At least direct connection that is. I was finally able to get into town and pick up a new ethernet card so my poor baby can talk to world. (And I don’t have to use another computer.) Actually, that may not be a good thing. 😉Read More →
I’m currently having a slight technical problem. My personal computer is fine but it’s not talking to the rest of the wide, wide world, meaning it needs a new ethernet card, and I probably won’t be able to get a new one until the middle of the week when the weather clears up a little around here. It’s not bad here – just a couple of inches of snow which should melt fast – but since I have most of my files/documents backed up on a cruzer and can use another computer to work on, I’m in no hurry to get out there if I don’t have to.Read More →
One of my favorite blogs to visit in recent months has become The Galaxy Express and Heather over there has been busy this last week. Here’s a juicy tidbit from one post: George R.R. Martin (A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE) and legendary SF/F anthology editor Gardner Dozois recently announced the table of contents for their anthology, SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH: Tales of Star-Crossed Love. This tome will feature stories blending fantasy, science fiction, and romance! And what a lineup! Check it out and tell me if anything in particular jumps out at you: via Exclusive Free Excerpt from Linnea Sinclair’s “Courting Trouble”. AndRead More →
The Weird Several months ago, I ran across mention of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then Sense and Sensibilities and Sea Monsters, both from Quirk Books. I think my brain froze. I didn’t exactly ignore them or even put off talking about them. Exactly. Really. I just don’t believe I could figure out what to say then. Period. Full stop. For me that’s saying a lot. Then I found this the other day: “Android Karenina” will be available June 8th. I think what I enjoy most about this series is the genre twisting. Turning Austen’s romance novels into high adventure kung-fu tales is great as itRead More →
Zeek had me literally LOL with a ‘Nuff Said post the other day. Go see it. It’s worth it. Trust me. 😀 Which reminded me that I had several sort of related quote clippings that I needed to clean out of the old files and this would be a good time to do it. I ran across this item several weeks ago and just couldn’t stop staring. Seriously. The odd thing is, I think I have a link to something on the actual book somewhere around here. I’ll have to dig around and get back to you: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Movie Moving Forward The answerRead More →
(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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →