Books Worth Your Bucks: Tracks of Her Tears
I accidentally deleted the review I had done for this Kindle in Motion book from my blog and my laptop. I thought it was an important innovation and worth redoing. So if you’ve seen this, forgive me. If you missed it, don’t miss it now.Amazon isn’t publicly promoting this in any way that I have found, beyond just tagging the few books released with this technology so that searching Kindle in Motion will bring up all the titles available. There are only a few so far. What sets these books apart are striking visual elements, like being able to watch the snow fall on the cover. Subtle, but pretty. It…
Books Worth Your Bucks: Addicted
Addicted is not “mommy porn”. Charlotte Stein’s Addicted is a humorous and hot love story. I really hate the meme that erotic romance is a female version of the content the commercial porn industry directs toward men. Nothing wrong with porn or erotica. That’s just not what this is. Calling it such misleads those looking for porn and those looking for a romance. An erotic romance is first and foremost a love story that doesn’t skip over the most intimate and vulnerable element of a romance. While we are most vulnerable when there is nothing between us and a lover but skin, erotic romance takes that one level deeper. What…
Books Worth Your Bucks: A Virtual Romance
This week I thought I’d review a virtual world romance since they are so rare and hard to fine. This offering is from back in 2005. I don’t know when the author did her research or where, but the blurb reminded me of one of my favorite pirate sims in Second Life, Barbary Coast, so I picked up a copy. If you’re a virtual world adventurer don’t expect this story to be about current technology. It’s more about future tech, like the projects underway to create VR headsets. I enjoyed that the characters do get into the whole start a business build a virtual economy and earn a virtual living. …
