all that much regardless, but at least it’s a start. 😉Read More →
Another one? UPDATE: some description
2009-12-16
(Skip to bottom for update) Twice in almost as many days and I’ve run across another game based on a romance novel? Somehow this doesn’t seem like a coincidence. And yet there’s or rather here’s another one: New gaming company, PassionFruit Games, launches with romance casual game based on bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu’s Tiger Eye novel. PassionFruit Games today announced the creation of a new romance-themed casual game, Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box, based on the novel Tiger Eye (A Dorchester Love Spell paperback) by New York Times bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu. Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box also officially marksRead More →
The Holidays, bah, humbug
2009-12-16
Alright, not really but not having very much time to post during this busy season is frustrating. So, I’m playing it by ear and posting when I can. In that light and the spirit of the season, I’ve run across this series on the 25 Greatest Christmas Films that I’ve been enjoying reading as they work their way up to #1. I don’t necessarily agree with the reviewer’s choices but that’s all part of the fun of revisiting them through the reviews and thinking about what makes them great. Or not. Today’s choice was #10 and a definite classic on any list: Nominated for Best BestRead More →
Curiouser and curiouser?
2009-12-07
Is anyone else watching the Alice mini-series that’s the “grown-up version” of Alice In Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass showing on SyFy this week? I am primarily because I absolutely loved the Tin Man they did last year based on The Wizard of Oz. That was last year, wasn’t it? Anyway, I absolutely loved that and fully intend to get it on DVD eventually. Oh, it had it’s bad points but it was so imaginative I can forgive those just for the storytelling experience. It was also longer, six or eight hours or more maybe while this one is only four, plus I’m a much bigger fanRead More →
When the formula works ;-)
2009-12-06
I finally finished What Price Love? and I liked it. Not loved it, mind you, but even with having to struggle through (okay downright skip) parts of it, I did enjoy the horse racing scandal storyline. The romance itself picked up considerably for me when I reached the “boy loses girl” point, too, and Dillon had to follow Pris to London. Of course, since this was Laurens, boy didn’t actually lose girl. With this author, it’s more a matter of boy laying siege to girl surrounded by the Cynster clan, and everyone else, mostly, giving him their full support. Which got me to thinking about thatRead More →
Secrets – as plot devices they can be tricky
2009-12-05
I’m still reading What Price Love? by Laurens, but I did finally give up on a section at the beginning of the book from about ch. 5 to roughly ch 10. Once I decided to give myself permission to do that, I figured out what the problem was. It isn’t the horse racing per se but the fact that they’re investigating a racing scandal and that was being held up by Pris keeping secrets from Dillon unnecessarily. Oh, she had her reasons and they’re probably pretty good ones, but I was impatient to get to the meat of the story. Now that they’re actually inRead More →
Wow, that was good
2009-12-05
The Monk finale last night was possibly the best I’ve seen in a long time and that’s saying a lot. I’ll admit I hadn’t been watching the series full time for the last few years but did catch several of the final episodes as they wrapped up the major threads and I think they did a fantastic job overall. But the finale itself? Truly, wow. At the very least, it ranks up there with the some of the very best in terms of being appropriate for the main character and simply right for the type of series it was. No flash and bang but just a great send-off for a solid series while at theRead More →
A couple of TV alerts
2009-12-05
Just found this: Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber’s bestselling novel is now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie starring Doris Roberts and James Van Der Beek! If you are anything like me and can’t resist a holiday love story, then don’t miss the premiere this Saturday, December 5 at 8 PM EST on the Hallmark Channel. via Avon Romance Blog: Mrs. Miracle. You know, I used to read Macomber all the time and still have some of her category books. I didn’t quite follow her into single titles, though, so I’m not sure I have Mrs. Miracle or not. Hmmm. I”ve discovered Google Alerts and with them a whole newRead More →
Well, that was a bust
2009-12-04
I was in and out of the doctor’s office so fast I barely had time to get the book out of my bag, much less read anything. Truly amazing considering I as in for a yearly physical. OTOH, I think I’ve figured out part of the reason why I’m having so much difficulty reading this one. It’s the horse racing theme. Now normally something esoteric like that would grab my attention but I’m not a horse person and I just remembered I had problems getting into Demon’s book, too. So, I am seriously considering either pulling out another one of hers to reread – I’mRead More →
Ever kept wading?
2009-12-04
I have recently been on a binge of reading/rereading a bunch of books by old favorite authors. Apparently there are several that I have books by that I’ve never gotten around to reading. What Price Love? by Stephanie Laurens is a prime example and I think I’ve figured out why. Or maybe not. I love this author. I’m one of her main defenders within romance circles online but I have to say that reading this one is like wading through mush for some reason. My mind keeps wandering. I keep finding myself jumping ahead to read other parts of the story, which are not altogether bad.Read More →
I'm trying an experiment
2009-12-04
That has to do with a new feature in the upgrade of WordPress called the QuickPress. I figure since I don’t review books, it might be a quick and, um, dirty way for me to post about the ones I’m currently reading in an almost tweeting real-time way. 140 characters? Just not in my nature. 😀 This also kind of goes back to how divided I am about blogging in the first place, too. In one sense I hate doing it. Well, to be perfectly honest, I hate the journaling aspect of it. I’m not the type of person to keep a a personal journal or diary. NeverRead More →
A Dog's Life
2009-12-03
For the last couple of days, I’ve been distracted dealing with a family matter that in the grand scheme of things seems small but isn’t to us. My son’s dog is 16 years old and showing it now. He’d gotten to the point that he couldn’t get up and down and was having a lot trouble even navigating just the two steps we have on our front porch. Things had gotten bad for him in just the last few months and we were starting to worry about having to make a big decision soon. So, we took him to the vet this week and turns outRead More →
Isn't it always about the money?
2009-11-24
Okay, I’ll admit that I haven’t been following the latest kerflunkel in romanceland closely but I have seen a couple of posts related to it around. Most notably for me over on The Galaxy Express and The Misadventures of Super Librarian. I didn’t comment on either because, frankly, publishing issues are not of particular concern for me as a reader. I did run across an article online this morning that I thought was interesting on the topic (and yes I know they’ve changed the name of the “project” already): And as always with clichéd, formulaic novels, it’s harder than it seems to pull them off with anyRead More →
Society sleuths, anyone?
2009-11-18
Tomorrow on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) there’s supposed to be a marathon of eleven Falcon movies on November 20 starting at 6 AM (Eastern, I think). God, I love watching those things, almost as much as The Thin Man movies. And if you ask my kids, you’d know I can’t get enough of those. If you like the genre and even if you can’t watch all of them, try to watch/record the first one The Gay Falcon – it’s hilarious. The first time I finally caught it, I kept surprising myself by LOL, literally, at their antics.Read More →