I was hoping you HADN'T read "Gil's..." so I could spring it on you. I should have known better.

Which reminds me, have you read "Bloodsucking Fiends" and "You Suck" by Christopher Moore? If not, I'll hand them over the next time I see you.

Have not. Please do! Re-reading Brust's Dragaera novels for the zillionth time is amusing, but not new. It's almost to Tolkien-level memorization. "Oh, page 302 - yeah, I remember that."

It's almost to Tolkien-level memorization. "Oh, page 302 - yeah, I remember that."

I would give you A Look, but then you would pointedly ask how often I've read "Those Who Hunt The Night", and then things would just devolve.

I'm halfway through reading del Toro's "The Strain", and finding it fairly entertaining. I have my suspicions about some things that might turn into big gaping plot holes, but so far it's fun. And making me want to watch Blade 2 again, go figure.

(sighs) Don Ysidro. The only vampire to give Armand a run for his elegant money (and heels!)

If I weren't so pudgy, I'd totally channel their love-child in my Saturday Night Antics each week.

I really enjoied Wicked Game.

No ,not top 10 , but fun My quick review

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Genre-busting is okay with me, but you better make it worth it.

Imagine if erika and I were allowed free rein to make wicked on Ms. Meyer.

Heh.

Heh heh heh...

Stop it, Barb, you'll get me hot and then I won't be able to work all day. But I wouldn't have to travel, just work my impaired way among the fembots in her fanbase. On a more serious note, I really do find her lack of respect for the women writers who came before kind of appalling...we all owe them. Every time we can pick up a pen or a keyboard without somebody wondering if our uterus is going to fall out, it's because they were brave enough to do that before us, and as women writers we should always remember that.(That doesn't mean we have to love their books, but, surprisingly enough from the wiseass, I would argue for a bit more respect from the flavor of the month.)

On a more serious note, I really do find her lack of respect for the women writers who came before kind of appalling

Well, but look at the type of female behavior she's advocating within that series. I would suspect that because of her faith she has the firm belief that the wimmen should stay back and be subservient and let the menfolk take care of them, never mind that she's earned more money than her husband would have ever imagined in any of his most fevered fantasies. And if confronted with that fact, would just say, "Well, but I never, ever, never expected that my little story would ever get published. It was just a dream that I wrote down. And if it's enjoyed such success, then it's because it's God's will."

Because that covers a multitude of excuses and inconsistencies.

My outrage didn't need two posts. Sorry.

I think it's worth 2 posts, myself.