Penny Watson's Blog, page 39
June 20, 2012
Giddy Up, Cowboy! A Review of All Jacked Up by Lorelei James
All Jacked Up by Lorelei James
The Rough Rider Series by Lorelei James is one of my favorite erotica guilty pleasures. A bunch of alliteration-inspired cowboys (Cord, Colby, Cash, Kade, Colt, Cameron, and on and on....) have all sorts of kinky, naughty, wild adventures on the ranch, in the barn, on the dining room table, against a wall. You get the idea. James has tapped into a winning idea with this series....a tight-knit family and all of their friends (so you get tons of awesome secondary c...
June 19, 2012
What's Sexy?
1. Building sexual tension is sexy.
2. The word "womb" isn't sexy.
3. Creating sexual anticipation is sexy.
4. The word "anus" isn't sexy.
5. Getting inside your characters' heads and connecting with their emotions is sexy.
6. An 85-page sex scene isn't sexy. It's boring. It's tedious. It's like watching a never-ending porno movie.
7. Holding hands is sexy.
8. Reading a paint-by-numbers sex scene, now step one, now step two, now stab me in the eye please, isn't sexy. It's dry, flat and boring.
9. A r...
June 18, 2012
Monday Morning Updates
1. Nat's soccer team lost the finals, 0-2. But Nat was on fire! She had an incredible game and played with the older girls on the starting line-up. I was super proud of her. Which she exploited immediately by saying "Don't you think I played great? I want a pet praying mantis." We are going to the pet store today after school. (I know. I know.)
2. I finished Sondrae Bennett's book Worth Fighting For . I enjoyed this friends-to-lovers fox shapeshifter book.
3. I started reading Linda Howard's Now...
June 17, 2012
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day!
I love this photo of my husband and daughter fishing together. It's at The Black Point Inn in Maine.Hubs is totally geeked out in special fishing shoes, rod, fanny pack, and all the accessories he needs.Daughter is wearing a sequin mini-skirt from Justice For All.
That pretty much sums up our family in a nutshell.
Heeeeee!
Lots of love to my hubby for being a great dad.
Happy Dad's Day!Penelope
June 16, 2012
Soccer Weekend!
My daughter's 3rd and 4th grade soccer team has just steamrolled themselves into the finals. They had shut-outs in all the tournament games, and have been crushing the competition. Nothing like little girls throwing elbows to get the parental pride pumping!
Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are heading down to Newport, Rhode Island this afternoon for a spot o' fun.
Happy Day,
Penelope
June 15, 2012
Beard of the Day: Penelope Finally Gets The Armitage Thing
Armitage looks like a homeless guy.
For years, I kept hearing about "Richard Armitage"-this and "Richard Armitage"-that, and "Oh, he's so hot!" and "Oh, he's so swoony!" and I'm all "What the hell? I don't get it."
See photos below as evidence....
Armitage looks like a dork.
Armitage looks sort of slimy.
Armitage looks like a dweeb.
Armitage.....meh. Wha?
And then one day, I was perusing some photos on Tumblr, and I was all.....WHOOOOAAAAAA! What is this? And I discovered, it was Armitage. With Bear...
June 14, 2012
Sick As A Dog
Excuse me while I sip this hot tea and read Sondrae Bennett's story Worth Fighting For (which I'm enjoying very much).
I'm croaking like a frog. Hopefully I'll get my voice back soon. And the will to live. This sickness is killing me!
Ack!
Sipping tea and honey,
Penelope
June 13, 2012
The Importance of Being Naughty
When you're young, it's easy to be naughty. Sneaking a drink, or a smoke, fooling around, or taking your parents' car out for a joy-ride.
Then, you get older. You get married. Have a couple of kids.
Become.....responsible.
You exercise. You eat healthy foods. No more french fries at McDonald's. No more drinking binges like college. You drive a mini-van. You wear mom jeans. You recycle.
But somewhere, deep inside that super-responsible, mini-van-driving doofus is a naughty girl just wanting to bre...
June 12, 2012
Review of The Mammoth Book Of Ghost Romance
Mammoth Book Of Ghost Romance , Edited by Trisha Telep
Why did I read this book?
1. I liked the cover (I'm easily swayed by nice packaging).
2. Carolyn Crane wrote something in here.
Yep, I'm pretty easy.
This anthology is a collection of ghost stories. Some of them are excellent, and some are less than stellar. From an editing perspective, there is a good mix of romantic, historical, funny, serious, intense and contemporary. I thought the flow was good from one story to the next, although it is so...
June 11, 2012
Monday Morning Updates
Photo of flowers from my garden.
1. There are officially 6 and 1/2 days left of school.
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. I have been sick as a dog. Fever, chills, and my throat hurts so badly I want to rip it out and fling it off a bridge.
3. I snuck off one day last week to watch a matinee of The Avengers. Based on the trailer, I was expecting an amazing film. What I got....
* Volume level so loud that I had to stuff toilet paper in my ears to avoid a hospitalization.* Pacing so slow and uneven...
