Is it YOUNG AND RESTLESS’s intention to make me want to punch Billy in the face this week? Somehow, I’m thinkin’ no. We’re supposed to root for him as he worries about his pregnant bride, Victoria, and her tyrant of a father who’s scheming against them. The problem…? This is also the week that Billy’s nephew, Chance,… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
Confession time: Now that I’ve seen it…? I think the end of the Reid/Luke arc might be one of ATWT’s better wrap-up stories. And to don my trusty flame-retardant suit and espouse an even more unpopular opinion, I don’t think the death of Reid is inherently homophobic. In fact, I’m not exactly certain how the term, defined… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I’ve been giving it a lot of thought since finally watching North & South, the BBC mini-series based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s book of the same name. If I look back at my preferences over the years, I definitely lean more towards beta heroes in my fiction over big, badass alpha heroes. What’s a beta hero?… Read More Heroes: for beta or worse
My Lord Jack, by Hope Tarr — This Carina Press re-release stood out to me for the concept alone, because the hero is a hangman…and a redhead! Definitely two things I’ve never encountered in a romance novel before. In fact, the whole book proved to be a great departure from the norm. There’s one other… Read More A week in reading: quick hits
A Bangladeshi cab driver was attacked this week, after allegedly being asked if he was Muslim. The comments on this Yahoo news article make me want to throw up. We are living in a powder keg of hate, of intolerance, where the diversity of New York, its greatest strength, is being turned against it. If… Read More Sound and fury, signifying nothing
I read A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L’Engle around twice a year…particularly when I’m in need of a little soul soothing. It’s a timeless book about family and loss, and when there was a death in my personal circle recently, it was this book I turned to for comfort, for the tools to… Read More A deep but dazzling darkness
So, I have this rule about not falling for pairings where one party has done something reprehensible to the other. The thing is, once I dismiss all the rapemances (like Todd and Marty’s horrorshow on OLTL), my standards start to get a little more arbitrary, a little more case-by-case. For instance, I would never, on… Read More Your love is like bad medicine
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