A Disappointing Read...

I've read thousands of books to this point in my life. I've never stopped reading a book. There has been a time or two that I've shifted a book to my car, which are the books that take me a long time to read as I read them in doctor waiting rooms, at traffic lights, or what have you (not so much need for traffic light reading here in Fargo, but in Chicago & Orlando a book came in handy in traffic).

Anyway, I have stopped reading a book this weekend. UNMASQUED by Colette Gale (a pseudonym of some author). It's billed as An erotic novel of The Phantom of the Opera. I have no problem with erotica, but this book just got to the point where it was so ridiculous - everyone was having sex with everyone and if they weren't they were thinking about it or trying it. I read the last page to ensure Christine & Erik ended up together, but I stopped reading it. I'm no prude (hell, I admit to reading (and writing) canon Claire/Peter from Heroes fan fiction), but I don't like my people once they're together to be with other people, particularly the women and particularly in historical settings. Tear them apart, but once they've done the deed I just don't like seeing that cast aside as if it meant nothing.

I picked it up, looking forward to something somewhat different in the Phantom of the Opera story, and I have to say I was sadly disappointed by it.

What a waste of my time and my money. And, I don't think I've ever, ever said that about a book before in my life. Ever.

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2007 Reading in Review

Not a great year for me by any means, I guess I averaged about 3 a month. But many of these were re-reads to me.

Comics I read:

Angel: After the Fall 1-2
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 1-6
Anita Blake: The First Death 1-2
BtVS: The Long Way Home 1-4
BtVS: The Chain
BtVS: No Future For You: 1-4
Fray 1-8
Runaways #1-28
Serenity 1-3.

Books:

THE COUPLE MOST LIKELY TO. Darcy, Lilian. 1/2007. ISBN:0373248016. [Rom/C] [21-Logan's Legacy] [1-Logan's Legacy Revisited]

PLAYING GAMES. Drake, Dianne. 1/2005. ISBN:0373442068. [Rom/C]

ELEVEN ON TOP. Evanovich, Janet. 7/2005. ISBN:0312306261. . [Mys/C/Humor] [13-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

FOUR TO SCORE. Evanovich, Janet. 7/1998. ISBN:0312185863. . [Mys/C/Humor] [5-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

HARD EIGHT. Evanovich, Janet. 7/2002. ISBN:0312265859. . [Mys/C/Humor] [9-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

HIGH FIVE. Evanovich, Janet. 7/1999. ISBN:0312203039. . [Mys/C/Humor] [6-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

HOT SIX. Evanovich, Janet. 6/2000. ISBN:0312205406. . [Mys/C/Humor] [7-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN. Evanovich, Janet. 6/2007. ISBN:0312349491. [Mys/C/Humor] [16-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

ONE FOR THE MONEY. Evanovich, Janet. 9/1994. ISBN:0684196395. . [Mys/C/Humor] [1-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

PLUM LOVIN'. Evanovich, Janet. 1/2007. ISBN:0312306342. [Mys/C/Humor] [15-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

SEVEN UP. Evanovich, Janet. 6/2001. ISBN:0312265840. . [Mys/C/Humor] [8-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

TEN BIG ONES. Evanovich, Janet. 7/2004. ISBN:0312289723. . [Mys/C/Humor] [12-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

THREE TO GET DEADLY. Evanovich, Janet. 2/1997. ISBN:0684822652. . [Mys/C/Humor] [3-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

TO THE NINES. Evanovich, Janet. 8/2003. ISBN:0312265867. . [Mys/C/Humor] [11-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

TWELVE SHARP. Evanovich, Janet. 6/2006. ISBN:0312349483. . [Mys/C/Humor] [14-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

TWO FOR THE DOUGH. Evanovich, Janet. 11/1995. ISBN:0684196387. . [Mys/C/Humor] [2-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS. Evanovich, Janet. 11/2002. ISBN:0312306326. . [Mys/C/Humor-Christmas] [10-A Stephanie Plum Mystery]

BLOODY BONES. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 10/1996. ISBN:0441003745. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [5-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

BLUE MOON. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 11/1998. ISBN:0441005748. . [Horror/C/V/WW-First person] [8-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

BURNT OFFERINGS. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 5/1998. ISBN:0441005241. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [7-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

CERULEAN SINS. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 4/2003. ISBN:0425188361. . [Horror/C/V/WW-First person] [12-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 5/1995. ISBN:0441001971. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [3-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

GUILTY PLEASURES. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 10/1993. ISBN:0441304834. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [1-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

THE KILLING DANCE. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 6/1997. ISBN:0441004520. . [Horror/C/V/WW-First person] [6-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

THE LAUGHING CORPSE. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 9/1994. ISBN:0441000916. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [2-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

THE LUNATIC CAFE. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 1/1996. ISBN:0441002935. . [Horror/C/V/WW-First person] [4-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

NARCISSUS IN CHAINS. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 10/2001. ISBN:0425181685. . [Horror/C/V/WW-First person] [11-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY. Hamilton, Laurell K.. 1/2000. ISBN:0441006841. . [Horror/C/V-First person] [10-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]

DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER. Lindsay, Jeff. 8/2004. ISBN:038551123X. . [Mys/C-First person] [1-A Dexter Morgan Novel]

DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER. Lindsay, Jeff. 8/2005. ISBN:0385511248. . [Mys/C-First person] [2-A Dexter Morgan Novel]

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. Michaels, Kasey. 8/1997. ISBN:0373650078. . [Rom/C] [2-36 Hours]

DEATH BY SUDOKU. Morgan, Kaye. 7/2007. ISBN:0425216403. [Mys/C] [1-A Sudoku Mystery]

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Rowling, J.K.. 8/2007. ISBN:0545010225. [Fantasy/YA/C/W] [7-Harry Potter]

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER's STONE. Rowling, J.K.. 6/1997. ISBN:0590353403. . [Fantasy/YA/C/Gh/W] [1-Harry Potter]

MURDER OF A SMALL-TOWN HONEY. Swanson, Denise. 7/2000. ISBN:0451200551. [Mys/C/Academic] [1-A Scumble River Mystery]