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Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener

I rarely read fantasy. The problem for me is, I must find it believable, must be able to picture things as I go, and normally, trolls, elves, dragons, talking animals...are not things I can believe. Rather than suck me into a story, it usually makes me laugh.

Ms. Diener did not make me laugh. With her writing I was able to picture all four different winds, their faint cloudy outlines, the sand they raised, feel the cold they brought. 

She saw West half disappear in shock, then he drew himself up to double his size, his dry air sucking up East's humidity.

The descriptions are superb, told in a way that is unique, fantastical, and yet, as crazy as this will sound, believable.

In a nutshell, Diener once again delivers a strong heroine to her readers, a heroine who can love and yet not totally lose herself. Though this is a fairytale retold, we don't have a damsel in distress. Instead, the heroine has to save HIM. FABULOUS! 

There's a curse. He's been made into a bear and she cannot know the details. For one year she must be cooped up in his palace and not view his human form. There are trolls, creatures that look like trees, wind that aids her, and at the heart of it all a woman determined to battle earth, wind, fire, and water, to save the love of her life.

She was not chattel. And she was not powerless. And she would most certainly not sit in the wood while he went off to battle, especially with the power of the wind at her disposal.

I'm not sure what the moral of this fairytale was, but I enjoyed it regardless. Love the heroine, loved the hero/bear. Love the powerful tree friend, loved the winds and the drama surrounding them. I truly have never read a book like this before. It was pure entertainment. I think, however, what I enjoyed the most was reading about a woman who faces countless trials--earth, fire, water, and comes out stronger because of them. I also liked the theme that love can drive us to do great things. Yet, as I said above, she never loses herself. You can love someone passionately without losing who you are in the process.

I received this via netgalley.

Reading Radar 12/21/2013

What popped up this week...

The Untold by Courtney Collins. Spotted on Netgalley and on my wishlist. How can I resist this? It screams tough woman and reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.

With shades of Water for Elephants and True Grit, a stunning debut novel set in the Australian outback about a female horse thief, her bid for freedom, and the two men trying to capture her.

It is 1921. In a mountain-locked valley, Jessie is on the run.
Born wild and brave, by twenty-six she has already lived life as a circus rider, horse and cattle rustler, and convict. But on this fateful night she is just a woman wanting to survive though there is barely any life left in her.
Two men crash through the bushland, desperate to claim the reward on her head: one her lover, the other the law.

But as it has always been for Jessie, it is death, not a man, who is her closest pursuer and companion. And while all odds are stacked against her, there is one who will never give up on her—her own child, who awaits her.

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A woman in aviation book coming soon from Deanna Rayburn. Def need to read this one. Thanks to Netgalley/Harlequin for a digital copy. City of Jasmine.

Set against the lush, exotic European colonial outposts of the 1920s, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn delivers the captivating tale of one woman who embarks upon a journey to see the world—and ends up finding intrigue, danger and a love beyond all reason.

Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five years later, beginning to embrace life again, Evie embarks upon a flight around the world, collecting fame and admirers along the way. In the midst of her triumphant tour, she is shocked to receive a mysterious—and recent—photograph of Gabriel, which brings her ambitious stunt to a screeching halt.

With her eccentric aunt Dove in tow, Evie tracks the source of the photo to the ancient City of Jasmine, Damascus. There she discovers that nothing is as it seems. Danger lurks at every turn, and at stake is a priceless relic, an artifact once lost to time and so valuable that criminals will stop at nothing to acquire it—even murder. Leaving the jewelled city behind, Evie sets off across the punishing sands of the desert to unearth the truth of Gabriel's disappearance and retrieve a relic straight from the pages of history.

Along the way, Evie must come to terms with the deception that parted her from Gabriel and the passion that will change her destiny forever...

Giveaway & Tasty Blurb Tour: The Migraine Mafia by Maia Sepp

On paper, Viive McBroome lives the perfect life—a key player in a fast-paced, technical field, one promotion away from real success—but that’s only if you ignore one little problem.

Sandwiched between one migraine and the next, Viive’s life is like those choose-your-own-adventure books you read as a kid, only less fun and with a lot more drugs. And lately, as her bosses politely march her toward a vacation that might never end, even the good days seem like a struggle for survival.

Faced with frustration from her loved ones and the dark machinations of a new coworker, Viive feels herself getting pulled under by guilt, apologies, and workplace shenanigans. But then she meets the Migraine Mafia, a quirky, vibrant support group, and her fragile camouflage begins to crumble. She discovers that a room full of strangers just might be able to change the way she views her illness—and realizes that if she doesn’t learn to ask for help, her health isn’t the only thing she stands to lose.

Sometimes painful, frequently hilarious, never dull, The Migraine Mafia is the story of one woman’s life-altering decision to thrive in the face of chronic illness.

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Author InfoMaia left the tech sector to write about sock thievery, migraines, and...the tech sector. She lives on the Danforth in Toronto with her better half, John.The Sock Wars is her debut novel. The first chapter of The Sock Wars was published as a short story/novel excerpt titled Irish Drinking Socks, and became a Kobo bestselling short story. The Sock Wars has been a top-100 digital bestseller on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and the iBookstore, as well as a genre and Writing Life bestseller on Kobo.Maia's next novel will be released in December 2013: The Migraine Mafia, a story about a nerdy thirtysomething's quest to come to terms with a chronic illness.
Author Linkshttp://www.maiasepp.com/main.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maia-Sepp-Author-of-The-Sock-Wars/408204399216568https://twitter.com/MaiaSepp/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5807321.Maia_Sepp




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Giveaway & Tasty Tour: Emotionally Compromised By: A. Rosa

"A smile will get you far, but a smile and a gun will get you farther" -Al Capone.

Federal Agent Alex Turner deals better with guns than boyfriends, and prefers it that way. Her emotional range is bleak, but her aim is damn near perfect.

Thinking saving the world is a far easier task than dating, Agent Turner springs at the opportunity to prevent young scientist Marcus Gibbs from selling his biological weapon to the highest bidder. With her goal in sight, and Marcus eating out of the palm of her hand, an obstacle she doesn't see coming interferes. Meet Jeremy Hunt -- the distractingly handsome CEO of Sunscape Biotechnologies, and Marcus's boss and best friend.

A man who is accustomed to getting what he wants, Jeremy's never been one to take no for an answer, which has Agent Turner realizing for the first time that her wit might get her farther than her weapon. With no protocol or training to reference when it comes to matters of the heart, she worries that this might be her hardest assignment yet.





The car pulls away, and I am alone with Jeremy, who is now standing right next to me.I stare into the distance, not wanting to make eye contact even though I know he's staring at me. I bob back and forth on my heels, waiting for a cab, wishing for this moment to be over. He scoffs next to me, and I still don't budge.As if he can't take it, he says, "Really?"The statement almost offends me. I turn to look at him, and it is a blatant mistake. He stands with hands in his pockets in a nonchalant sort of pose. My mouth starts watering. Focus."Excuse me?" I ask."You're kidding right now, right? That stunt you just pulled with Marcus. Is this all because I grabbed your ass?" He is coming dangerously close to being crude, and I decide to get right to the point."Is this because I offered him my number, and not you?"His mouth forms a hard line, and he is all tough CEO, but I am no mouse and I stare right back. After a moment, he is trying to hold back his smile."Maybe it is." He pouts.When Jeremy pouts, it's a remarkable sight. I gulp over my last thought."Well, I would say I'm sorry, but I'm not," I say.As if dumbfounded, he continues, "Why Marcus? Why him? He's been a drunk slob all night!"Is he really putting down his friend? I wonder if talking about his friends this way is a habit.I turn to look away because I can't think of a logical response. He knows I am attracted to him, and I will not let him take advantage of that fact. I can tell he thinks it's funny that I am giving him the silent treatment, and it annoys me. He riles me up!He leans in somewhat close, and in a mocking tone, he says, "Is it these blue eyes? Are they too much for you?"Before I can stop it, a laugh erupts from my mouth, and I look at him and roll my eyes."Mr. Hunt, you are definitely not used to not getting what you want, and it almost pleases me that I can affect you so."He bites his lip, nodding his head as he looks away."You're toying with me."Maybe I am.




A. Rosa lives in San Diego, California. When she isn’t scouring city parks or cafe’s to write she is more than likely trying to convince her friends to join her on her next adventure. A sufferer of wanderlust, she is always looking for a new mountain to climb, a canyon to hike, or a plane to board. Her resume consists of coroner, to working at a zoo, and most recently as an executive assistant, but finds her home amongst words, whether it be in books, or in film. Her obsessions are on the brink of bizarre, but that’s just the way she likes it. 
Author Linkswww.authorarosa.comhttps://www.facebook.com/author.arosahttps://twitter.com/_pink_dandelionhttps://www.goodreads.com/pink_dandelion

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Strong is Sexy Heroine of the Week: Laney Calhoun

Book: What Once Was Perfect
Author: Zoey York
Heroine: Lacy Calhoun

Laney Calhoun had two goals across high school and college: kiss Kyle Nixon, and get into medical school. The kiss happened, and a whole lot more, but when her journey to become a doctor took her away from their small town, it also meant saying goodbye to her first (and only) love. Twelve years later, Laney comes home for the holidays and they have a second chance. But Laney's career is 400 miles away, and she knows better than to hope for anything more than a vacation fling.

In What Once Was Perfect, Laney's been burned, and she's reluctant to open her heart again, but she's starting to realize that there's a difference between strong and brittle. With the support of her sister and her mother, she figures out what she can be flexible about, and finds the strength to be honest--with herself, and with Kyle. How Laney embraces her new-found emotional freedom is both sweet and sexy.

She'd just had the best sex of her life, with an ex-boyfriend she'd spent the last decade pretending didn't exist, in his adorable half-finished, renovating-by-himself one room schoolhouse. Unsettled wouldn't even begin to describe how Laney should be feeling, and it didn't matter, because how she actually felt was pretty damn good.

But vacations come to an end, and saying goodbye a second time is hard. “There’s more for you here than just dessert.” This time the suggestion was clear and deliberate, and that funny feeling crystalized into bittersweet pain. Kyle flicked off the light and tugged her into the crook of his arm. “I don’t want to freak you out, or push you, at all. I like you, a lot, and I don’t see why this—” he waved his hand over their bodies “—needs to be a one-time thing.”
Laney swallowed hard around the lump in her throat, and she willed herself not to cry. If she cried, she would run away, and much to her surprise, she didn’t want to do that this time. She wanted to tough out this conversation and get to the other side. “Oh, Kyle,” she said with a heavy breath. “I don’t see how it can be anything but. My life is in Chicago, and that’s not going to change.”
“You don’t see yourself ever moving back home?” Kyle asked the big question without judgment or expectation, and a tiny fissure split the surface of her heart. Every step of her career had taken her further from Wardham, from Kyle, and now she was realizing too late that she didn’t leave an emergency hatch in the master plan. Even if they explored a long-distance relationship, her life had no room for compromise. No room for her to be the true partner that Kyle deserved. She couldn’t lead him on. She took a deep breath, and swallowed past the growing knot.
Blurb:Heading home always stirs up mixed emotions for Laney Calhoun. Twelve years ago she left for graduate school, broken-hearted. She’s found professional success, but positive personal relationships have proved elusive. Running into her ex-boyfriend fans flames she thought long extinguished, and causes a renewed interest in love. Not with Kyle, of course. Never again. But as sparks fly and items of clothing disappear, she scrambles to keep her emotions in check.

Kyle Nixon let Laney slip away once. Their chemistry together is undeniable, but steamy sex is not enough to convince her to let him back into her heart. Even if she did trust him again, her medical career is five hundred kilometers away from the hometown that he loves, and the life that he once chose over her.

What Once Was Perfect is a short and sexy contemporary romance novel set in Wardham, Ontario, a fictitious small farming community on the shores of Lake Erie.


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The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden

I'm not sure what to think of this one, really. I found it poorly written, but there were some great ideas here.

In a nutshell: You have a cruel plantation owner who fathers a daughter with a slave woman he pretty much demands sleep with him every night. He also has a daughter with his white wife. So the daughters grow up together, one the master, one the slave, one with fine dresses and one a pauper. You get the picture; it's been done before.

The story unfolds. One wants escape. One is forced to marry. The man abuses his wife, well, everyone, actually. We see a life of servitude on both sides: the slaves' lives are horrible, but most of them are too afraid to leave due to slave catchers and harsh punishments. Who they bed, what they wear, where they go is all dictated by someone else. The women on the other side, though wealthy and in fine dresses, are slaves to their husbands. If their husbands want to bed other women, they're supposed to turn the other cheek. Their children are sent to boarding school if their husband wishes. Really, they aren't left with a ton of choices either. It was the world of the white man back then.

The story is TOLD from two POVs, the plantation owner's wife and his mulatto daughter. Notice I all-capped TOLD. That is the problem with this novel. It is all TOLD. It's literally... I did this and then he said blah blah and I went here. I mean, if my husband strangled my daughter in front of me, I think I'd feel something. I think I would be angry. Maybe I'd gasp or cry out. As for telling a story, at least mention her face changing color, her eyes bulging, SOMETHING. There was no scene setting, description hardly at all.

Besides all being told, there was also a complete lack of emotion and personality in both narrators. The shocking ending was a surprise, but it was hard to feel anything because frankly, it was so contrived, I couldn't even fathom it happening. This was partly because nobody in the story had any personality. We were not able to get to KNOW anyone, so the fact that person A got pregnant by person B, well, I don't see it happening, because I can't figure out how person A and person B hooked up in the first place or why 'cause I know nothing about them or their feelings or what made them do this or that.

In the end, it made so sense, and though I was surprised, it didn't have the effect it could have had.

I like the basic story though and the mulatto girl, Sarah. She has guts and takes live into her own hands. Can't say the same for the other three women in the story--spineless and submissive, all of them. Clarissa, Emmaline, Theodora. Bleh.

Also, the prose was so stiff and formal, it made a difficult read at times. And at times, the story went on and on about things that ended up being rather irrelevant--the will and some of the side characters/stories. Some of the stories just went nowhere.

Regarding the ending: I'm a tad confused by it all. I'm left with some questions, so this story feels inconcluded to me. It should be noted however that the version I read was self-published. This same book was later picked up by a publisher and re-released. I'm just going to assume there MAY have been revisions.

I bought this on Amazon Kindle.

A Bird with the Heart of a Mountain by Barbara Mariconda

I’ve read many a novel about the Spanish Civil War and more often than not, flamenco is tied into the story in some manner. Compared to these two titles--The Return by Victoria Hislop and Golden Earrings by Belinda Alexandra, I found this one somewhat lacking and less inspiring as well as informative, but it should be noted those are aimed at adult readers and this one is aimed at the younger crowd. I do think, however, it could have been more clear about the war, the cause, the divisions, and what exactly was going on. Had I not read the previous two mentioned books, I would have had a lot of questions.

In a nutshell: the heroine is half Gypsy and half Spanish. When her mother meets tragic circumstances, she just “happens to” run into her father’s family, whom she’s never known of till now. They are dancers. With just a little training, she becomes a wonderful dancer too. Interspersed in the story is the war; an angry priest, a secret hideout, raids, prison, bombs, though the war itself isn’t explained in great depth.
I appreciated the obstacles the heroine faces: what world is she a part of? Should she settle for being half this or that? Half of herself? Choose a man—and she has many interested. The dancing…are the rules and instruction hurting her passion? What should she do and for what reasons? She has many choices to make and also you could say learns to forgive along the way. Things are not perfect with her father asap.

Also loved the subtle lesson about being in love. Are you in love or do you just love that he loves you?

I loved the setting, the descriptions, the writing style. I loved the ending for the most part, except for two things: 1. The “thing” with the Capitan was left unfinished. It left me feeling as though there is trouble to come and I wondered how she would overcome her “debt” to him. 2. The baby sister issue was left unresolved.
I received this via Amazon Vine.

Too Much Thinking & Withering Wombs with Margaret Kaine

Please welcome Choc Lit author Margaret Kaine as she promotes her new release and reveals what she discovered whilst researching the novel, things about women's plight before WWI.

My research when writing this novel was a revelation. I’ve always loved the fashions and glamour of the ‘Golden Years’ before WW1, and it was fascinating to discover some of the facts behind the lives of even wealthy young women during the Edwardian era. The social inhibitions and conventions of the Victorian age were still lingering in the early part of the century.

At the beginning of the novel, Helena is young, romantic, and because of her sheltered upbringing rather naive. But on being forced to cope not only with the travesty of her wedding night, but also the challenge of becoming the mistress of a large country house, both she and the reader discover her hidden strength. Above all, despite her continuing unease, she refuses to be dominated by Oliver.


One fact I hadn’t known before my research was that at this time many men believed that ‘too much thinking caused a woman’s womb to wither’. Can you believe that? Or is it cynical to wonder whether this was merely an excuse to deprive our sex of education and so keep their own sense of superiority? Even if a ‘bluestocking’, the despised term for an intelligent woman who wanted to use her brain, managed to attend a university, she could attend classes and sit examinations but to my astonishment - she would not be granted a degree. There were exceptions to classes too. If she had an interest in natural sciences, it was felt at the time that certain biology and anatomy lectures would upset women’s ‘delicate’ sensibilities. Yet we are the ones who experience childbirth, and during this time, it would probably have been an annual ordeal. Women really were what today we would call ‘second-class citizens’.
In Dangerous Decisions, I have tried to capture this background but at heart it is a deeply romantic novel, and one that a reader has described as a ‘psychological’ one. I certainly enjoyed writing it and writing organically, I found the journey totally absorbing.

Blurb:
Have you ever ignored a sense of unease? 

Helena Standish knows that a good marriage would enhance her father’s social status but she’s wise enough not to accept any handsome fool. The wealthy and enigmatic Oliver Faraday is considered an ideal match, so why does Helena have faint misgivings?

Nicholas Carstairs has little patience with frivolous pleasure-seekers or an upper class that closes ranks against outsiders. Why then is he entranced by the lovely ‘girl in the window’ – a debutante who would appear to be both of those things?

A champagne celebration at Broadway Manor marks the start of a happy future for Helena, but no one can predict the perilous consequences of her decision or the appalling danger it will bring.
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Born and educated in the Potteries in Staffordshire, Margaret Kaine now lives in Leicester. Her short stories have been published widely in women's magazines in the UK, and also in Australia, Norway, South Africa and Ireland. Ring of Clay, her debut novel, won both the RNA's New Writer's Award in 2002 and the Society of Authors' Sagittarius Prize in 2003. She has written several romantic sagas about life in the Potteries between the 50's and 70's,and translations include German and French. Song for a Butterfly, her latest novel is currently available both in paperback,Large Print and as an ebook.

A new romantic suspense novel, Dangerous Decisions, is set in the Edwardian era against a different background and has been described as similar to Downton Abbey, with a twist! Due to be published by Choc Lit on 7 December 2013, advance orders are available on Amazon.

All details of her books can be found on her website - www.margaretkaine.com

The Fall, Series One

Where to start? First of all, I see some similarities in this heroine and Prime Suspect's. Both are kick-rear women who see what they want and obtain it, being men or serial killers.

Both are leading detectives or in this case, DCIs, and like PS, we don't get to know the heroine all that well. This leads me to an issue I had with this series. The heroine has no personality at all. What makes her mad? What makes her sad? What drives her? We literally learn nothing about this woman at all in five hours. Which is sad, as I'm a fan of Gillian Anderson and I must say, this is such a drastic change from her character in X-Files...she's def a good actress. If she was told to play a bad-butt woman with no personality, she aced it.

In a nutshell: Gillian plays a lady DCI trying to track down a serial strangler of women. He targets brunettes, successful women, single. He poses them, takes mementos, shows no remorse for his acts...except in one instance. And this is not a whodunit. You know whodunit from the get-go. It's a family guy, a man with a daughter!! It's disturbing and it makes one think of how just about anybody can be a sociopath and we don't know it. He's even a psychiatrist, albeit I don't think a very good one.

The heroine...again, all I can say about her is she's tough, which is a good thing though I still wish I'd learned more about her personally. She surprised me. She told a reporter to...blank off. LOL. She approached a random cop she thought was good looking and just rattled off her room number and hotel name for  a "sweet" night. Ballsy.

But that brings to another complaint. Why is it TV portrays every single strong or tough woman as promiscuous?

Though I must applaud her for her comment about how when a man f*cks woman, man subject, f*cks verb, woman object, that's ok, but when it's woman subject, man object, it's not ok. That was a total WOW moment for me and probably my favorite my part.

Anyway, in five hours, we see 3 women murdered and one put in a coma. We get to know the killer, his double life, his family, his children. I know more about the killer than the detective herself. We see little slip-ups and clues...

I was on the edge of my seat...but then...the season ended...with..no conclusion. She's on to him and yet he's driving away...and that's it. UGH. I was hoping when I agreed to review this that this particular case would be resolved and a new season would bring in a new case...I guess I should stick to Law & Order, eh? Every case resolved in one hour.

Hum.

Anyway, I liked it, but hated the lack of personality, didn't care for the inconclusion, and question why confidence in a woman must always mean having sex with men she doesn't know.

OH--and I loved the motorcycle-riding pathologist lady. Hope to see more of her.

I received this via Amazon Vine.

Is Based-On Real Life Television Becoming a Joke?

I confess I watched that farce on TV this week called Bonnie & Clyde. I also confess I watched the first airing of that Reign on the CW. For those who may not know, who saved yourself from cringing in front of the TV, Reign is supposed to be about Mary, Queen of Scots.

I just want to ask an honest question here... When you are making a movie (or even writing a book!) about a real-life person who lived, breathed, laughed, loved on this earth, isn't it a tad disrespectful to make no attempt to get it "right"?

If you're going to portray a real person, honor their memory by sticking to the facts. If you do embellish, make it clear what you made changes to. This is why I prefer books in the long run. They have Author's Notes. TV..tells you NADA.

Long story short, Reign has girls running around in bare arms aka prom dresses. I won't even begin to list the historical inaccuracies. People, you are talking about a former queen! Bare arms back then? Noooo.

Bonnie & Clyde..wth? While I won't say Bonnie Parker was a saint--obviously she had a weakness for bad men and sex--was she a psycho or criminal mastermind? Nooooo... and if I didn't already know the networks were run by men, I would know so now. Obviously they don't have a high opinion of women. We're apparently evil psychotic seductresses who sway men into evil doings.

Whatever.

It was an absolute farce. After watching it and after I finally got my jaw to close, I went online to dig up the real truth. I used two different websites to dig up what I could.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/bonnieandclyde_3.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/bonnie-and-clyde

True: Bonnie loved to write poetry.
Unclear: How they met. Most articles say it was a friend's house. Her husband at the time, according to the FBI history, was a murderer doing time. So...I'd say the movie got this wrong.
Did Bonnie slip Clyde a gun to get him out of jail? Yes, she did.
True: Clyde did have a friend lob off some toes to get out jail.
Was Clyde sexually assaulted in prison? Yes, BUT he beat the man to death. I can't find anywhere anything about him going back and shooting him in the crotch, though it's a nice touch.
False: They did not send photos to a woman news reporter. Undeveloped film was found in their room during a heist/ambush.

True and Interesting: Blanche was a part of the game for a time.
The car wreck: There was actually a third person--W.D. Jones-- in the car with them when they wrecked and Bonnie got burned. It appears W.D. Jones had pretty big role in their "career" but a small one in the movie. He was also there during that hotel shoot out--in real life, not the movie, in which Buck got shot in the head.
The ending of the movie was...off. I suppose it could be possible, but I doubt it. One website says they were betrayed by a friend; one says they just drove into an ambush. Nobody claims Clyde drove into it on purpose to get rid of his psycho girlfriend.

I could sit here all night and point out inconsistencies, but that's not my #1 quibble. I get some liberties will be taken as it's based on a real story, though I wish they'd just took the facts and made it entertaining for us. What ticks me off is how they portrayed Bonnie as some psychotic killer when everything points to her being a horny woman with a weakness for bad boys and most eyewitnesses claim they rarely saw her with a gun, let alone shooting anyone. And oh--poor Clyde, taken in and duped and seduced and led astray by a woman. 

Do TV networks think we're all succubuses?

Needless to say, when I read some of the comments on the movie's FB page, I was appalled by how many people were taking the movie as truth and now declaring Bonnie Parker was "mad-dog" and psychotic.

Anyway, just how many liberties do you think should be taken when using real-life people in books and movies? How much should one bend the truth and when does bending becoming outright breaking?

And if you're not going to tell the REAL story, why use REAL names?

Has anyone watched any "historical" television lately? Tell us what it was and how accurate it was. How'd you feel about it?

That ends my rant for the day.