Too much of a good thing?
June 26, 2006
Or not enough?
I noticed Jane's comment about the RT awards and there being too many she lost interest. Honestly I though it was my short attention span at work and the fact that I was short on time but I found myself glancing over it as well.
The list with the nominations is huge. I still couldn't say for sure what was there without having the list in front of me.
Are there too many? They not only have a historical award but somewhere around 15 types of historical awards. There isn't a category award but many going as far as best 'first' to best 'namelinehere' award.
Do awards mean less when the competition is narrowed down to a 'line'? Or is this just bringing home how unfair it is to judge a blaze against Debbie whatshername. Or is this just marketing at work and a magazine that needs author dollars looking to award more authors.
Then again I have to say as a reader awards mean lil to nothing to me. They serve as one more list to use to find recs. But that means sells to some point, so maybe they do mean something? LOL or maybe I am just annoyed cuz Dark Lover was robbed, robbed I tell ya *g*!
How do YOU know you are reading a good book?
June 25, 2006
Nicole's RtB column is up. Tis a nifty reader question... go play 
The Kept Woman by Susan Donovan
June 25, 2006
I want, I want, I want!!!!!!
Anyone read this yet?
The Kept Woman by Susan Donovan sounds like too much good fun. And the title amuses me, don't ask.
summary from her site:
THE KEPT WOMAN. It's the story of Samantha Monroe, a hard-working Indianapolis hairstylist and single mother who enters into an agreement to help a playboy Congressional candidate redeem his reputation with voters. For a tidy sum, the wholesome "everywoman" agrees to pose as sexy Jack Tolliver's fiancee until the election. But things get complicated when very real sparks fly between Sam and Jack and their arrangement sparks interest from nosy reporters, blackmailing ex-husbands, kids with agendas, and an appalled society-maven mother (who happens to have the worst hairdo Sam has ever seen.) It's a bumpy ride with a destination no one could have predicted - except maybe veteran romance readers!
Has it been done before? Sure prolly, but Susan Donovan has a great voice and a way with humor that works for me. And look... more legs on covers
And the winner is….
June 25, 2006
so what do you guys think... good? bad? what blows?
And must reads on the list?
And the winner is….
June 25, 2006
so what do you guys think... good? bad? what blows?
And must reads on the list?
New books!
June 24, 2006
Is the Pirate Life for you?
June 24, 2006
And yes The Pirate Lord really is a good book *g* and I don't say that because I am still on a reading high from Only A Duke Will Do.
What cha reading?
June 24, 2006
I just:
Finished: Ask For It
Started: Viva Las Bad Boys
Gave up on: Dates From Hell (will try again... again.. later)
So what are you reading?
Would you buy this?
June 24, 2006
The ever fab fi found a funny way to use her Thursday 13, which lead me to what I think may be the worst cover evah.
I never gave changeling much thought because I thought the covers were suppose to be bad and over the top. So I took that as a reflection on the work, since I don't read much over the top funny I took them to be not for me.
I have read a few by Angela Knight. Has anyone read anything by CP? Any recs? Any stay far far away warnings? I have picked up a few and will add them into the ebuzz laters.
So could you over look the lil man here and read this in public? hmmm that is assuming it is in print... Could you over look this cover and buy the book? Or do you even look at E covers at all in making a buying choice?
one day I will learn
June 22, 2006
not to answer the phone...
le sigh, off to work with me
Ask for It is pretty good so far. About half way through it so more on that later, as well as a ebuzz or two from me and one or two from some authors.
Apartment is clean and friend from mexico is off to Dallas so expect mucho blogging from me tonight. Yes I know you are excited *g*.
**being a rebel and not even spell checking, le gasp!**
The Real Deal by Lucy Monroe (read and loved)
The Outcast by Rosalyn West (to be read)
Awaken Me Darkly (had in trade so MM rocks and will be read faster)
the rest in no order:
All U Can Eat by Emma Holly
Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp
Master of Wolves by Angela Knight (ssqqqeeeeeee)
Hide in Plain Sight by Michele Albert (has me with the test page in the front... what the hell are those things called anyway? teasers?)
Big Trouble by Marianna Jameson
Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (odd you can't find much on her on the net, or is it odd I find that odd)
Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins (not at all something I would have bought but looks nifty... I don't read much fantasy should be interesting.)
The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren (historical! new to me author)
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (another I wouldn't have bought but looks good)
Doppelganger by Marie Brennan
YAY! now I just need more time to read and less to work...