Summer Vacation

Hiya! Just a quick note to say that Need To Read is on a summer hiatus. You’d think that I’d be reading more, not less in the summer, and I actually am, but I’m not really reading things that apply to NTR. I am reading some adult fiction, some ARCs...

Friday Five Pictorial

I realized that not only have I not posted in a while, but it’s been ages since I did a Friday Five, so I thought why not now? And why not add pictures? 1. This is how I spent Canada Day. Oh, heck, who am I kidding…this is how I spent most of the week! 2....

Find a nice boy…get a good job…

I was just doing my morning blog reads. I don’t check out very many because my eyes do not like to read on the internet, but I do stop by Editorial Anonymous on occasion and there was a post there this morning from someone just getting started. From the post, I...

Tried and True or Tired?

I just read a (nameless) ARC that has made me pause and think for almost two days! It has a stunning first chapter that got me hooked immediately. However, after about three or four chapters, I could’ve plotted the entire book on paper without any problem. I...

Staying True to Your Character

I want to say right off the bat, this post is strictly about using certain terms that are true to your characters, NOT about political correctness. I grew up in the seventies. They taught us in school (and probably at home) that the word negro was out, and we should...