tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post3564147305408933970..comments2024-03-29T10:53:33.355-04:00Comments on Romance Around the Corner: The Good, the Bad and the DNF: A Mixed Bag of Current ReadsRomance Around the Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11204919057662563713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-12372425847680924672013-12-19T18:40:53.422-05:002013-12-19T18:40:53.422-05:00Well I LOVE Christmas so I expect I will adore thi...Well I LOVE Christmas so I expect I will adore this one then! :DKaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-6842432809181822422013-12-19T07:41:03.962-05:002013-12-19T07:41:03.962-05:00At least it was cheap! LOL
You have to read SBitS...At least it was cheap! LOL<br /><br />You have to read SBitS. It's so, so good! And it should put you in the mood for the holidays even if you are a bit of a Grinch ;-) Briehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694232807189281284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-36824233693628065562013-12-18T18:48:29.567-05:002013-12-18T18:48:29.567-05:00Well I loved Ripped too, so that's one!
I als...Well I loved Ripped too, so that's one!<br /><br />I also really enjoyed Striking Distance, Kinked and Dragos Takes a Holiday (but agree this one is definitely for fans).<br /><br />Unbound is on my TBL but I haven't got to it yet - I'm reviewing the audio for AudioGals. Sleigh Bells in the Snow and Archangel's Legion are on Mt. TBR but I do plan to get to them... sometime :)<br /><br />I think I've broken up with Kristan Higgins. I DNF'd The Best Man almost by accident. I was getting annoyed and generally wasn't into it so I put it down and I've just never picked it back up. But.. .talking to her ovaries? Really? *rolls eyes*<br /><br />I bought A Righteous Kill for 99c when my one click finger went a bit wild. Looks like that's moving *down* the TBR! LOLKaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-73378103687810721582013-12-17T23:27:01.788-05:002013-12-17T23:27:01.788-05:00Yeah, I figured she wouldn't cure him with lov...Yeah, I figured she wouldn't cure him with love because McKenna is way better than that, but the issue with the friends was too big to look past it.Briehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694232807189281284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-61631456996190755102013-12-17T23:25:40.332-05:002013-12-17T23:25:40.332-05:00Karen and Readsalot: The friends didn’t bother me ...Karen and Readsalot: The friends didn’t bother me because they were mean and I felt defensive on behalf the heroine. They bothered me because in a book where the heroine finds love after she loses weight, the only fat characters left in the story were mean, jealous and clearly bitter. On top of that, the heroine only had fat friends who apparently were friends because they all were fat and nothing else. It’s a harmful, stereotypical, offensive, and just plain fucked up portrayal of fat people. Why couldn’t the heroine find love while she was fat? Was she not worthy of it? Sure, the friends were only mentioned in passing (although their actions act as a catalyst forcing the heroine to make her trip), but they colored my impression of the book and made me think that this is the same old story about a woman who becomes worthy of love after losing weight. So the problem isn’t the friends, but what they represent. Briehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694232807189281284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-44328826129206381552013-12-17T17:44:48.545-05:002013-12-17T17:44:48.545-05:00I'm sorry McKenna's book didn't end up...I'm sorry McKenna's book didn't end up working for you. I absolutely loved it. Karen is right.. once you get past her sorry ass friends, the book gets a lot stronger. I will say that the book's ending doesn't conclude w/ Merry fixing Rob's problems. The text does acknowledge that it will take more than the love of a good woman to get him where he needs to be.Readsalot81https://www.blogger.com/profile/10897196328261526719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861127753744077469.post-47051111077981640282013-12-17T17:24:39.142-05:002013-12-17T17:24:39.142-05:00I loved Ripped! The guy was alpha but not a jerk f...I loved Ripped! The guy was alpha but not a jerk for a change.<br /><br />Elena and Raphael weren't my favorites either but I was thinking of picking that one up.<br /><br />I did like Unbound because once you get past the friends part in the beginning they really aren't around and the story gets much better even in regards to the hero. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.com