June 17, 2008
· Written by La Lola
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Rachel Gibson
“Not Another Bad Date” by Rachel Gibson
Rachel Gibson’s always good for a snarky, fun read. Sure, La Lola preferred her Seattle Chinooks hockey series to her recent one about the 4 writer friends, but I think “Not Another Bad Date” is a whole lot better than the other 3 in the series. (Read them, forgot them, didn’t get the souvenir t-shirt.) Seriously though, how could you beat a bunch of rowdy macho physically dangerous hockey stars? You beat them with a diamante whip as they beg you for mercy, that’s how, but you know they really like it because those surely aren’t hockey sticks, and so you keep on going and OK guess that’s enough of that.
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August 10, 2007
· Written by La Lola
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Rachel Gibson
“Simply Irresistable” by Rachel Gibson
It’s just something about the nickname, really. Hands up those of you who think that The Rock is smokin’. Yes Sheridan, I see both your hands up. You don’t need to be standing on the chair as well. And when we’re talking about hott nicknames, we’re talking about “The Predator”, “The Python.” That kind of thing, and not The Squid/ The Skid-mark/ The Donald. That’s just wrong.
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July 14, 2007
· Written by La Lola
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Rachel Gibson
“See Jane Score” by Rachel Gibson
There’s just something about a man with a tattoo. I don’t mean one of those tattoos which say “Mom” or of a mermaid with big boobs. (Side note: how do mermaids swim with such big boobs? Don’t they act as some sort of floatation device thus keeping said mermaid bobbing up to the surface?) But a man with a cheeky, *wink wink* tattoo? Lovely. It could maybe also have something to do with how Sheridan Sakura Carlotta made me sit through a “Miami Ink” marathon with her the other day and we took a shot every time someone mentioned “tattoo”.
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July 1, 2007
· Written by La Lola
· Filed under CONTEMPORARY, Rachel Gibson
“Truly Madly Yours” by Rachel Gibson
If you read “Wuthering Heights” and wished that it had ended happily, with Cathy chasing after Heathcliff and following him into the rain and he made his fortune and bought her a mansion and many, many beautiful shoes, and they moved away from Yorkshire to South Beach instead, and everyday she ate a vat of chocolate chip cookie dough without ever gaining an ounce (ok, that’s my fantasy) you wouldn’t be alone.
But since Emily Bronte saw fit to have Heathcliff go all whacko and strangle his wife’s dog instead, we shall have to turn our sights to other books. Fortunately, there’s “Truly Madly Yours.” Think of it as Wuthering Heights-lite, but with lots of sex and a happy ending. What’s not to love?
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