Brought the kiddies to the library yesterday. Crazy Kisses was there. Yay! Finished already. Another good installment. I was looking forward to this one because I enjoyed Kid and Nicki's appearances inCrazy Hot and Crazy Cool. This didn't disappoint. They had great chemistry. My big quibble was with all of Kid's angsting. It was like, what are you whining about? He's the one that fucked up. Tell Nicki something about where you've been (C'mon, anything). And if you've got a question, ask her, for Kee-rist's sake! But I got over it. Even though he didn't appear in person, my love for Superman (Crazy Cool) is cemented by the fact that even though he's happily married and settled down a bit, he'll still pose nude for a 12 foot painting. Speaking of nude models, I've liked Travis from the beginning and his character has developed nicely over the course of the books, so I'm glad to see he'll get his own. But I'm not sure if I like his intended love interest. We'll see. I'm sure they'll be making an appearance in Crazy Love, out in a week and a half. Really looking forward to this one.
One complaint about these books. I can't stand it when writers overdo it with the slang, and not only that, but they also spell it phonetically, as in "bay-be", "gawd" and "day-um." Please add two more words to the list: "kee-rist" and "geezus." Please stop. No more. I find it hard to believe that hardened government operatives wouldn't just curse if moved to do so. Also, oddly, Janzen doesn't shy away from language in other parts of the book. I saw fucking, dick and cock in there. At first I amused myself by imagining different ways to pronounce the word "geezus" (my favorite being "gee-zoose", with a hard "g" as in "go"), but that got old quickly. Please Ms. Janzen, if you don't like your characters to take the Lord's name in vain, find some other fake swear words for them to use. I suggest "Sugar" and "Freaking A", or perhaps cursing in a foreign language (i.e. "Scheisse" or "Merde").
Friday, June 16, 2006
Now wait just a Gawd Day-um minute!
Posted by Devon at 8:38 AM
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Hey Dev - did you read this? http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060607/UPDATE/%20606070435 . All of that pent up passion - either channeled through the pen or through throwing stuff...
This is why it's sometimes best to control your impulses. It's funny, because my first thought, was how silly to make such a big deal over nothing. But if the husband had done it, I would've been like, oh, he's a abuser. Oh,my biases! I have to look this woman up, never heard of her.
Wow - maybe she was doing research for her next book! Devon - how do you find so much time to read? I am amazed at how many books you get through in a week! Ok, actually I am jealous. I gotta drink a cup of coffee before I get into bed so I am not asleep before I have read one paragraph!
I neglect my children. Just kidding. I neglect all housework. I read a little bit here and there and it all adds up. Probably the biggest thing is that the kiddies go to bed early and the Hubby teaches karate four nights a week. I usually get a couple of uninterrupted hours each night. And I'm not a big tv fan anymore, and everything has had its finales anyway so that's not competing. If I'm into something I will read very, very fast.
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