Speaking of trust— Yes, we were talking about trust just last month (It’s about Control). I’ve noticed a weird trust trend. Romance, fantasy, and sci-fi novels share a level of trust that I find impossible to believe. It’s not that the protagonist trusts the villain, although that happens fairly regularly. In Chanda Hahn’s Reign (book […]
I dangled forty feet in the air. My toes, my body–more than half my weight–leaned beyond a thin platform. I tried to hold the steel bar that dragged me away from the platform. Sweat seeped from my skin and rolled beneath my clothes as I swallowed my longing to scream. Only a woman half my […]
Haven’t we met before? Yeah, we have. I’d recognize that wild tangle of hair and quirky disposition anywhere. Why are you shaking your head? No, no. We’ve definitely met before. In fact, I can prove it. You’re a witch, right? Ah, see, you paused. You are a witch. No, that’s not an accusation, but don’t […]
Warning: Spoilers will follow. Can I contract swimmer’s ear from headsets? For the last month, I’ve worn headsets everywhere—in the yard, when I have a spare moment at work, in the tub, in the car (well, the headset covers only one ear then). I’m so addicted to my current set of audio books that my […]
Good grief. It’s 4 a.m. Despite my frequent yawns and drooping eyelids, I’m still awake, still reading. See, there’s this book, an interesting story with a cool description, so I started reading just before bedtime. I told myself I would read one chapter before bed. Then the characters’ emotions engulfed me. The details had me […]
I hate sieve writing, sieve books. What’s sieve writing? Well, in my head, where I’m not so polite, I call them dumb books. I don’t mean dumb premises like a woman with a toothpick saving the world from a hangry koala or a woman needing to have sex with a stranger to stay alive. Those […]
Why not buy a book because of its cover? No, don’t judge a book by its cover? Total BS. Why not judge the book based on its cover? It is designed for judgement and sales. Book covers exist for a reason. They entice the reader and hint at the story. Most often, cover designers’ stereotypical […]
Confession: I am a vampirist. Is there a word for vampire discrimination? A hater of vampires? Well, maybe not hate; I don’t hate vampires, but I’m biased against them. Vampires are violent drug addicts craving blood and suffering personality shifts when deprived of their blood. So characters be wary when a hungry vampires lash out […]
Have you read that book? It’s the book you can’t stop rereading. It’s the book you can’t stop thinking about even when you’re not reading it. It’s the series for which you anxiously await the next installment. And yet, the story drives you insane; you find yourself obsessing over the story. It’s the book that […]
I’ve been in love with love–with romance novels–since I was a high school freshman avoiding the cafeteria cliques by hiding in the library. I wandered the stacks until my eyes found the painted glory of Janet Dailey’s This Calder Range or Kathleen Woodiwiss’s Petals on the River. Despite claims to the contrary, I don’t remember […]
