Category Archives: serious shit

ratings ok, ratings meh

The other day Jen totally horned in on my ratings series with her post about ‘the dreaded three stars’.  This included a discussion about what 3 stars actually means to readers and authors.Besides the fact that Jen is clearly a stealer, … Continue reading

Posted in Jenre, not a review, pet peeve/fave rant, ratings, reading, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 17 Comments

end-of-year bandwagon wrap-ups #6

As a lot of you know, I haven’t been reading a whole heap this year – one of the fall-outs of not being in the greatest of mental health.Stupid brain.Despite this, I did get in a couple of reads in … Continue reading

Posted in best of 2011, best ofs, book pimpage, chris, k d sarge, reading, serious randomness, serious shit | 24 Comments

end-of-year bandwagon wrap-ups #3

Now that we’ve done the nicey-nice bookity wrap-up thing, let’s go mean.A total shocker, I know.  So what did you find yourself hating in 2011?  *Besides me, that is.*  Maybe it was a theme or a trope or a particular … Continue reading

Posted in best of 2011, best ofs, reading, serious randomness, serious shit | 36 Comments

end-of-year bandwagon wrap-ups #2

Yeah, I know it’s been a while between posts.  I’ve been on a retreat of sorts and was avoiding you all.  Get used to it.Anyways, continuing with my version of the end-of-year wrap-up thingy I’ve got going, let’s talk about … Continue reading

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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

‘i see myself’: embrace the rainbow

In the past few days, we have been privileged to witness an increasing awareness and understanding within the m/m romance community about the complex issues of gender/s and sexuality/ies. This has been a significant and positive step forward in healing … Continue reading

Posted in embrace the rainbow, glbtqq, serious randomness, serious shit, trans* | 16 Comments

the good, the bad and the… beautiful

It’s only when you look at it all that you understand why nearly every variation of a queer symbol has a rainbow on it—a rainbow is a spectrum of light that’s only visible when you look up to see the … Continue reading

Posted in glbtq, intergender, intersexuality, serious randomness, serious shit | 22 Comments

well… what to do then?

Yes, indeed.I’m going to make the assumption that most of you who read my blog are also aware, to varying degrees, of what has happened in the last few days subsequent to my last post.  If not, and you are … Continue reading

Posted in authors, glbtq, m/m, readers, serious randomness, serious shit | 40 Comments

what’s a pen name got to do with it? another postscript cos now i’m seriously pissed

Earlier in the year I wrote this post after I had found out that a couple of extremely popular m/m romance and erotica authors writing as gay men were actually women. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I … Continue reading

Posted in authors, glbtq, m/m, serious randomness, serious shit | 79 Comments

kris’ ramblings: beware the slippery slope*

*Or stuff-that-I’ve-been-thinking-about-which-needs-to-come-out-of-my-head-and-will-probably-make-no-sense-to-anyone-else-but-me-and-is-also-likely-to-cause-offense-to-people-oh-well-I’m-closing-my-blog-so-fuck-it One of the main issues which gets raised in the m/m romance community from time to time – and inevitably causes a wankfest whenever it does – is the fact there are a heck of a lot of heterosexual women … Continue reading

Posted in f/f, glbtq, m/m, me, serious randomness, serious shit | 23 Comments