Crusie was my first breath of fresh air after a diet almost composed entirely of Nora Roberts, LaVyrle Spencer, and People magazine. I read it three times in a row and then ran out and bought everything else.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Aims - Sep 14, 2009 4:39:31 pm PDT #10056 of 28381
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Amy - Sep 14, 2009 4:40:51 pm PDT #10057 of 28381
Because books.
Strangely, Faking It is my least favorite. I like Crazy in Love more, even.
And her old reprints are good fun, too.
I never could get through the first collaboration with Bob Whoever, though.
Dana - Sep 14, 2009 4:43:42 pm PDT #10058 of 28381
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I thought my first was Welcome to Temptation, and then I discovered I had one of her old category romances called Charlie All Night.
Amy - Sep 14, 2009 4:44:54 pm PDT #10059 of 28381
Because books.
Oh man, I LOVE Temptation. The porno, and the wallpaper, and FINN, and all of it. Great book.
Barb - Sep 14, 2009 4:49:53 pm PDT #10060 of 28381
“Not dead yet!”
I never could get through the first collaboration with Bob Whoever, though.
And he's a dickhead.
sj - Sep 14, 2009 6:35:17 pm PDT #10061 of 28381
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
"Faking It" is my favorite Crusie, and like Teppy it was also my first.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 14, 2009 8:10:13 pm PDT #10062 of 28381
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Faking It is also my favorite, and to make it better, the cover illustration looks like me AND there is a character with my name in the book!
ETA: Book Cover with scarf and bobbed hair [link]
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2009 8:29:53 am PDT #10063 of 28381
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
AND there is a character with my name in the book!
Who is AWESOME.
When I asked the other day if anyone here had recommended 13 Bullets to me, what happened when I looked it up on Amazon so that I could link was that I found out there are THREE MORE BOOKS in the series. I didn't realize when I started it that it *was* a series.
They're so fucking creepy and dark -- vampires written very differently than most other vampire stories/shows/movies (these vampires are NOT Spike or Edward Cullen, or even Dracula) -- and yet I *must* find out what happens.
I anticipate sleepless nights in my future.
Amy - Sep 15, 2009 9:04:16 am PDT #10064 of 28381
Because books.
There are Garveys in Welcome to Temptation, which seemed cool till I realized they were douchebags. A Steve Garvey specifically, too!
That series looks good, Tep.
Tom Scola - Sep 15, 2009 9:33:43 am PDT #10065 of 28381
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What it's like being an acquisitions editor: [link]
Most trade books do not succeed, financially. Three out of four fail to earn back their advances. Or four out of five or six out of seven, depending on what source you consult. And depending on what kind of accounting shell game is being played in the back office. A medium-strong batting average in baseball -- let's say .305 -- is Hall of Fame-worthy in publishing.
Genuine literary discernment is often a liability in editors. ... I have this completely unfounded theory that there are a million very good -- engaged, smart, enthusiastic -- generalist readers in America. There are five hundred thousand extremely good such readers. There are two hundred and fifty thousand excellent readers. There are a hundred and twenty-five thousand alert, active, demanding, well-educated (sometimes self-well-educated), and thoughtful -- that is, literarily superb -- readers in America.