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Tag Archives: Bad Romance
Revealed Chapter 4
The last chapter got me thinking a bit about the vampire high school and their rules. How come they have the boys and the girls separated as they do? In our world, you could argue that the reason you see … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Talk talk talk, Vampire Dating Game
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Life & Death Epilogue
Oh good. Looks like I set a blank post to autopublish while having no content to go in it. Good job to me. I finally sat down and decided to get things moving once again. I figure one more post … Continue reading
Life & Death Chapter 9
Beau starts us off asking if he can ask one more question. Considering you just did, Beau, you just wasted your additional question asking if you can pose another query. Ed being a prick, says they had a deal. Sure … Continue reading
Posted in Recap, Spork, Twilight
Tagged Bad Romance, Boring Conversation Anyway, Speed Racer
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Life & Death Chapter 5
Chapter 5 So here’s a thought for you. How many interactions in our daily lives are driven by hormones? Not even just the boner hormones that keep the world populated and growing. The base drives like the stomach growl when we … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Spork, Twilight
Tagged Bad Romance, Center of Everything, Talk talk talk
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Destined Chapters 6 & 7
Chapter 6 You know who hasn’t taken a beating like an unruly teen at the hands of their stepparent in a Lifetime movie? If you said Erik, then you know who we’re with. Now, it’s not enough that Erik lost … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Going Nowhere Fast, Talk talk talk
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Burned Chapters 17 & 18
Chapter 17 Horseshoe crabs are incredibly fascinating to me. The earliest fossils have been found in strata that put it in the Ordovician period. The best estimates make it around four hundred fifty million years old as a species. Homo … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Talk talk talk, The Story Is Repeating Itself
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Tempted Chapters 18 & 19
Chapter 18 Incredibly vague descriptions are a mixed bag when it comes to stories. I don’t mind when an author sets the scene in broad strokes. Telling us that it’s bright out is fine, I don’t need to know that … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Going Nowhere Fast, The Story Is Repeating Itself
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Tempted Chapters 6 & 7
Chapter 6 Emotional trauma is one of those things that really shitty authors love to trot out and staple to their characters. I understand it, to a certain extent. They don’t want to physically scar or disable their protagonist but … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Suprise Characterization, Talk talk talk
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Split Second Chapters 28 & 29
Chapter 28 Did you know we’re not even halfway through this book? It’s that obnoxiously long. I’ve given Paolini a lot of crap for wasting time but Baldacci is gunning for his trophy. If I had to place him somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Baldacci, Recap, Spork
Tagged Bad Romance, Me am Dumb Hero, Talk talk talk
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Hunted Chapter 11
What was the point of Heath coming to visit Zoey again? Was it to remind us that, no matter what, no one escapes Zoey’s claws? Or was it just that PCK felt like having the entire cast of characters make … Continue reading