Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

[jmc_bks]

Okay, after reading a blog entry by Monica Jackson about black romance, I picked up a Kimani Press book at the library. My usual branch doesn't break out romance by subgenre, other than categories, so I had to hunt for black romance. Finally, the librarian took pity on me and asked what I was looking for, then led me to an end cap next to the anime end cap. Duh, I saw the anime sign and assumed both endcaps were anime. My pick was Brenda Jackson's Solid Soul.

I'm almost finished, and I'll probably post a review later today or tomorrow.

I've never read a Kimani Press book before, but I'm wondering about production quality. I've noticed poor copy-editing or type-setting. I keep coming across words in the middle of the page with hyphens that do not belong. Stuff like "remem-ber".

Edited to add: When going through my reading spreadsheet, I found that I tried a book by Brenda Jackson earlier this year -- The Playas Handbook. The title was really distracting -- playa means beach or shore, according to a Spanish lesson that is etched on my brain. A beach handbook? No. It was a DNF, though, because I thought the hero and his friends were jerks, and didn't care enough to spend my precious reading time on them.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I hate poor copyediting. I try not to let it affect my opinion of the book because it's not the author's fault, but it still bugs the hell out of me.

Love the new look, btw.

-jennie

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I can't take credit, though. It is a new LJ template. There was a sushi one that I really liked, too, but I consume more wine than sushi, so this seemed more appropriate :)

The excess hyphenation was irritating, but not enough for me to make a difference in my opinion.