27
July
2007
I am starting a new job soon and knew I wanted to start with a new look. I have my own company (work at home) and spend so much time in flannel pants and shorts that I needed to shake things up.
I found this really cool site called Makeover-o-Matic (yes it is the cheesiest name ever) but you can scan in your pic and go to town with different styles and colors.
I am now sporting a new shorter, darker doo and I like it. Some of the other ideas I had in mind prior to finding the site, just were not flattering. Check it out: Makeover-o-Matic
Posted: Life complaints/compliments
26
July
2007
Milagros de Los Santos has had a bad week, first she is persuaded to attend a book party of the man who wooed then suddenly dumped her in college (Sebastian). You know the guy; the one you thought was IT who turned out to be a total jerk….
Posted: Paranormal Reviews, Contemporary Reviews, A Rated
25
July
2007
I love series and I love the part in the series when you get to the staunch meddling head of family. They always fall the hardest. I did not love this story however. Having read the previous brothers/sisters books I could not wait to get to Sebastians story. I was disappointed because the story was sort of boring and so improbable that it just didn’t fly. I really wanted to like this book too…..
Perhaps I have been reading too many historicals. I will take a break from this genre lest I trash the next few ones I read. I need to find an original story that takes me out of the funk… This ain’t it, sorry.
Posted: Historical Reviews, D-F Rated
23
July
2007
Part of a new trilogy, this was a decent historical romance. I liked both characters. Lord Stephan Nash is your typical gambling rake who will never get married, Miss Xanthia is a more mature (on the shelf as they say) heroine who runs her families shipping company. Both have troubled backgrounds and strong feelings as well as sensual natures. They are thrown together in intrique and grow to deeply love each other. Of course Xanthia inadvertly betrays Nash’s love and the two of them are left heartsick. Never fear though this is a romance and happy endings abound.
Posted: Historical Reviews, B Rated
21
July
2007
To honor the passing of an favorite author, I pulled this off my keeper shelf. I cannot remember how long it has been since I read it, ages for sure.
The interesting thing I am finding is that as I mature, my views and tastes are changing. When I put this on my shelf another decade ago I get the feeling I like it for different reasons then I do now. As an old time bodice ripper it has the elements of a captured, forced slave all the rage in its time. That time has long gone, but it still has elements the keep it on my favorite list.
Posted: Romance Novel Reviews, Historical Reviews, A Rated, Keepers
