I'm a pretty big fan of Patricia Cornwell. I own and love most (not all - I'll get to that in just a second) of her books, but my fandom has been pretty much limited to her books. I'd heard the rumours that she was a lesbian, of course, but since she'd been married to a man, and didn't appear to be in a relationship at the time it came down to ' ( Read more... )

Snagged from mylittleredgirl:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next four sentences after that in your LJ with these instructions: No digging for your favorite book - it has to be the nearest one.
5. Tag five people. ('cuz I'm doing it without being tagged, and I'm not all that into tagging ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day:

Q: Do you think ‘lesbian fiction’ pigeonholes itself by identifying as such?
A: Maybe it does, but that isn’t necessarily a bad idea. I would hate to go into a mega-bookstore and have to find the lesbian offerings from among the thousands of mainstream titles, all grouped as romance, mystery or sci-fi. That said, I think the sub- ( Read more... )

( A book meme! )

Home, Sweet Internet Home ( Read more... )

( The Art of Detection - 4444 words of spoilers )

A lovely package was delivered to my door this morning, tho not as a package, but stuffed into my mail box with the regular mail; this to my great delight as it meant I wouldn't have to pay the airport people an additional 200SEK for 'package handling'. Contained within the carelessly sealed (OMG, the seals were simply stuck into the package itself ( Read more... )

Locked RoomsHaving been stubbornly refusing to finish this marvellous piece of writing until I could be certain that I would be given sufficient amount of time to myself in order to process it at the speed I found suitable, it has taken me over a week since I last put it down until I opened it again this very afternoon [read: last Friday, as it has ( Read more... )

Finally, for you xclairedelune ('cause really, I don't think anyone else cares :P ), my comments on Califia's Daughters. Enjoy! (or not... I warn you now, it's much long and pointless stuff in there.)

( Califia's Daughters - spoilers, pointless comments, analysys, review, and more (but mostly issues) - 1733 words )