I didn't think so, but I'm a fairly selective reader, so I thought there might be a whole mini-trend I'm missing out on. In general, I'm surprised how many contest entries I've run across that feel like throwbacks to those 1970's bodice rippers.
The wip has a scene where a
villain
attempts to rape the heroine--she fights back, buying herself enough time that the hero is able to come to the rescue. I remember writing the scene and thinking, "Back in the day, a lot of authors would've had the rapist be the
hero,"
and finding the idea sickening.
Are books with heroes who rape the heroines
Laura Kinsale's The Shadow and the Star. Twice. It's Micole's favorite Kinsale, and it seriously put me off her. Although I don't think it came out in the last 5 years, don't know how old it is.
Pretty sure that's older than 5 years. I've never read it, but I generally adore Kinsale. Interesting.
Is there a web site where you can search for a book by describing it? (Versus the way you search on Amazon, for instance.) I seem to remember someone mentioning something like that a while ago....
abebooks.co.uk? I've never used it, but I've heard good things about their BookSleuth forum.
Just heard on Internet radio --
The new Harry Potter book has
607
pages.
Wow--JKR did say that it would less than the last two, but I didn't figure that much less. Maybe she let her editor do a bit more work than on OotP (which desperately needed some trimming, IMO).
A friend commented that the the Da Vinci Code whole plot turns on Sheilaism.
The subject changed before I could ask her what "Sheilaism" is. Maybe I should crosspost the question in unAmericans - since it has got to be an Australian term.
