October: A Month of Masquerade This month, Books with Benefits is taking a cue from the popular and celebrated TV series Inside the Actor’s Studio, conducted by James Lipton, which concludes with his submitting a questionnaire to the guest. The questionnaire concept… Read More ›
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Carpathian Crazy: An Interview with Jacques from Christine Feehan’s Dark Desire
October: A Month of Masquerade This month, Books with Benefits is taking a cue from the popular and celebrated TV series Inside the Actor’s Studio, conducted by James Lipton, which concludes with his submitting a questionnaire to the guest. The questionnaire concept… Read More ›
The Evolution of the Bodice Ripper: A Family Tree
September: Family Tree Month Bodice Ripper (n.): a book and/or book cover that portrays the classical image of romance novels as marginally concerned with plot and majorly concerned with sex, sexual content, sexual context, and people who cannot keep their… Read More ›
So You Like Katniss Everdeen…The Family Tree for a Game of Love Hunger
September: Family Tree Month Hunting for a good read with a tough heroine who loves her family and is willing to sacrifice anything? Take a look at these. Two of the most defining characteristics of Katniss Everdeen are her selflessness… Read More ›
So You Like Aaron Cross…The Family Tree of a Bourne Legacy
September: Family Tree Month The sweetest agony is finding a character you absolutely love…and then being left in the cold when the book/movie/tv show is over and you can’t seem to find another character like them. Well here’s a little… Read More ›
A Man In Uniform; Or, The Man and His Fruit
September Family Tree Month Once Upon A Time…a Beautiful Blog Princess was on the longest plane ride ever from Atlanta to Korea. In desperate act to save herself from mind-numbing boredom and leg cramps, she decided to distract herself with… Read More ›
The Funny Family History of Vampire Romance
September: The Family Tree Month Once upon a time… Dracula and Pamela met. They had one heck of a hot and tempestuous affair. He loved her sense of romance, prized her swell of human emotions and the swell of her… Read More ›
Regurgitating Re-Issues: Or, The Romance Novel and the Tricksy Issue of Re-Issues
Okay, I’ll say it. STOP RE-ISSUING! That does not mean stop printing; I want the books to continue to be available, but come on! Christine Feehan, who we all know I worship and adore, published Dark Prince in 1999: The Original… Read More ›
Cover Me: Why I Won’t Read Christine Feehan’s Dark Prince (sort of)
I’m wandering through a bookstore, or maybe I’m aimlessly searching suggestions, or looking at random lists on Amazon.com for something to read. Happily, I traipse through booktopias convinced that I’m going to find something wonderful to read and then…I am… Read More ›