Eloisa James, Duchess by Night and When the Duke Returns
Georgian romances, which makes them a break from my usual regencies, right? Right? Anyway. Eloisa James is ahistorical as all hell, but I don’t care. She’s funny, she’s charming, and she makes even nasty people seem convincingly sympathetic. Also, despite her more than occasional lapses into [...]
Archive for December, 2008
A Little Something for the Ladies
Posted in books, fiction, historical fiction, history, romance on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bah Humbug
Posted in personal on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not really, I’m just feeling shirty because I don’t really have anything to say.
Unlike last year, when I went home and apparently downloaded an entire library into my brain, I really didn’t read much during my little winter break this time around.
Oh, I went through the two most recent books in Eloisa James’ Duchess series, [...]
I Lied
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Professor Zaianya has provided us with the following cheat-sheet:
To assist you, I have come up with a handy list of terrible phrases, poor word choices, and adverbs.
-exquisitely
-like a thousand glittering tears (use this to describe stars, snow, or any body part)
-like it was being squeezed in an inescapable vice (usually applies to The Hero’s heart)
-dangerously [...]
One More, and Then I Swear I’m Done
Posted in YA, books, fiction, personal, vampires on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I decided to try my hand at writing a really awful vampire/demon hunter teen novel. It’s harder than it looks–being this terrible takes some serious work, dude.
Lily Crane walked into the dim, pale yellow principal’s office and sighed deeply. It was her first day of school—her fourth school in three years—but she never got used [...]
Further Tutorials
Posted in YA, fantasy, fiction, homosexuality, vampires on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I read the second Cassandra Clare book, City of Ashes, which is equally, if not more, terrible than the first. Clary and Jace continue to want to do each other, even though they’re related (or are they?); Simon mopes a lot and then turns into a vampire; Alec continues to deny that he’s [...]
Schooled
Posted in books, fantasy, fiction on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good morning, class. It’s been awhile since our last lecture, but I trust you remember it and that you’ve altered your Regency romances accordingly. Exams are due next Tuesday. Study guides can be located here and here. And Miss Quinn? As always, you can suck it.
Now, for our last session of the semester, I thought [...]
About Howard
Posted in personal on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During my senior year of high school, my sister and I decided to cajole my mother into getting a third cat. Why? Why in god’s name would anyone want a third cat? Because our other two cats were total bitches who never wanted to snuggle. Okay, Sonic never wanted to snuggle–except when it was extremely [...]
Waiting for Caruso
Posted in fiction, gender, mysteries, race, television on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I continue to be immensely disinterested in talking about anything I’ve read, ever. Ergo, a repost from one of my old journal sites.
Now, let’s get one thing straight: I used to hate people who insisted that bad TV was the best TV. I thought that they were snotty hipster poseurs—which, let’s face it, they [...]
In Which the Laziness Continues
Posted in YA, books, chick lit, fiction, historical fiction on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two of my shortest reviews ever. Dude, it’s Friday. What do you want from me?
Anna Godbersen, The Luxe
A soap opera in Gilded Age New York City. Lessons learned from this book? If you have sex with a guy, it will turn out that he doesn’t really love you. Unless you’re a blond.
I will read the [...]
Burned Out
Posted in YA, books on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I sat on a train for…a lot of hours over the holiday, and during that time I read. I read a lot. I read three books on the way down, one while I was at home, two on the way back, and one yesterday just because I felt like keeping in practice. During the [...]
