Category Archives: kassa

goodbye, sir terry. you will be missed.

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

Posted in authors, chris, erotic horizon, kassa, Terry Pratchett | 4 Comments

end-of-year bandwagon wrap-ups #1

Tis the season for end-of-year wrap-ups,Fa la la la la, la la la la.Yeah, I’m lazy and can’t think shit up,Fa la la la la, la, la la la.Also, I may have used this tune before.  See lazy comment above. … Continue reading

Posted in best of 2011, best ofs, between the covers, cole, cryselles bookshelf, Jenre, kassa, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 17 Comments

the kris ‘n’ good books GRL wrap up

My GRL wrap up: Well, I was! I keep telling everyone that I’m the bitch of the m/m community. Fine then! For so-called ‘real’ reports about the New Orleans convention, how about getting off your lazy arses and going to … Continue reading

Posted in chris, gayromlit, Janna, kassa, lazyarse but still awesome, leontine, me, tam | 24 Comments

kris ‘n’ good books announcement

So, the exciting announcement I hinted at the other day??  Well, it’s happened!The fabulous moderators at the M/M Romance group at goodreads have agreed to give my ‘choose you own m/m story’ game a home.  How cool is that.  *GRIN*Obviously … Continue reading

Posted in a choose your own m/m story, goodreads, kassa, kris 'n' good books stuff, me, rachel haimowitz | 12 Comments

author fan letter blog crawl

It is because I’m so awesome my honour and privilege to start off Kassa’s (aka ‘You can take that star and shove it!’) Epic Author Fandom Blog Crawl.  *huge round of applause* Thank you.  Thank you.  It is true.  Kassa recognises me as … Continue reading

Posted in authors, georgette heyer, kassa, leontine, Terry Pratchett | 33 Comments

ratings: the who’s who

And… finally… maybe… 😛 I’m curious to know who your ‘go to’ reviewer/rater is if you happen to be umming and arring about purchasing a book? Is there an individual or site or whatever you always check out whenever you’re … Continue reading

Posted in Jenre, kassa, ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 32 Comments

random awesomeness

Yesterday Kassa tweeted the link to this post by an American mumma. I thought it was so unbelievably awesome that I knew I had to share it with you all here. I encourage you to take the time to read this … Continue reading

Posted in awesomeness, extra further randomness, kassa, serious randomness, serious shit | 23 Comments

to gush or not to gush. that is the question.

Last year I posted about how sick and tired I was of seeing the 5 star reviews constantly given to certain, well known authors. Call me a cynic, but I was – and still am – a tad skeptical about … Continue reading

Posted in authors, kassa, maybe it's me but, not a review, ratings, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 22 Comments

breaking news: secret santa tops tasting

Forget about all that daily tasting crap! Let’s hear it for… SECRET SANTA!!! YAY! Sure, I may have – just a teeny, tiny bit – lent on Kassa to get her to do her Secret Santa thing again this year, … Continue reading

Posted in awesomeness, kassa | 12 Comments

m/m graphic novel appreciation series: a guest post by kassa (nsfw)

Don’t think I can’t hear you all saying ‘finally!’ 😛 This week’s guest post is by the esteemed and just all round fabulous m/m romance reviewer and commentator Kassa. Like Sarah’s article, I think Kassa’s will open many readers’ eyes … Continue reading

Posted in comic/graphic novel, kassa, m/m, m/m graphic novel appreciation series, yaoi | 13 Comments