false 274033 female Canada 08/2007 12/2009 55 376 324 true 5629408 read 3 true 575186 currently-reading 49 true 575185 to-read 13 false 2149200 abandoned-unfinished 10 false 575249 not-to-be-parted-from 2 false 5439379 bad-science 1 false 8628762 genre-stupid http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63475205 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XgzAk1TEL._SL75_.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:12:07 -0800 Wealhtheow wrote: "Wait wait, this is the final book? What the hell?

I knew it would never happen but I admit to secretly hoping that Augustus would come back and marry Farragut. They're so Kirk/Spock that any oth..."

I KNOW. I finished it and was all "...wait, why is it so end-like when they're not married?"]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81841617 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176902752s/663492.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:22:24 -0800 Fortune and Fate (Twelve Houses, #5) by Sharon Shinn]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68902297 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KtPq8WxoL._SL75_.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:33:58 -0800 Banner of Souls (Mass Market Paperback) by Liz Williams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63296844 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178220938s/772607.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:09:37 -0800 Banner of Souls is a bit like what might ha...more...]]> Tipping the Velvet (Paperback) by Sarah Waters]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71466044 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175968433s/578507.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:26:05 -0800
Nan Astley leaves her family home to follow the woman she loves, a music-hall performer. And then goes through many trials and tribulations before finding a place in the w...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78266298 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255630905s/5522977.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:46:58 -0800 real name, that's the name he's using to hide from his drug-lord father who he betrayed in order to take the blame for his cousin's mess, and who our heroine believes to be responsible for the death of her mother!]]> Daemon Eyes (Paperback) by Camille Bacon-Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79494632 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183124662s/1380345.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:20 -0800 This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60372176 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414N7FNF3YL._SL75_.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:38:40 -0800 I read something by Sunny in On the Prowl and it made me decide to staaay awaaaay from her books."

Oh my! Was it catering to similar kinks? My impression of these authors is that they are very committed to exploring one kind of kink, but haven't got much breadth beyond.

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72110120 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255894914s/4643301.jpg 274033 Brownbetty http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188228975p2/274033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/274033-brownbetty Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:55:49 -0700 The main character, Rhen, exists in this book only to lecture and be lectured about government, and to eat very detailed meals.

Hah! Blank out the name and this review could stand for 95% of Modesitt's books. Well said.]]>