tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post6035339422809259345..comments2024-01-26T15:00:33.908-06:00Comments on The THRILLIONTH page: Black Ice & Joss Whedon v. Chris CarterCarolyn Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-81001072192607394202009-01-29T17:55:00.000-06:002009-01-29T17:55:00.000-06:00Hey Randi! It is always so exciting to have a lur...Hey Randi! <BR/>It is always so exciting to have a lurker unlurk and comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed the Anne Stuart! I certainly hope to read more. And one of these days, I'll get around to the second part of that post!Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-79419399543884254652009-01-29T14:16:00.000-06:002009-01-29T14:16:00.000-06:00Hi CJ,I'm a periodic lurker and read your Anne...Hi CJ,<BR/><BR/>I'm a periodic lurker and read your Anne Stuart review yesterday. I just wanted to let you know that I went out, at lunch, and purchased my very first, ever, Anne Stuar book. One of the "Ice" books, but alas B&N did not have 'Black Ice'. I totally adored it (can we say, finished in several hours?) and wanted to thank you for bringing Anne Stuart to my attention. Brava, CJ, Brava.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-63293292904013115652009-01-27T05:17:00.000-06:002009-01-27T05:17:00.000-06:00ouhhhhhhhh have you tried "into the fire" by Stuar...ouhhhhhhhh have you tried "into the fire" by Stuart ???<BR/>AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>loads of people hate it ,but it's in my top five English books !pidutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17613758991940798950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-54802124502869140272009-01-25T17:27:00.000-06:002009-01-25T17:27:00.000-06:00Can I simply recommend Lily by Pat Gaffney for a p...Can I simply recommend Lily by Pat Gaffney for a pain-filled read? Poor Lily doesn't get a break till the last page. Talk about a rollercoaster.<BR/> <BR/>I did love Lily but it was definitely over the top and I do feel there is a balance to be struck. You can't just relentlessly hurt and hurt and hurt the characters - you need to let them build back up as well. Otherwise, I don't have confidence in the HEA.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-53670755907943036792009-01-25T14:39:00.000-06:002009-01-25T14:39:00.000-06:00This sounds like an interesting book and author. ...This sounds like an interesting book and author. I'm intrigued and will be interested in hearing more of your thoughts on this book :)samantha.1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04124614710493747821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-58441297032043531742009-01-25T09:07:00.000-06:002009-01-25T09:07:00.000-06:00p751abLT: I really did. I'm looking forward to...p751abLT: I really did. I'm looking forward to more of these heroes.<BR/><BR/>MJ: You bring up a good point, though Scully and Mulder did have distinct characters, but yes, not like in Buffy! <BR/><BR/>I feel a little bad, bc it's so easy to sit in judgement of a creation, and X-files was COOL! But I suspect if Joss had control of X-files, you know, Mulder would've been driving spaceships by the 3rd season, and he would be part alien and stuff or he and scully would've flipped worldviews. Or, yeah, a "monster" episode would've been spun into a larger thing. Would it have lost its magic if there were many truths to be revealed? IDK. The central mystery was strong and exciting and went back to their heritage. Conversely Buffy could've stayed a quirky melodrama about how hs is like a monster world.<BR/><BR/>So smart coming back to thinking character on all this, though, including the poss of gratuitous violence in our fave books. You can't go wrong thinking character - I sometimes forget that. ( & Pffft. You don't have creative scarcity thinking.)<BR/><BR/>Taja: We often end up reading the same books at the same time. Late to the party--that's us.<BR/><BR/>Kati: You have been talking about Gleason for a while. Gosh, it might be time to get on this and read some of her!! Great news about Singh's anti-hero! That is super exciting.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-30737544540158375622009-01-25T08:03:00.000-06:002009-01-25T08:03:00.000-06:00I freaking *LOVE* when authors are brave enough to...I freaking *LOVE* when authors are brave enough to torture their main protagonists.<BR/><BR/>Colleen Gleason is constantly beating the shit out of Victoria Gardella. I always say to Colleen that she went to the "Joss Whedon School of Writing" -- if her characters aren't hurting, she's not trying hard enough.<BR/><BR/>I love Anne Stuart books. Mostly because I adore her heroes who walk a fine line. Her heroines do little for me, but I do love the heroes.<BR/><BR/>You are going to LOVE Nalini Singh's new Angel's Blood series. That hero is beyond anti and yet she totally pulls it off.Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178354927628992485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-57718344073352525992009-01-25T04:35:00.000-06:002009-01-25T04:35:00.000-06:00"the whiff of danger is the danger" - LOL, I like ..."the whiff of danger is the danger" - LOL, I like that expression. So true for quite a few novels I read.<BR/><BR/>"... even after he meets the heroine, he's half willing to let her die" - oh wow, good. It looks like it's time to read <I>Black Ice</I>. I have it in my TBR pile for some weeks now.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to item #2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-74345943434644631012009-01-24T23:44:00.000-06:002009-01-24T23:44:00.000-06:00Oh, that's interesting -- the creative scarcity/ab...Oh, that's interesting -- the creative scarcity/abundance. I've always seen it as a difference in the shows themselves: the X-Files essentially being about the Stuff Happening (so plot-driven) and Whedon's being about the characters and What They Go Through (so character driven.) <BR/><BR/>So I can see Carter being stingy, because once he ends The Alien plot, that's pretty much blowing his wad (unless he begins relying on MotW shows (see latest movie)). But you're right; it that once the Alien Story is revealed, it's almost as if he doesn't think there is a story beyond that. <BR/><BR/>But, again, I'm torn by the function of the show -- which is all about revealing the truth -- so if the truth is revealed, it becomes about something else and loses the magic anyway (but maybe that is just MY creative scarcity? lol)<BR/><BR/>I do wish that, in romance, sometimes the danger would go further and be real for the heroes and heroines. But I also would hate for it to become gratuitous (which it easily could, because we KNOW they will make it out eventually and get their HEA) -- which means that some growth has to occur after The Author Has Gone Far. So it comes back to being character-oriented, rather than plot-oriented (although I'd say that Stuart typically balances both perfectly.) <BR/><BR/>Gah. Sorry for babbling so long, incoherently, and with so many capital letters.meljean brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135527993507471830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-72082536478240846042009-01-24T22:32:00.000-06:002009-01-24T22:32:00.000-06:00I'm so glad you liked Black Ice. Looking forward t...I'm so glad you liked Black Ice. Looking forward to seeing what you think about the rest of the books in the Ice series!Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-58802251212781668462009-01-24T14:34:00.000-06:002009-01-24T14:34:00.000-06:00Sula: Moonrise. Thanks for the tip! Renee: Funny! ...Sula: Moonrise. Thanks for the tip! <BR/><BR/>Renee: Funny! Produce not passion-inspiring? Thanks for the lilith S. Tip!<BR/><BR/>Tracy: I figured other people must be doing it. <BR/><BR/>KB: that would be so cool if you met them!<BR/><BR/>WW: See what you think!<BR/><BR/>Sarai: bc your tbr pile is so short!Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-8075145952238560912009-01-24T14:06:00.000-06:002009-01-24T14:06:00.000-06:00huh yet another author I've never read. Maybe I sh...huh yet another author I've never read. Maybe I should look into her?Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203551997160640352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-4113267588065534352009-01-24T14:04:00.000-06:002009-01-24T14:04:00.000-06:00Made me want to read Black Ice.Made me want to read Black Ice.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-40884293049641149642009-01-24T13:46:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:46:00.000-06:00Oh! I forgot to add, Lilith Saintcrow is a good on...Oh! I forgot to add, Lilith Saintcrow is a good one for the "tortured heroine." The things she puts Dante through in her Dante Valentine series-Oy!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026384330126049496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-75721451963240193132009-01-24T13:13:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:13:00.000-06:00Anne Stuart and Josh Whedon are both master of the...Anne Stuart and Josh Whedon are both master of their art.<BR/>I am going to NYC Comic Con in a few weeks and Josh will be there. <BR/>Should I bow down to him?<BR/>Also Anne will be at RWA in DC this year. I will bow down to her.KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-26337462583718242842009-01-24T13:08:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:08:00.000-06:00Interesting item you covered today. I was just th...Interesting item you covered today. I was just thinking about this same thing because I read the second book in the Aspect of Crow series by Jeri Smith-Ready and she'd did NOT do the whiff of danger thing...she just did it. It was killing me cuz I so expected it not to happen. I love it when the authors take the characters farther than you expect. <BR/><BR/>I've not read Stuart but your post has intrigued me. I'll have to check her out.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-54432657024088562662009-01-24T13:04:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:04:00.000-06:00"...Wow, they are really passionate about produce,..."...Wow, they are really passionate about produce, and it sure is lucrative!"<BR/><BR/>OMG, too funny, esp since I worked p/t for produce wholesalers for the last 4 years! Believe me, not lucrative (given I was laid off in Nov.), and there's just so much passion you can have for gala apples. :-P<BR/><BR/>I've had AS on my booklist for a while, and so far sounds like some fun reading!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026384330126049496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-28526104766892864572009-01-24T11:41:00.000-06:002009-01-24T11:41:00.000-06:00Good observations. I too enjoy Stuart's writing b...Good observations. I too enjoy Stuart's writing but it's kind of a guilty pleasure and I can't handle it in large quantities. By that I mean, it was really shocking and intriguing the first time I read one of her books (the amoral killer hero, etc.) but after reading several, it seems that they're all the same. However, this one was one of the good ones. Also, if you can ever find a copy, Moonrise is also fab and edgy.sulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470361085886637371noreply@blogger.com