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February 24, 2012
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance…IN 3-D!!!
Why, yes, I did see this movie.
The night after it opened, why do you ask? *blink, blink*
Dudes, I actually bought some issues of the original Ghost Rider comic back in the day. I didn't see the first movie adaptation, though…didn't even realize there had been one. My attention was drawn to this one by a really excellent trailer online, that was sort of like eating an entire bucket of Pop Rocks.
Here is my list of what I liked about this movie.
1. Idris Elba as Moreau.
2. The part...
February 23, 2012
Mary Jo Putney's One Perfect Rose
I have a new post at Heroes and Heartbreakers: The Mortal Anguish in Mary Jo Putney's One Perfect Rose.
February 22, 2012
Recent DNFs
I haven't done this in a while, but I have had quite a few recent DNF books. (Did Not Finish.)
No, I will not reveal titles or authors even if you ask me. Yes, I am attempting to avoid mentioning any details which would aid in identifying these works of fiction.
1. My, this writing is…serviceable. I keep mentally editing as I read. Still, the characters ought to be interesting, from the blurb…. No. They aren't. In fact, if the protagonist namedrops one more fashionable object in p...
February 20, 2012
Thoughts on Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It
Watching Helen Mirren in "The Tempest" got me in the mood for more Shakespeare. I've loved Kenneth Branagh's movie adaptations since his "Henry V," which I saw in the theater four or five times, and I have been collecting his various Shakespeare movies on DVD. I hadn't yet seen his 2006 version of "As You Like It," so I obtained the DVD and watched it in one go.
This adaptation was very interesting visually; it was set late in the 19th century, when Japan had opened itself to outside...
February 19, 2012
"A Cross in Flanders," G. Rostrevor Hamilton
A Cross in Flanders
In the face of death, they say, he joked–he had no fear;
His comrades, when they laid him in a Flanders grave,
Wrote on a rough-hewn cross–a Calvary stood near–
"Without a fear he gave
"His life, cheering his men, with laughter on his lips."
So wrote they, mourning him. Yet was there only one
Who fully understood his laughter, his gay quips,
One only, she alone–
She who, not so long since, when love was new-confest,
Herself toyed with light laughter while her ...
February 17, 2012
Quickie! Vintage Erotica Cover
I felt this one was awesome enough for its own post.
Also, a collation of my recent book previews:
Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand. Noir thriller with Norwegian Black Metal. This book rocks.
Charlie Cochrane's Dreams of a Hero. A fairly short story about a gay couple living in their happily-ever-after.
Cath Crowley's Graffiti Moon, a YA about art and love and our real selves.
Firelight by Kristen Callihan, an angsty Paranormal Romance that takes its worldbuilding in some interesting...
February 15, 2012
Russian Translation of The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover
I somehow missed this when it first came out, but there is a Russian translation of The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover. Here's the page at Harlequin Russia.
- Где ты черпаешь вдохновение?
Иногда вдохновение на написание романов является реакцией на уже прочитанное. Или когда я начинаю думать о той или иной теме, проблеме, жизненной ситуации, я представляю, как бы можно было облечь ее в литературную форму. В том, что я пишу мало из моей личной жизни. Мои истории – это...
February 14, 2012
Romantic Fantasy, The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
I had a new post up on Heroes and Heartbreakers over the weekend, all about the romance in The Element of Fire by Martha Wells, one of my favorite fantasy novels.
February 13, 2012
Betty Neels' Books Rock – Guest Post by Magdalen Braden
Please welcome my guest, Magdalen Braden of Promantica!
A while back, I posted some thoughts on romance author Betty Neels. Strangely, that post keeps getting hits…more than I would expect. Alas, though I think her work is a fascinating part of the romance genre, I haven't yet read enough of Neels' enormous backlist to talk about her in a truly knowledgeable way, so I asked for a post from an expert.
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Betty Neels' Books Rock by Magdalen Braden
A friend sent me a Mills & Boon published i...
February 12, 2012
"My Son," Ada Tyrrell
My Son
Here is his little cambric frock
That I laid by in lavender so sweet,
And here his tiny shoe and sock
I made with loving care for his dear feet.
I fold the frock across my breast,
And in imagination, ah, my sweet,
Once more I hush my babe to rest,
And once again I warm those little feet.
Where do those strong young feet now stand?
In flooded trench, half numb to cold or pain,
Or marching through the desert sand
To some dread place that they may never gain.
G...
