tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post1862711938088033453..comments2023-11-05T03:43:39.534-06:00Comments on Lets Gab... With Anne, Jennifer B., Lori, Lori T, and Kate: My Dilemma--Need OpinionsAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951659700229919103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post-50619766710238057312008-07-19T22:14:00.000-05:002008-07-19T22:14:00.000-05:00Yep, Christine, that's the one. But, I've not com...Yep, Christine, that's the one. But, I've not completely given up. I'll pick it up again here in a few days. I think it's the writer in me that makes me so critical. Sigh. <BR/><BR/>IT'S ALL SARAH MCCARTY'S FAULT. LOL :-)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03951659700229919103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post-80206153104088595452008-07-19T22:09:00.000-05:002008-07-19T22:09:00.000-05:00Hi Anne,Oh no!!! Were you reading Pleasure Unbound...Hi Anne,<BR/>Oh no!!! Were you reading Pleasure Unbound? ;) If that is the book you are referring to, I actually loved it. lol Honestly, I didn't really think about the rough sex hours after having your side stitched up. I don't know... I guess in a paranormal world, like Amie, I have a high threshold for "suspension of disbelief."Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420773211895134710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post-38699179672561407032008-07-09T09:29:00.000-05:002008-07-09T09:29:00.000-05:00You and I have such similar reading tastes, Anne (...You and I have such similar reading tastes, Anne (the whole historical thing aside...but you're coming around *g*). My issue is just I find that I often can't relate to the characters in a paranormal, and for me, that's a killer. Either they are too outlandish, too over-the-top, too freakish, too helpless, or too something else. And if I can't relate to a character, even in some small miniscule way (sex aside), then the book just doesn't connect with me either. <BR/><BR/>Or I find myself wondering how on earth the heroine (or hero) could be having sex with the other one. Sometimes the ick factor just gets to me. That's happened in a few shapeshifters or even vampire books that I've tried.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250972350798310498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post-28020234997202167962008-07-08T16:14:00.000-05:002008-07-08T16:14:00.000-05:00LOL, it's going to sound bad on my part, but serio...LOL, it's going to sound bad on my part, but seriously, when I read... I don't ask myself too much questions. Whatever the authors dish at me, I read it and accept it... whether it's paranormal, historicals, contemps... it has to be really in-my-face wrong for me to do "huh" and ask myself if it's possible ^_^; Sad no?nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626894830238717124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146466.post-56383353689485845102008-07-08T12:30:00.000-05:002008-07-08T12:30:00.000-05:00Honestly, I think in part because I've always been...Honestly, I think in part because I've always been fascinated with the paranormal and a big sci-fi geek (admirer whatever) that I have a pretty high "suspension of disbelief" threshold. <BR/><BR/>Funny enough I'm much more likey to "buy" something like say a female werewolf doing a late-night radio talkshow about the supernatural (ala carrie vaughn who I LOVE. Sidenote: with her it seems that the worldbuilding is *such* an integral part of the story that you don't really notice it. That said they're not really romances so your happiness may vary) vs a woman who falls in love in 48 hours which, barring some SUPERB execution, I won't buy.Amie Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145328243563702260noreply@blogger.com