Pam Rosenthal is pretty good, but historical. Eden Bradley is supposed to be good, although I haven't read her. There's also M.J. Rose.
Oh, and Pam Rosenthal's books written as Molly Weatherfield are also good, and less romancey.
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Amy - Apr 24, 2012 5:29:46 am PDT #18514 of 28293
Because books.
Typo Boy - Apr 24, 2012 6:00:59 am PDT #18515 of 28293
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't remember if anything by Collette was bdsm oriented. Also is Collette more explicit than you are looking for? Don't know what 'mom friendly' means.
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2012 6:26:32 am PDT #18516 of 28293
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, and Pam Rosenthal's books written as Molly Weatherfield are also good, and less romancey.
I was going to recommend those, but they're pretty hard-core, and not at all romance-y. *I* love them because they're so damn word-nerdy and cerebral in addition to all the ponies (ponies yay!) and freaky shit, but I think anyone picking those up and expecting Fifty Shades of Fanfic is in for a big shock.
maybe John Norman novels would suffice?
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Typo Boy - Apr 24, 2012 6:38:09 am PDT #18517 of 28293
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, not even having read twilight, but having the misfortune of reading about a quarter of a Norman before throwing it against a wall, I doubt that Twilight or Twilight fan fiction is worse than Gor.
Amy - Apr 24, 2012 7:10:09 am PDT #18518 of 28293
Because books.
I think anyone picking those up and expecting Fifty Shades of Fanfic is in for a big shock.
Probably true, but I realized the others might not address the BDSM part, just the erotica part.
Consuela - Apr 24, 2012 7:11:30 am PDT #18519 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Amazon has a list of the most popular highlighted passages in Kindle books: [link]
Which is cool, but also kind of weird to me.
Toddson - Apr 24, 2012 8:10:43 am PDT #18520 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Not sure this qualifies as literary, but I spotted this on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: Three Way by the Sea. Were-dolphins. Gay were-dolphins.
Amy, be glad you didn't have to write the "cover copy" for this; you've been spared something.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2012 8:55:41 am PDT #18521 of 28293
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Just knowing it exists is traumatic enough.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2012 2:51:48 pm PDT #18522 of 28293
brillig
I'm re-reading Mark Reads LotR, and I can't remember if he did the live blog of Return of the King, and I can't figure out where to look.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2012 3:04:49 pm PDT #18523 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It was on Mark Watches. Spoiler warning: it destroyed him.