Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
And now it's time to say goodbye . . .
Really.
Goodbye.
I'm done.
This is not a test.
I am not joking.
It is not April 1st.
In fact it's October 24th.
Nothing direct happened to me. This isn't a result of internet douchebags getting their dicks in a twist about something I said. It was just time for a change.
A change I couldn't make here.
I'm sure this seems rather out of the blue since I've been posting regularly for nearly four years now with barely a break thrown in. Except for these last couple of weeks of radio silence. I was busy building.
I guess you could say I got tired of the same old thing. And tired of ALL THE FUCKING DRAMA. And tired of being a little pigeon-holed.
I've been swishing this around in my head movies probably since the beginning of the year. Some kind of major reformation. A change.
Except once you've branded yourself it's kind of hard to make that change. Buying another pretty layout won't change your content or reputation. Especially for someone that's been around as long as I have.
And that's okay. I'm at a point now where I can walk away and be okay with it. I've had my run here at Bites. Now it's time for something different. Time for something more MATURE.
Yeah . . .
Little did I know that my evil twin, Laura from A Jane of All Reads, was feeling the same way. With the will to blog all but dead inside of us, and both of us in dire need of a change, we came together, knocked each other up (hey, if you can have MPREG, you can have girl on girl internet babies) and pushed out our loinfruit -
This is where we us are now. The theme is far more adult, there's a fuck of a lot more swearing and there are cookies.
Will I be gone from Bites? Yes. But I'm not done blogging. I just needed something new. Bitching, Books and Baking is that newness. We're still loading content but you'll still see my familiar reviews along with a rather new voice or two.
I'll still be checking my litbites email and I'll still be reviewing the books I've already received for that specific purpose. It'll just be done over there. Rip the bandaid off quick and all of that. I do have a winner to email for Margaret Willey's FOUR SECRETS. I won't forget about that. Thanks to everyone who make my time with Bites awesome.
So come see me (and Laura) at our new home and come bitch, read and bake with us.
Goodbye.
I'm done.
This is not a test.
I am not joking.
It is not April 1st.
In fact it's October 24th.
Nothing direct happened to me. This isn't a result of internet douchebags getting their dicks in a twist about something I said. It was just time for a change.
A change I couldn't make here.
I'm sure this seems rather out of the blue since I've been posting regularly for nearly four years now with barely a break thrown in. Except for these last couple of weeks of radio silence. I was busy building.
I guess you could say I got tired of the same old thing. And tired of ALL THE FUCKING DRAMA. And tired of being a little pigeon-holed.
I've been swishing this around in my head movies probably since the beginning of the year. Some kind of major reformation. A change.
Except once you've branded yourself it's kind of hard to make that change. Buying another pretty layout won't change your content or reputation. Especially for someone that's been around as long as I have.
And that's okay. I'm at a point now where I can walk away and be okay with it. I've had my run here at Bites. Now it's time for something different. Time for something more MATURE.
Yeah . . .
Little did I know that my evil twin, Laura from A Jane of All Reads, was feeling the same way. With the will to blog all but dead inside of us, and both of us in dire need of a change, we came together, knocked each other up (hey, if you can have MPREG, you can have girl on girl internet babies) and pushed out our loinfruit -
This is where we us are now. The theme is far more adult, there's a fuck of a lot more swearing and there are cookies.
Will I be gone from Bites? Yes. But I'm not done blogging. I just needed something new. Bitching, Books and Baking is that newness. We're still loading content but you'll still see my familiar reviews along with a rather new voice or two.
I'll still be checking my litbites email and I'll still be reviewing the books I've already received for that specific purpose. It'll just be done over there. Rip the bandaid off quick and all of that. I do have a winner to email for Margaret Willey's FOUR SECRETS. I won't forget about that. Thanks to everyone who make my time with Bites awesome.
So come see me (and Laura) at our new home and come bitch, read and bake with us.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Not In My School (20)
Not In My School is a weekly feature that throws out one YA lit cliche a week to compare to my own high school days. Because we all know how accurate those fictional nuances are . . .
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Stalkers
Really? We're STILL thinking that some dude breaking into a girl's house in the night to watch her sleep is romantic? Or threatening her with bodily harm? Or disabling her car engine "for her safety?" Guys that don't grasp the concept of personal space? Close talkers? No. This "fad" really needs to pass and/or people really need to grow some much needed brains. If there were stalkers in my school they'd go directly to jail without passing Go and without collecting $200. I'm with Buffy on this one; stalking isn't a turn-on at all.
And the winner is . . .
The winner of a copy of SHADOWS by Ilsa J. Bick is . . .
Congratulations, Mary! I've already sent over an email so be sure to get back to me ASAP! And a huge thank you to everyone who entered!
Just a reminder to those who do enter my giveaways, if I require you to do something in order to enter, say follow a blog, that means it's a REQUIREMENT. Not an option. If I give you a yes or no option, the no option being facetious since it's a requirement and I expect entrants to actually comply with requirements, you need to select yes (or otherwise comply with the requirement). If you select no IT WILL KICK YOU OUT OF THE GIVEAWAY. While my no option may be facetious I will not consider your answer of a joking manner. I'll take it as no, you didn't comply with the requirement and yet entered anyway and I'll delete your entry from the form list. I don't believe this is all that difficult.
Hell, YOU CAN LIE TO ME. I don't actually confirm the winners are followers. I work on the honor system out of no other reason than I'm far too lazy to follow through on that. I'm comfortable in the knowledge that people may be humoring me. If I give you a silly answer option and that's what you pick I'll default it to you complying. If you tell me yes I'll take your word for it. Tell me no and I'll roll my eyes and delete your entry.
Bottom line - DON'T ANSWER IN THE NEGATIVE. It seriously boggles my mind how many people do. That just shows me that 1) you didn't read the directions, 2) you blatantly ignored the directions and/or 3) you figured I wouldn't care either way and I wasn't really being serious about the requirements. None of these things are good.
Am I asking for too much? I don't think so. I'm giving you a chance to win something for nothing out of your pocket except a few seconds of your time. Some people think that's too much for me to be asking. Those people can blow me. For me to get in a position to be able to give these books away was a basket of dicks in work so forgive me for wanting a modicum of return on that. Silly, Donna, I know.
/rant
Mary D.!!!
Congratulations, Mary! I've already sent over an email so be sure to get back to me ASAP! And a huge thank you to everyone who entered!
Just a reminder to those who do enter my giveaways, if I require you to do something in order to enter, say follow a blog, that means it's a REQUIREMENT. Not an option. If I give you a yes or no option, the no option being facetious since it's a requirement and I expect entrants to actually comply with requirements, you need to select yes (or otherwise comply with the requirement). If you select no IT WILL KICK YOU OUT OF THE GIVEAWAY. While my no option may be facetious I will not consider your answer of a joking manner. I'll take it as no, you didn't comply with the requirement and yet entered anyway and I'll delete your entry from the form list. I don't believe this is all that difficult.
Hell, YOU CAN LIE TO ME. I don't actually confirm the winners are followers. I work on the honor system out of no other reason than I'm far too lazy to follow through on that. I'm comfortable in the knowledge that people may be humoring me. If I give you a silly answer option and that's what you pick I'll default it to you complying. If you tell me yes I'll take your word for it. Tell me no and I'll roll my eyes and delete your entry.
Bottom line - DON'T ANSWER IN THE NEGATIVE. It seriously boggles my mind how many people do. That just shows me that 1) you didn't read the directions, 2) you blatantly ignored the directions and/or 3) you figured I wouldn't care either way and I wasn't really being serious about the requirements. None of these things are good.
Am I asking for too much? I don't think so. I'm giving you a chance to win something for nothing out of your pocket except a few seconds of your time. Some people think that's too much for me to be asking. Those people can blow me. For me to get in a position to be able to give these books away was a basket of dicks in work so forgive me for wanting a modicum of return on that. Silly, Donna, I know.
/rant
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