Another Day

Another Day by David Levithan is a follow-up to Every Day by the same author. Not exactly a sequel, this narrative put you in Rhiannon's head, giving you the opportunity to observe A's actions from her perspective.

Whether viewed though his or her eyes, it's a love story worthy of reading.

Sherlock and The Woman

Still a better love story than Twilight....

Something different

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun 

(Sonnet 130
by William Shakespeare)

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
     And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
     As any she belied with false compare.

(Many people believe this is an expression of true love: the opposite of blind, the opposite of flattering, the opposite of false compare. Personally, I'd be glad to receive a little bit of fake gold dusting on a love poem. What do you think?)

RWNZ 2015 Conference

The lovely Candace Havens

Excited...

... about the Romance Writers NZ conference starting tomorrow. 3 days of workshops and netowrking over morning tea that somebody else prepared and that somebody else would clean up.

Bliss!

After the Crash

After the Crash by Michel Bussi is an unusual love story.

On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie?

_ how to detox a cracked relationship _

do not dwell on the past

do not divulge present sins

admit nothing in future

let your anger be a tortoise

let your passion be a hare

(and may the true winner win)

design date nights

and plan your exit

just in case