There’s More to Romance and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

There’s More to Romance … The last couple of weeks we’ve been discussing the elements that “break” our romance books.  The things that stop the reading cold or leave us with a DNF.  Cheating is up there on the list.  And at the end of today’s blog hand out a few gift certs and post… Continue reading There’s More to Romance and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Real Life and the Blog. This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Real Life and the Blog. Happy Father’s Day! It’s short today.  As it sometimes happens real life interferes with the blog.  Between vet visits and Father’s Day, dog instructions, medications and plans, well, sigh, where did the time go? I’ve been busy bathing dogs and celebrating with my father.  I hope everyone has had a… Continue reading Real Life and the Blog. This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Trying Times and Scattered Thoughts. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Trying Times and Scattered Thoughts This week I’m still trying to wrap my head around several thoughts this week, none of which is actually coming together into an cohesive post.   That’s the impact of all the events of the last week is having on me I guess. Without even knowing the people involved, I’m hurting… Continue reading Trying Times and Scattered Thoughts. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

The Time is Right for Gay Superheroes. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

The Time is Right for Gay Superheroes Does Black Panther’s Success Open the Door for a Queer Superhero? Hollywood is celebrating the remarkable breakthrough box office performance of Marvel’s Black Panther, the first entry in the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe to feature a black leading character, and indeed, a mostly-black cast. Part of the shock and… Continue reading The Time is Right for Gay Superheroes. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Black Panther, Superheroes, and LGBT Fiction. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Black Panther, Superheroes, and LGBT Fiction So we are taking a little sideslip this week away from the topics I had meant to talk about (like that’s ever happened before lol) because of a opening of a spectacular movie last night.  That’s right Black Panther opened Thursday night to accolades everywhere!  Kids, parents, teens, tweens,… Continue reading Black Panther, Superheroes, and LGBT Fiction. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Goodbye January, Hello February. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Goodbye January, Hello February Okay, doesn’t it seem like we were just doing this?  Can it really be February already? January just flew by and here comes, what is for us in this area, the snowiest and coldest month of the year.  For us here in the Mid Atlantic states it means the last gasp… Continue reading Goodbye January, Hello February. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

A MelanieM Review: The Case of the Man Eater (Kanaan & Tilney #2) by Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne

Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Wolf-Beast and ex-cop Lowell Kanaan recently brought his boyfriend, Elementalist and mystery author John Tilney, into the PI business with him. They’ve been solving cases for Boston’s varied praeternatural communities ever since. So when a young Terran feels that the brutal murder of his Beast boyfriend isn’t being treated… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: The Case of the Man Eater (Kanaan & Tilney #2) by Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne

A Caryn Review: The Law of Love by Fyn Alexander

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars Ugh, I think this book hit every single button I have for things I dislike in a book – some of these are personal reasons that may not apply to everyone, so keep that in mind as you read this review… Rafe Devonish is a member of the gentry,… Continue reading A Caryn Review: The Law of Love by Fyn Alexander

Heartbreak, Hearthounds, And A Tale of Two Winstons. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Heartbreak, Heartterriers, And A Tale of Two Winstons My heart is breaking this Sunday.  On Friday, after what was supposed to be a routine visit to the vet, for annual shots and to check out a cough, I found out that my redoubtable terrier, Winston has an aggressive tumor in the spleen, a cancer that’s… Continue reading Heartbreak, Hearthounds, And A Tale of Two Winstons. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

A MelanieM Review:Wedding Bellskis (Holidays with the Bellskis #3) by Astrid Amara

Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5 Seth Bellski and Lars Varga have opened their own law firm that specializes in representing the underrepresented–whistleblowers, disadvantaged employees, and those lacking power. The good news is, business is never slow. But that also means they are busy when all Seth really wants to do is plan his pending… Continue reading A MelanieM Review:Wedding Bellskis (Holidays with the Bellskis #3) by Astrid Amara