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[shadowkat]

1. Dusty the Klepto Kitty (not sure you've seen this one yet)

Watch on YouTube

2. Rush by Maya Banks - sigh. So..not worth the price. While initially compelling, the writer wrote herself into a corner and the whole story fell apart at the end. The characters and plot in other words stopped making sense.

I've come to two, actually make that three, conclusions:

* Do not trust five star Amazon reviews or Good Reads either for that matter - clearly the people are either paid-off by the writer/publisher or smoking something. Not sure which. I'm getting in the habit of reading the one-three star reviews before making a decision. (BTW - both fresne and masq's books on Amazon do not have any reviews below three-five stars. Yes, I checked.)

* The much maligned contemporary romance - erotica genre is much aligned for a very good reason. You know there's a big problem with a particular genre when the best written - character and plot-wise at any rate, not to mention only one with some semblance of a sense of humor, is ahem, 50 Shades of Grey. Granted some of the others are more adeptly written in that they follow the Chicago Manual of Style and 50 Shades doesn't. But other than that...

* Can't trust the best-seller lists. Not that you ever could. But there were moments. I'm starting to think if you make the best-seller list - there's at least a 75% chance that your novel is pulp.

I'll either go back to GRRM, I'm bogged down in another Jon Snow chapter - this character doesn't compel me quite as much as he appears to compel everyone else. Or read the Ilona Andrews book I picked up - Magic Bites, or I'll try 40 Shades of Pearl - which is apparently about a 40 year old female divorcee who hooks up with a hot billionaire male 25 year old. As opposed to the opposite way around. That's a rarity.

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[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Do not trust five star Amazon reviews or Good Reads either for that matter - clearly the people are either paid-off by the writer/publisher or smoking something. Not sure which. I'm getting in the habit of reading the one-three star reviews before making a decision

"nods"

I've also found that just because a book is on the Best Seller List doesn't mean that it's a great book - it just means that they've sold a lot of copies.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

It's also insane what people love....and what has been published.
I've discovered books published on Amazon that blow my mind. Making me think, you know what, go self-publish that book.

Klepto Kitty

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I never saw Sirius try to steal anything till this past Sunday. There were two plastic forks on the table from a visit to the Chinese restaurant, and even with me there he decided to run off with one! Guess he thought it was his share.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

The Ilona Andrews books are fun. The first one is a little forgettable, but the second is much better and the books continue to improve in quality. I've been meaning to re-read them, actually. It's just a shame that the covers make them look like the trashiest of trash books.

I have seen that cat video before, but it's still fun. My own cat mostly sticks to bringing me toy mice that he chases around the house, although he occasionally steals ribbons/string and random bits of paper. This has caused problems in the past where he'll grab bills or other paper and leave them on the floor near my room. When we moved house a few weeks ago, he stole a check wrapped in a receipt from a desk in the basement and left it on the floor of my room (one floor up). Along with half a dozen toy mice, of course. We also used to have problems with the other cat, who liked to steal socks as a kitten and leave them dunked in her water bowl. Thanks, kitty.

Re: Klepto Kitty

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

When I was little...our cat, Simon, used to steal the Princess Leia - Star Wars action figure and dump her in his water dish. I have no idea why. And it was just the Princess Leia one.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Yay for Kindles. You can ignore stupid covers. Urban Fantasy has the worst covers. Well genre isn't known for good covers generally speaking. Good to know, guess I have to make it through Magic Bites to get to Magic Burns? Co-worker rec'd Magic Burns.

The cats I had as a kid...one liked to steal the Princess Leia action figure and dump her in his water dish. It was hilarious.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Magic Bites is not a bad urban fantasy book, just not really impressive. Kinda average. The series definitely picks up with 'Magic Burns.'

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I've decided to try it. So far it's not bad, better than what I've been reading, although I've admittedly been reading trash. ;-)