tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post5533149007348900821..comments2024-01-26T15:00:33.908-06:00Comments on The THRILLIONTH page: Item #2 I admired about the Anne Stuart experienceCarolyn Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-16740448511993998592009-02-05T21:18:00.000-06:002009-02-05T21:18:00.000-06:00I can't remember the roommate's name but I do reme...I can't remember the roommate's name but I do remember her very clearly and I read this book quite a while ago. Usually I wouldn't remember a minor character so well but she's such a good author that I do!Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-18033640696609005232009-02-03T13:40:00.000-06:002009-02-03T13:40:00.000-06:00I trust Linda Howard that way. She never fails to ...I trust Linda Howard that way. She never fails to give me the type of hero I want ;) As you know, I'm not a fan of Stuart. Though she's (obviously!) an amazing writer, I just can't connect with her heroes. I read Black Ice and their first 'scene' together rubbed me the wrong way.Katie Reushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085461796363818906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-67782410679133800022009-02-03T11:28:00.000-06:002009-02-03T11:28:00.000-06:00Very good observations. I total writing lesson her...Very good observations. I total writing lesson here. Thanks.Kwanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428954660974395117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-27983980897041309152009-02-03T10:14:00.000-06:002009-02-03T10:14:00.000-06:00sexcerptSomeone else probably made it up before I ...sexcerpt<BR/><BR/>Someone else probably made it up before I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-59857785070365628542009-02-02T23:12:00.000-06:002009-02-02T23:12:00.000-06:00This was the last book in the series that I enjoye...This was the last book in the series that I enjoyed. But you captured its essence perfectly.<BR/><BR/>And AS does write just the absolute perfect anti-hero. I was so stoked when I saw her at RWA - she told me she's contracted to write another historical. Woot!!! Way excited for that. Her historicals rock. Those dark heroes in one of my favorite settings... yummy!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250972350798310498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-26345346590339788732009-02-02T18:38:00.000-06:002009-02-02T18:38:00.000-06:00Awesome! I'm so glad you ended this one on such a ...Awesome! I'm <I>so</I> glad you ended this one on such a positive note. I just bought this book from my ubs this morning. :-)<BR/><BR/>There is nothing like the feeling that an author is writing with confidence, and as a reader I am being led down the path they have created. If their writing skills are good enough, they don't have to hold the reader's hand to get where they want us to go, but can stay a few steps ahead of us. To me, this demonstrates that <I>they</I> have confidence in the reader.<BR/><BR/>Kelly Armstrong is one of those writers for me. As soon as I start a book of hers, that self-assurance so clear in her writing, and I know I can sort of sit back, relax and enjoy myself.<BR/><BR/>BTW, totally ot, but greatly due to your recommendation, I'm reading <I>Lord of Scoundrels</I> right now (finally!) and LOVING IT! :-)Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026384330126049496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-20063331734454455722009-02-02T15:46:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:46:00.000-06:00I agree with Jill...you articulate your feelings a...I agree with Jill...you articulate your feelings about a book so well. I almost feel like I'm having the reading experience with you. Very cool.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-54560069744440579172009-02-02T15:25:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:25:00.000-06:00Jill, Thanks for saying that! I can get kind of n...Jill, Thanks for saying that! I can get kind of nerdy about these issues as I'm an aspiring novelist, so I just think about them all the time. But thanks for saying that!Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-28235977603523460392009-02-02T15:13:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:13:00.000-06:00Carolyn Jean, It is just amazing how you were able...Carolyn Jean, It is just amazing how you were able to express what you liked about Ms. Stuart's writing. So many times I find it difficult to articulate why I like a book so much. This was a perfect example of how to do that. Maybe I should be taking notes :)Jill D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10994157783980931093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-47896714568847334302009-02-02T15:00:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:00:00.000-06:00Jill: totally! sexerpt. Did you just make that up...Jill: totally! sexerpt. Did you just make that up?<BR/><BR/>Kati: Was it you who said she writes a lot of these characters? I have to read more of them. And oh, the Curtis' did do nice descriptions, didn't they? I still remember that moon. And the hero's hot piratey leather vest. Mmm!Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-75678965059607105242009-02-02T11:42:00.000-06:002009-02-02T11:42:00.000-06:00Ah CJ, I love reliving books with you. I'm looking...Ah CJ, I love reliving books with you. I'm looking at Black Ice right there on my keeper shelf and am yearning to reopen it. What I love is Stuart's ability to write an anti-hero, who you know is a very bad man, and who very likely DOES NOT have a heart of gold. He's just a bad, bad man. Until...and even the love of his woman doesn't necessarily make him a good man so much as a better one. You know? I love that about her.<BR/><BR/>And on the topic of writers who can draw a room and a character, I'll have to drag out again my love of Tom and Sharon Curtis. I can picture exactly the settings and characters, not just of The Windflower, but of Sunshine and Shadows or Lightening that Lingers, or any of their other books. I know, I know, would I shut up already about them? But they're the example the sprung to mind when you asked the question. :wink:Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178354927628992485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-8571799626867925992009-02-02T11:30:00.000-06:002009-02-02T11:30:00.000-06:00Just wanted to say I enjoyed that sexcerpt! Black...Just wanted to say I enjoyed that sexcerpt! Black Ice is one of my favorite books. <BR/><BR/>You're absolutely right--Stuart's earlier exploration of Bastien's reaction to death (primal, sexual, life-affirming) makes this scene work on a higher level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com