As long as nobody says 'fuck'.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 1:40:37 pm PDT #7528 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
meara - Apr 27, 2005 3:04:22 pm PDT #7529 of 10002
Black Lace, purveyors of porn for women, want only one sex scene per story
Wha....? The hell is that about? Dude, that's less than romance novels. I can vaguely understand wanting to cut back on four letter words (though frankly, I much prefer those to things like "her honeyed cavern" or whatever). But one sex scene per book? Just start a new line, y'all, don't kid yourselves.
erikaj - Apr 27, 2005 3:09:58 pm PDT #7530 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah..."White Lace" could be those.
Susan W. - Apr 27, 2005 3:12:25 pm PDT #7531 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
It surprised me to hear, because the CW is that the two growth areas in romance land are inspirationals and romantica/erotica. Cue discussion of polarized society. So I was surprised to hear about an erotica line trying to go less, well, erotic.
Strix - Apr 27, 2005 3:23:33 pm PDT #7532 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The other non-fiction book I'm currently reading (Courtesans : Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century, by Katie Hickman)
I've read that, and founf it quite interesting. I'd re-read it. I also read Sedctresses and it was fun, although a little heavy on the GuRl PoWR!! slant sometimes.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 28, 2005 7:32:51 am PDT #7533 of 10002
"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
Now I have a sudden urge to read a romance novel where the euphemisms are so vague and removed from the acts they represent that it's not possible to tell what's actually happening in a given love scene.
"When they touched, it was as if her windblown lace was being gently kissed by the morning dew" and so forth.
Betsy HP - Apr 28, 2005 8:29:07 am PDT #7534 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
DXMachina - Apr 28, 2005 8:48:06 am PDT #7535 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
And featuring a Spaniard, no less.
DavidS - Apr 28, 2005 9:47:45 am PDT #7536 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gotta like the bad guy:
As for the heavies, they, too, are worthy of Alatriste's colorful world. Most notable is the silent Italian assassin Gualterio Malatesta, "a man so accustomed to killing his victims from behind that when by chance he faced them, he sank into deep depressions, imagining that he was losing his touch."
sj - Apr 28, 2005 9:54:00 am PDT #7537 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
As for the heavies, they, too, are worthy of Alatriste's colorful world. Most notable is the silent Italian assassin Gualterio Malatesta, "a man so accustomed to killing his victims from behind that when by chance he faced them, he sank into deep depressions, imagining that he was losing his touch."
And his last name means bad head (or brain). Sounds interesting.