Again, you never know if I'm going to give something away, so read at your own risk.
So here I am, on the road. We're in Denmark now. Since we're at a private home there hasn't been as much pastry eating. More on that when we go to Copenhagen or return to Denmark (although my brother-in-law it turns out makes a fantastic cherry pie...who knew the Danes had it in them?!) I love vacation. It's great.
So I just finished listening to/reading Embrace the Grim Reaper (book 1) by Judy Clemens. It was pretty good. A little too much on the "hidden" backstory. Too many hints about too many things in our heroine Casey's past. I do like the Grim Reaper. It's a good character and mostly keeps the story lighter than it might be. The weird sex scene could have been, or more to the point, should have been avoided.
Why do all authors (or editors or publishers) believe that there should be an obligatory sex scene in a murder mystery. I know that there is a desire for cross-over from romance, but really, a good story doesn't need weird abortive sex where everyone feels guilty.
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HERE's my latest rant regarding all of the books that I've been reading lately: all these heroines have a dead child. I'm really tired of the false pathos of the dead child. I would like a warning label on these books because the authors never really get to it OR they spend too much time lingering on it.
By the way, I broke down and spent money on the latest Jane Haddam book. It grinds me to give money to a publisher that clearly holds me in contempt, but I will say that Haddam is, as always, worth it. I'll look forward to my review.
Good reading. Pop Tarts for breakfast!
So here I am, on the road. We're in Denmark now. Since we're at a private home there hasn't been as much pastry eating. More on that when we go to Copenhagen or return to Denmark (although my brother-in-law it turns out makes a fantastic cherry pie...who knew the Danes had it in them?!) I love vacation. It's great.
So I just finished listening to/reading Embrace the Grim Reaper (book 1) by Judy Clemens. It was pretty good. A little too much on the "hidden" backstory. Too many hints about too many things in our heroine Casey's past. I do like the Grim Reaper. It's a good character and mostly keeps the story lighter than it might be. The weird sex scene could have been, or more to the point, should have been avoided.
Why do all authors (or editors or publishers) believe that there should be an obligatory sex scene in a murder mystery. I know that there is a desire for cross-over from romance, but really, a good story doesn't need weird abortive sex where everyone feels guilty.
:
HERE's my latest rant regarding all of the books that I've been reading lately: all these heroines have a dead child. I'm really tired of the false pathos of the dead child. I would like a warning label on these books because the authors never really get to it OR they spend too much time lingering on it.
By the way, I broke down and spent money on the latest Jane Haddam book. It grinds me to give money to a publisher that clearly holds me in contempt, but I will say that Haddam is, as always, worth it. I'll look forward to my review.
Good reading. Pop Tarts for breakfast!
Why do you accuse this publisher of holding you "in contempt?" Because you had to buy the book?
ReplyDeleteI accuse the publisher of holding me in contempt because after charging a premium for the book, it was clearly not proofed or edited (or if it was it was a poor job.) I hope that Haddam got the lion's share of my money because the publisher clearly did not do his/her job. Perhaps you should check out my Glass Houses blog.
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