Author Archives: Kris

About Kris

Reads, rants, randoms & R+s. You've been warned. BTW, don't follow me if you're a GLBTQQphobic wanker. It won't end well. For you.

maybe it’s me, but…

Posted on 24/04/2015 by Kris

During the past week, I’ve had some seriously big, heh revealing, deja vu moments. A number of book blurbs have rung the ‘hey, I’ve read/watched that story line before’ bell. And I’ve been playing the prediction game with some reviewers, ie what they’ll say and … Continue reading →

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things that make you go O.o

Posted on 11/04/2015 by Kris

The position of that dog… No.  Just no.

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oh. my. romance trope.

Posted on 05/04/2015 by Kris

Holy fucking shit. I just realised why I read romance. Like, right now just now. It’s in my genes.  Seriously. I was bred for it. No joke. For I am the product of a shotgun marriage! BEAT THAT TROPE, BITCHES! … Continue reading →

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maybe it’s me, but…

Posted on 28/03/2015 by Kris

Fuck me, but the Romance Bookity World is a nightmare at the moment.  I mean, geesus.  What the hell happened to, I don’t know, reading?  For fun??  Who knew it was that fucking hard.  Christ. So, please, for the love … Continue reading →

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maybe it’s me, but…

Posted on 19/03/2015 by Kris

So, I’m curious. A lot of us reread because we plain adore a particular book and want that familiar and happy-reader-buttons experience. Some of us when we reread (for whatever reason) can end up finding the book dated or just not as good the … Continue reading →

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goodbye, sir terry. you will be missed.

Posted on 13/03/2015 by Kris

I am a wee bit broken this morning with the news of the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett.   My heart and mind are so full of the wonderful memories of reading his work.   I wanted to pay tribute to … Continue reading →

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maybe it’s me, but…

Posted on 05/03/2015 by Kris

I’ve recently bought several ebooks – well, more than several, but who’s counting – where this has happened. Me: *looking, looking*  *cover! author! blurb! excerpt! buy! yay!*  *downloads and opens* Me:  Huh. Me: *goes back to library bookshelf*  *shrugs*  *opens … Continue reading →

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kris’ confessions: reading taboos

Posted on 01/03/2015 by Kris

Some time ago… at some blog… somewhere… I did a series of guest posts to do with my bad reading habits. While it is true I have close to a gazillion of these, the three I wrote about – in no particular … Continue reading →

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dear author

Posted on 22/02/2015 by Kris

Dear Author, I *still* do not think that word means what you think it means. Use a dictionary, for fuck’s sake. Love, me.

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the author/pedestal thing revisited

Posted on 16/02/2015 by Kris

Ages ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote a post about the pedestal we readers tend to put authors on and asked if people really wanted to know everything about an author they liked or if they preferred to to … Continue reading →

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