March 14th, 2010 — 2.5 Stars, Blind, Book Review, Business, Category, Children, Contemporary, Divorced, G-I, Housekeeper/Maid, Marriage of Convenience, Older Woman/Younger Man, Secretary, Tycoon, United States of America, Virgin Heroine
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Philomena Peabody made a promise to her mother. She took care of her three younger sisters and when the last one got married, her youth had slipped away. Now at 27, Phil has a lot of thinking to do.
Penn Wilderman is in a custody battle with his ex-wife for Robbie, their adopted son, his nephew. In the midst of all this he’s recovering from snow blindness. (Hurray for an original blindness idea!) When he hears Phil for the first time he thinks she sounds like someone’s mother.
This makes him think she’s much older than him. She’s actually about 10 to 12 years younger (something that gets confused later when he asks his family servant what people would think of him marrying her.) Phil tries to correct him a few times, especially when he calls her “sweet little old lady.” Every time though, he always cuts in and ignores her protests.
Penn convinces Phil first to move into his mansion to help him watch over Robbie, then later to a marriage of convenience in order to help him win at the custody hearing. The plan however nearly backfires on him… because it wasn’t for Robbie’s sake Penn wanted Phil. It was for his own.
It was pretty insulting at the end when he sees her (for the second time, because he couldn’t place her the first time) and tells her he thought he was going crazy imagining himself in love with an old woman. Talk about double standards.
The writing is pretty confusing in parts and some things aren’t as well explained as they could be. Which is too bad because another category romance of hers I really really like and doesn’t have this problem.
The ending resolution could have been dragged out a little. Phil was clever when she ran – she went to work first and deleted her employment history so he couldn’t track her down. He was clever and got to her quickly. Phil begs his forgiveness when he shows up and it’s all HEA in two seconds.
Rating: 2.5 Stars
Buy: If Love Be Blind
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January 2nd, 2010 — 5 Stars, Contemporary, Movie Reviews, Paranormal, Science, Super Hero, United States of America
I've just watched Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog for my second time. I just love the musical numbers in this little 45 minute show. If you haven't seen it yet, you must. Trust me on this- I've even embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. Dr. Horrible was created by Joss Whedon during the writers' strike by calling in a lot of favors. Part comedy, part romance, this little show brings all the musts to a comic book setting.
Characters:
This first one isn't a character per say but it is an organization. The ELE or Evil League of Evil, is the most prestigious organization an evil bad guy could hope to belong. If you're not in the ELE you're in the league with the Henchmen.
Bad Horse is the biggest baddie. He's the thoroughbred of sin.
Dr. Horrible wants desperately to join the ELE and has a strong application this year. He's not so much evil as crazy scientist with ideas to change the way the world runs. As he says, it's not about making money but taking it away from others.
Penny is the girl Dr. Horrible has a crush on. He sees her twice a week usually at his local laundromat and fantasizes about saying hello to her. If only he had the courage. Penny is a young woman who cares for the homeless and sees the world through rose-colored glasses.
Captain Hammer is the "good guy." I put this in quotes because from our point of view Dr. Horrible is the good guy. Captain Hammer is vain, self-centered and reminds me a bit of Gaston in Disney's Beauty And The Beast
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In typical Joss Whendon fashion the love interest is partially realized before being ripped apart like with Buffy/Angel and Wash/Zoe from Firefly/Serenity. Still, despite this romantic hiccup the show is simply phenomenal. I give it 5 Stars.
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Originally posted 2008-11-06 05:33:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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June 11th, 2009 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Erotica, M-O, Musician, United States of America
The first time she met Dex Wilder she was in a bed sheet and body glitter. The second time she was in handcuffs. Could a girl never catch a break?
Sydney Stratton is a tall honey-blond light blue-eyed struggling singer. She wants to make it big and doesn't want to use her looks to get there. Sleazy talent agents, grabby hands and propositions are a hazard and ones she's learn to avoid. When she isn't with her band playing a gig in a seedy bar, she's sleepy, writing music, or most likely working her tailbone off at a caterer job to make ends meet.
She meets Dex Wilder on the eve of his fame. They hit it off, attraction sizzling between the two enough to set her toga on fire (not literally). They have wild heart-pounding, breath-stealing sex, and when he wants her number she runs off. Sydney tried to relegate their fling into a one-night stand and forget him, but soon his picture is everywhere, his music everyone.
When they meet again, she's still as she was, struggling to get her big break. The lust is at an all time high and it's only ratcheted up a notch or two or twenty with the handcuffs. He's still interested in her, wants to take her to dinner but the perils of his fame are already zapping. Scared and unsure of his sincerity, Sydney runs... it's a good thing Dex has longer-legs or he'd never catch her.
My two favorite lines:
I instantly knew what sex with him would be like: hot, hard, and devastating.
Dex Wilder was definitely better than anything you could order from a catalog.
The story is good, solid, and sexy. The editing, not so much, which by now is a dead horse.
Rating: 3.5-4 Stars
Buy: Nashville Heat
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May 9th, 2009 — 4 Stars, Another Planet/Dimension, Book Review, Fantasy, Historical Romance, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, Chiefs, M-O, Memory Loss, Queen or Princess, Runaway, Supernatural, Survival, Time Travel, Virgin Hero, Virgin Heroine, Young Adult
Of Two Minds is a very deep book for kids. As an adult how it ends leads to quite an interesting train of thought I’m not sure young children will catch. This is my second time reading it. I remembered enjoying it thoroughly when I read it back in middle school. I can’t honestly say one way or another if I caught the concept revealed at the end of the book back then. I enjoyed it just as much this time around as an adult.
Lenora is a young teenage princess from a people who all have the power to create whatever they want. To imagine it is to make it be. She doesn’t understand why it’s law not to create worlds and change things to suit your will. Why were people afraid to change the color of their hair or imagine bright pink puppies?
After one incident too many her parents decide to marry her off to Prince Coren. They feel it will ground her, get her head out of her fantasies and make her a sensible woman. To that end they even plan to set a full brigade (4K-11K men) to think her solidly on the island she and Coren will make their future home, thus making escape impossible.
Angry, frightened, and confused Lenora escapes into somebody else’s world when making one of her own is impossible. Unfortunately, she also dragged the object of her distress with her. Coren, gangly redheaded and freckled, can’t even stand up without tripping over his feet. Could he be any more useless? It turns out he can – where’s his sense of adventure?
Rating: 4 Stars
Makes me want to check out the sequel More Minds
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Buy: Of Two Minds
Spoilers:
Pg193
“I’m not dreaming?” Lenora said. “How do I know that for sure?”
“Well,” Lufa smiled, “I suppose none of us really knows that. Perhaps this is all a dream, a fantasy we will wake out of.”
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“And if all her imaginings could be real, then who was to say that her reality wasn’t somebody else’s dream?”
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Surely something this real couldn’t be just somebody’s imagination. Could it?
Ah, but couldn’t it? Especially in light of her adventure with Coren. Is her story her own or the very imaginings of others?
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