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.
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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."
Susan W. - Apr 27, 2005 3:12:25 pm PDT #7531 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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.
sumi - Apr 28, 2005 10:53:02 am PDT #7538 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
That's the series that they're making a movie with Viggo Mortensen as Alatriste.
sumi - Apr 28, 2005 11:08:26 am PDT #7539 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Why is it that the IMDB has this site site listed as the official site for Alatriste when the site clearly says that it is NOT the official site for either the books or the movie about Captain Alatriste?
Am I not reading the Spanish correctly?
Betsy HP - Apr 28, 2005 3:04:46 pm PDT #7540 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I think this may be the ultimate Bitch romance. [link]
Oh, and besides turning her into a convincing man, they also take the extra precaution of hiring only gay pirates as their crew. Yes, you read right. A ship literally filled with asspirates. Except for the gunner and his companion, Sally, who is a goose. Yikes. But what’s a little bestiality between pirates, especially with a well-dressed goose who understands spoken English. And spoken pirate English.
Darlene Marshall, Pirate's Price.
[and Sumi, your Spanish is just fine. That is not the official site.]