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Purposeful or not, titles with similar sounding names can be confusing and annoying. It has led to duplication of purchases in some instances. There’s nothing distinctive about sound alike/look alike titles and not everybody does it either. Some titles sound cute, some not. I realize that some titles are meant to be derivative or similar but […]
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Continue ReadingBelieve it or not, there are readers out there who cannot help themselves when it comes to knowing how a book ends. They must always read the last page or the last chapter of a book. Is this you?
I recall having a conversation via Twitter with Katiebabs aka KB from Babbling About Books and More where she admits to […]
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Continue ReadingI rarely, if ever, reread books. I would love to reread favorites but I never get around to it. Plus, to my way of thinking, it subtracts quality time away from my new books. Hey, I read slow enough as it is and to go back and reread a book is out of the question.
But do readers really reread […]
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Continue ReadingToday’s post was inspired by a forum discussion at AAR where readers are yet still defining what constitutes a romance but that’s not what I’m going to expound on here today.
The discussion started around a romantic suspense novel, FADE TO BLACK by Leslie Parish where one reader thought the violence was too graphic and the story not romantic […]
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Continue ReadingNot trying to rehash the debate on the effectiveness of covers. I’d just like to make a statement about them. Obviously, covers are what attracts the reader’s eye. More or less, the cover is what makes a first impression to the consumer. Covers give you some sense of what the story is about without having read one […]
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Continue ReadingDoes it matter to you if the hero or heroine ever say I love you? In Iris Johansen’s REAP THE WIND, the hero never once utters the words but there is no mistaking that he does. But then I understood why he didn’t. He’d just suffered major loss and didn’t want to be hurt again.
REAP THE WIND (the […]
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Continue ReadingDefinition:
flash·back
–noun
1. a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
2. an event or scene so inserted. –from Dictionary.com
I must admit that as a reader I don’t really care for the heavy use […]
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Continue ReadingNo matter how hard I try to change up my reading routine, it more or less stays the same. So here it is to share with the Internet: I can only read in bed and at night. At least, that’s when I do most of my reading. It’s been that way for years.
Rarely if ever do I read […]
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Continue ReadingI’ve been blogging for probably a little more than 3 years. I started with Blogger (very limiting platform) and eventually moved to Wordpress (thanks to Maili) and have relatively enjoyed blogging for the most part. Obviously, blogging is not for everybody. Just look around you. How many links do you have that are broken or haven’t been updated […]
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