Category Archives: serious randomness

ratings and the suckage threshold

Posted on 06/03/2011 by Kris

I’m always curious about people’s – readers’ and authors’ – reactions to ratings. I’ve read some interesting discussions about their value as well as posts about the various systems reviewers and readers use in order to determine them. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in not a review, ratings, reading, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 44 Comments

random awesomeness

Posted on 01/03/2011 by Kris

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.

Posted on 27/02/2011 by Kris

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

what’s a pen name got to do with it? a postscript

Posted on 20/02/2011 by Kris

Last year, I wrote this post about not really giving a toss as to whether an author used a pen name or not.I did, however, make the point in both the post and the comments that the exception to this … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, serious randomness, serious shit, Wave | 61 Comments

random awesomeness

Posted on 17/02/2011 by Kris

There have been some really thought provoking posts as well as a few seriously wankity diatribes about reviewers and reviewing lately so when I came across this quote on tumblr it really hit home. This is a truth that I … Continue reading →

Posted in awesomeness, me, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 15 Comments

when things resonate

Posted on 19/12/2010 by Kris

“And in the meantime, enjoy every version of yourself you ever meet, because not everybody who discovers their true identity likes what they find.”I read the above quote in The Book Smugglers’ review of Antony John’s YA novel Five Flavors … Continue reading →

Posted in antony john, serious randomness, serious shit, The Book Smugglers, ya | 38 Comments

kurious kris

Posted on 15/12/2010 by Kris

Not scary.  I swearz. I’m just curious to find out what readers believe constitutes a ‘closed door’ approach to writing sex scenes in romance. For example, does it mean that everything *waggles eyebrows* happens off page? Or are you a … Continue reading →

Posted in romance, serious randomness, serious shit | 31 Comments

random awesomeness

Posted on 18/11/2010 by Kris
Posted in awesomeness, glee, serious randomness, serious shit | 30 Comments

what’s in a term?

Posted on 16/08/2010 by Kris

Emilie linked to a really interesting post the other day about the impact of slash fic. Both the article and the comments made some very good and thought provoking points, but one of the number of things that struck me … Continue reading →

Posted in glbtq, me, serious randomness, serious shit | 27 Comments

are m/m readers obsessed with ‘girl cooties’?

Posted on 05/07/2010 by Kris

Me again with an ‘am I the only one who thinks this is weird arse?’ post. What set me off this time? Well, it was the reaction by some m/m readers to a lesbian couple in Sean Kennedy’s Wings of … Continue reading →

Posted in f/f, glbtq, m/m, serious randomness, serious shit | 52 Comments