News, food & M/M ebook

[jmc_bks]

News: Well, the fact that Ken Lay died this morning was the major topic of discussion this morning. I heard more than one person wonder (before reading anything, just after hearing he was dead) if his death was natural or if he committed suicide. Not my first thought, though. I thought he was too arrogant and sure of winning his appeal (based on what I've read about his testimony in the criminal trial) to kill himself.

Food: made a grapefruit-avocado salad for dinner. Well, really, it was more a grapefruit pulp-avocado salad, since I can never manage to clean a grapefruit neatly. :sigh: But it was still excellent. Opened the bag of mini Mint Kit Kats that I've had in the freezer since December. That may have been a mistake; as long as the bag wasn't opened, I didn't care about them. Now that the bag is open, I can here them calling to me. One more wouldn't hurt, would it? But I can't eat just one. Must resist the lure of chocolate and mint and wafers.

M/M ebook. Bookseller Chick's post on yaoi manga got me to thinking: Is it differentiable from straight romance for me? Or is it really just a romance that happens to have two heroes rather than a hero and heroine? Do I care that it is m/m or is it the story that grabs me? I haven't figured out the answers yet.

Comments

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

That salad sounds yummy!

Grapefruit-avocado salad

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

It was excellent! I found the recipe here (http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001989grapefruit_avocado_salad_with_plum_mayo_dressing.php) when looking for avocado recipes.

[(Anonymous)]

That salad does sound yummy, but the frozen KitKats sound even better--LOL, but I'm a chocoholic and I'm impressed by anyone who manages to not inhale it on a daily basis.

I've never read a M/M romance, I've read erotica with M/M sex but that's different from a romance. Now, I'm wondering if I'd feel differently about it. Hmmm.

Tara (romancereadingmom.blogspot.com)

Chocoholics

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Tara, I too am a chocoholic. To the point where it is easier for me not to have chocolate around at all. The Kit Kats were safe in the freezer, because they were unopened and I had forgotten about them, more or less. Not so safe any longer :)

Re: m/m romance, I haven't read that much. One trade paperback (Hot Sauce, after SBTB reviewed it) and four ebooks -- three of them I found through SarahF, a livejournal poster who occasionally posts to SBTB.

[(Anonymous)]

Whench, Skankh, Harhpie, Tsukabus, and Piszed-offe

HA! your PPP is great. Loud applause!

Kate R

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

:bows: Thanks! After it was posted, I found all kinds of typos. Oh well...

I really like the heroine application and the updated Romeo & Juliet.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, I loved those too! It was a three way tie: you and those two entries.

Kate, again

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I just checked -- more PPP entries! I like yours -- it sort of reminds me of a Jaid Black novella, and a Stephanie Laurens book, and a Feehan book, and, and...

[(Anonymous)]

I realized that I was channeling Susan Whatshername? Johnson? with all the cream. Isn't she the one who's heroes produce massive amounts of cream? who needs a cow to whiten the morning coffee with one of those guys around.

I ended up voting for the Shakespeare one. I actually flipped a coin (had a kid do it) to pick among you three.

Kate, again