false <![CDATA[Lips Touch]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241324858m/6369113.jpg 6369113 3 <DIV>Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: <p> <p>Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only to offer young girls sumptuous fruits to tempt them to sell their souls. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy girls? <p> <p>Spicy Little Curses: A demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters become complicated when she falls in love and decides to test her curse. (NEXT->) <p>Hatchling: Six days before Esme's fourteenth birthday, her left eye turns from brown to blue. She little suspects what the change heralds, but her small safe life begins to unravel at once. What does the beautiful, fanged man want with her, and how is her fate connected to a mysterious race of demons?</DIV> 6556598 book 1 10 2009 Lips Touch total:112|5:54|4:39|3:14|2:4|1:1| 112 477 470 57 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:00:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:02:19 -0800 2009
Each story is prefaced with dialogue-less graphic nove...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:23:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:54:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 19:09:33 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 09:51:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 06:33:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 13:06:00 -0700 2009 Lips Touch: Three Times. Intelligent language seems to be failing me. I don't want to write a review so much as I want to jump up and down and squeal like a crazed fangirl. Lips Touch is chocolate in book form. It's dark, it's rich, it's delicious, and it's precisely...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 18:40:34 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:18:27 -0800 2009
1. Goblin Fruit: Kizzy hates her weird family with their strange tales and tradtitions. She knows not to eat...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 13:45:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:01:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:26:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:32:02 -0700 2009
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After the quick, tight pacing of the first two stories, the third one does feel long (and it is), but I loved it more afte...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 09:03:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 15:42:14 -0700 2009
I liked the first ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 05:16:26 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 05:08:53 -0700 2009 I don't usually like short stories. I have a hard time connecting with the characters. W...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 18:37:42 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:41:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:59:31 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 14:03:01 -0800 2009
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Hey, people! Vampires don't sparkle!

Lips Touch offers the best of both--stories set in the modern day that remain true to traditional liter...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:10:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 01:19:55 -0700 2009
The first, Goblin Fruit, was my favorite (quite possibly the best thing I read all year) and concerns Kizzy, an “urgent, unkissed, wishful girl” growing up somewhere slightly outside modern da...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 11:10:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:28:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:47:07 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 14:57:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 03:46:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:54:32 -0700 2009 beautiful illustrations. I could not put it down, and I never wanted it to end.

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