at what point do I give up on this book?

[ifreet]

Is it when the hero's first impression of the heroine is that she makes him "tight in his jeans"? How about when the hero follows up on this oh-so-sexy introduction with a phone call to his mom, during which he bemoans the large number of one night stands he's had and which are not in keeping with how mom raised him? Do I stop reading when an

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[prettymartin]

What on earth are you reading? That sounds worse than the stuff I read, and I've read some pretty horrible chick-lit. Is this a book club book?

[ifreet]

Nah, I'm doing this to myself. I'm going through strips I grabbed from closing the store -- the thing is, I snagged things that looked interesting, regardless of whether or not I'd heard of the book/author before. This is not a strategy I recommend.

[prettymartin]

...that's how I pick most of my summer reading. :-D I'm also a huge fan of the free books on kindle. Those are absolutely atrocious, and yet oh so entertaining.

[hieronymousmosh]

Is she by any chance a werewolf nurse? Also: eurgh.

[ifreet]

... no, the werewolf is the hero of the second book in the series. The nurse is just an idiot. The hero turns into a bird sometimes, though, in a non-plot-significant way. (You might be tempted to think I am lying, but I assure you I am not. The book is just this amazing.)

[hieronymousmosh]

Wow. I am impressed! (although a lot of that 'impressed' is with your apparent masochism)

[ifreet]

I put it in the recycling, then fished it back out because I had to know if it got worse. Also, my sister wants to borrow it now.