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jmc_bksYou get a tattoo to get laid, not to get married. So says Lewis Black. Hee.
I had an automated email from Teresa Heinz Kerry about the book she and John co-wrote, This Moment on Earth. It was ranked ~3300 on Amazon on Monday but jumped to 139 on Tuesday...because Americans care about the environment. Um, that may be true, but I think JK's appearance on The Daily Show prob'ly had something to do with the jump, too.
Oh. My. God. Did Stephen Colbert really just (well, last night? Thursday?) issue another challenge, this one all about editing his interview?
I really want to see The Lookout.
Do you like Caridad Pineiro's paranormals? Her next Nocturne, Blood Calls will be released by Nocturne in May, but there is a short story being posted online weekly.
Finished a few books. And here's what I have to say about them. Not much, really.
Mugglenet.com's spec book on Harry Potter 7: interesting. Since it was published in 2006, it is a bit off on the speculation as to release date -- they thought summer '08, since summer '07 would conflict with the OOTP movie. Made me think about a lot of things, but didn't change my basic opinions. Dumbledore is really dead and he had to die in order for Harry to become a Hero by facing the Big Bad alone. Harry is likely to die. :shrugs: But that's just me, and I don't follow HP that closely. The Biochemist has me half way persuaded that Snape isn't Too Evil; I suppose he can be doing a good thing for Dumbledore while still being a git and hating Harry.
Elizabeth Hoyt's The Leopard Prince. Hoyt's debut, The Raven Prince, got good word in blogland, but the backblurb didn't interest me. This one seemed more interesting. And I liked it, for the first half. Great dialogue and sexual tension between the hero & heroine. But after about the half way point, the book went downhill for me. The suspense/mystery plot took over, but it didn't really make much sense. [How could Harry have been the poisoner when he was off in London fetching Georgina for part of the time? Did I miss something?] And Georgina did two things that were TSTL and inconsistent with the character previously established. In the end, I liked the book, despite my reservations, but I didn't really believe in the HEA.
Rochelle Aler's Stranger in My Arms. A pretty good romance for the first two thirds of the book, but the romance disappeared and the book became a straight up suspense novel at about p. 260 and remained so til the end. Which coincided with the h/h getting married. Subliminal message that romance ends upon marriage? Hmmm. The suspense was too late and too convoluted and it was not well-integrated with rest of the plot. Other observations: Aler's name is huge on the cover, much larger than the title, which makes me wonder about her standing in the romance community (black and white). Also, the cover notes that this is the 12th book of a series. And there was some series bait and a lot of returning characters who took up space that could've been better spent developing the relationship or the mystery.
Picked up a copy of Susan Napier's The Mistress Deception based on Rosario's review. What a heinous title and innappropriate backblurb. The book, so far, is far better than the title or blurb would suggest.
I had an automated email from Teresa Heinz Kerry about the book she and John co-wrote, This Moment on Earth. It was ranked ~3300 on Amazon on Monday but jumped to 139 on Tuesday...because Americans care about the environment. Um, that may be true, but I think JK's appearance on The Daily Show prob'ly had something to do with the jump, too.
Oh. My. God. Did Stephen Colbert really just (well, last night? Thursday?) issue another challenge, this one all about editing his interview?
I really want to see The Lookout.
Do you like Caridad Pineiro's paranormals? Her next Nocturne, Blood Calls will be released by Nocturne in May, but there is a short story being posted online weekly.
Finished a few books. And here's what I have to say about them. Not much, really.
Mugglenet.com's spec book on Harry Potter 7: interesting. Since it was published in 2006, it is a bit off on the speculation as to release date -- they thought summer '08, since summer '07 would conflict with the OOTP movie. Made me think about a lot of things, but didn't change my basic opinions. Dumbledore is really dead and he had to die in order for Harry to become a Hero by facing the Big Bad alone. Harry is likely to die. :shrugs: But that's just me, and I don't follow HP that closely. The Biochemist has me half way persuaded that Snape isn't Too Evil; I suppose he can be doing a good thing for Dumbledore while still being a git and hating Harry.
Elizabeth Hoyt's The Leopard Prince. Hoyt's debut, The Raven Prince, got good word in blogland, but the backblurb didn't interest me. This one seemed more interesting. And I liked it, for the first half. Great dialogue and sexual tension between the hero & heroine. But after about the half way point, the book went downhill for me. The suspense/mystery plot took over, but it didn't really make much sense. [How could Harry have been the poisoner when he was off in London fetching Georgina for part of the time? Did I miss something?] And Georgina did two things that were TSTL and inconsistent with the character previously established. In the end, I liked the book, despite my reservations, but I didn't really believe in the HEA.
Rochelle Aler's Stranger in My Arms. A pretty good romance for the first two thirds of the book, but the romance disappeared and the book became a straight up suspense novel at about p. 260 and remained so til the end. Which coincided with the h/h getting married. Subliminal message that romance ends upon marriage? Hmmm. The suspense was too late and too convoluted and it was not well-integrated with rest of the plot. Other observations: Aler's name is huge on the cover, much larger than the title, which makes me wonder about her standing in the romance community (black and white). Also, the cover notes that this is the 12th book of a series. And there was some series bait and a lot of returning characters who took up space that could've been better spent developing the relationship or the mystery.
Picked up a copy of Susan Napier's The Mistress Deception based on Rosario's review. What a heinous title and innappropriate backblurb. The book, so far, is far better than the title or blurb would suggest.
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Date: 2007-03-28 12:15 pm (UTC)Re: HP: I have a mind block about Harry dying... I really, really don't want him to, so I refuse to believe he will. Snape... I lean towards the Biochemist's position.
Re: The Leopard Prince: have to agree. I really liked the romance, but I thought Hoyt kind of lost control of the plot in the second half.
Re: the Napier: heinous is the right word for the title and blurb. I swear those harlequin people must just have pieces of paper in a bag and randomly take a couple out to make up titles. "ok, so for this one, 'mistress' and 'millionaire'", whether it fits the plot or not.
More HP!
Date: 2007-03-28 12:56 pm (UTC)I think Piñeiro's online story is set in the same world as the Intrigues and Nocturnes...but I'm not positive, since the last couple are still TBR. Have you checked out her website? She has a page specific to the Calling series here (http://www.thecallingvampirenovels.com/).
Re: More HP!
Date: 2007-03-28 01:25 pm (UTC)Re: More HP!
Date: 2007-03-28 01:31 pm (UTC)I've read the first two or three books, and have the next one (or two?) TBR, but I haven't read since the imprint change.
Re: More HP!
Date: 2007-03-28 01:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-28 02:49 pm (UTC)But JMC, you're killin' me. Harry's not going to die. NO! (Maybe I am a little scarily fangirlish.) Twin thinks Snape is good, but I say he's a baddie. It'll be fun to see who's right.
-Jennie
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Date: 2007-03-28 03:01 pm (UTC)Yep, a lot of thought and analysis went into the book and goes into the stuff posted at Mugglenet and the Leaky Cauldron and HP Lexicon.
Want my copy of the Mugglenet book? Drop me a line at my yahoo account (jmcarr2001 at....) if you do. I liked it, but it isn't a keeper for me, really, since the questions will be answered soon enough.
It's not that I *want* Harry to die, and I'll be quite happy if he doesn't...but don't most heroes in classic literature (and HP takes lots of themes and archetypes from CL, IMO) Sacrifice All in order to Triumph?
~jmc
Harry dying?
Date: 2007-03-29 01:42 pm (UTC)Thanks for the book offer! I will email you. Because my Harry mania is just starting, I'm sure.
-Jennie