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Post by Enid on Feb 6, 2012 8:34:32 GMT -5
I've read a few more chapters of The Eighth Day, and IMHO it crosses the line from homage to straight-up plagiarism. I guess it's supposed to be a kind of fan fiction mash-up of Such Small Differences and The Sentinel, but, wow, it copies so much from the book: characters, scenes, dialog, descriptions. For every detail she changes, 10 are exactly the same. There's nothing wrong with fan fiction, but I don't think I can keep reading. Sorry to be so critical of the story you recommended, Enid! But you should check out the original, it's so much better. Oh, no worries. I did look for the book, but it seems to be out of print and all the copies are in the wrong side of the Atlantic I'll let you know what I think if I can score a copy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2012 11:53:25 GMT -5
Hi, this isn't quite relevant for this site but i have recently bought i'll take manhattan by judith krantz, one of the minor characters looses his sight. It is very 80s and i haven't read it yet but i remember watching and rewatching the bits in the mini series where that character appeared. Played by tim daly. Had a soft spot for him ever since.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 15:40:11 GMT -5
I just was wasting a bit of time on Amazon and found this book VITTORIO'S WOMAN (The Vittorio Series) [Kindle Edition] Kimberley Reeves. It looks like it will be good. I have downloaded to my kindle but have a mountain of Ruth's books to read and savour. www.amazon.co.uk/VITTORIOS-WOMAN-Vittorio-ebook/dp/B006Y8LLVY/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2or USA www.amazon.com/VITTORIOS-WOMAN-Vittorio-ebook/dp/B006Y8LLVY/ref=pd_cp_kstore_0?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ#_Here is a review from amazon "So,the classic womanizer finally finds the ONE who will make him change all his ways and stay forever true to just her. Simon Vittorio is rich, handsome and Italian. He first sees Lilly at a friend's birthday and has an instant attraction for her, but doesn't get a chance to speak to her as she hurriedly leaves. After six months of trying to find her, Simon is in a car accident that leaves him temporary blind and without the use of his legs. His sister finds him a therapist who happens to be Lilly and she nurses him back to health while falling for him. He knows it is Lilly, the girl from the party when he first hears her voice and sets out to seduce her into falling in love with him. Lilly knows she should not let her heart set on such a womanizer, but she does any way then refuses to believe his intentions towards her are more than a fling. Simon wants her to declare her love for him first and this leads to misunderstanding and games of jealousy."
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Post by BA on Feb 8, 2012 19:26:37 GMT -5
I don't have a Kindle, but from reading the excerpt, I'd swear this author is a dyed in the wool dev, lol. How can you not love that cover?
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Post by Devushka on Feb 8, 2012 20:18:26 GMT -5
For those of you who wish the story "Support Our Troops" was longer, it now has a sequel full-length novel titled "What Happened in Granite Creek" which continues the story.
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Post by Valkyrja on Feb 8, 2012 21:33:34 GMT -5
You are right, BA... the cover is awesome! LOL... yummy! But... a question: Why The woman seems to be always a physical therapist and she always makes him walk again!! jajaja (LMAO) Yes... I know, you are gonna say "not always" but the majority of this books end in miracle cures!!
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Post by BA on Feb 9, 2012 20:46:41 GMT -5
I am not a big fan of romance, so it was really refreshing for me to find a good thriller series with a prominently featured wheeler. This author does a superb job with disability realism, especially sexually. Kudos to her. One thing I found quite interesting was an argument the main character had with another man (not her spinal cord injured fiance) and suddenly this man was calling her all sorts of 'perverted' for remaining with her now paraplegic guy. I wonder what brought that association up for the author? Is it an automatic assumption that when we are with someone disabled (even if that disability occurred during the relationship), that there is something aberrant and perverse about that? It was curious to find that in this book and made me wonder if the author was a devotee who was projecting her own fears. Food for thought. www.amazon.com/Mission-Canyon-Evan-Delaney-Novel/dp/0451224728/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328837936&sr=8-3
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Post by Valkyrja on Feb 9, 2012 22:05:28 GMT -5
I´m trying to find that book collection... but it´s not in ebook format, only on paperback. I read a couple of pages and it seems great!...
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Post by Pisti on Feb 10, 2012 6:02:47 GMT -5
You are right, BA... the cover is awesome! LOL... yummy! But... a question: Why The woman seems to be always a physical therapist and she always makes him walk again!! jajaja (LMAO) Yes... I know, you are gonna say "not always" but the majority of this books end in miracle cures!! This one is even worse... How realistic is, when an in-house therapist does not realize his patient can already walk, when he sneaks in her bed, makes hot love to her and then walks back to his own room? ;D
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Post by Pisti on Feb 10, 2012 6:04:05 GMT -5
I´m trying to find that book collection... but it´s not in ebook format, only on paperback. I read a couple of pages and it seems great!... It is available for Kindle. Not the cheapest though...
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Feb 10, 2012 9:32:59 GMT -5
I am not a big fan of romance, so it was really refreshing for me to find a good thriller series with a prominently featured wheeler. This author does a superb job with disability realism, especially sexually. Kudos to her. One thing I found quite interesting was an argument the main character had with another man (not her spinal cord injured fiance) and suddenly this man was calling her all sorts of 'perverted' for remaining with her now paraplegic guy. I wonder what brought that association up for the author? Is it an automatic assumption that when we are with someone disabled (even if that disability occurred during the relationship), that there is something aberrant and perverse about that? It was curious to find that in this book and made me wonder if the author was a devotee who was projecting her own fears. Food for thought. www.amazon.com/Mission-Canyon-Evan-Delaney-Novel/dp/0451224728/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328837936&sr=8-3Yeah, I'm reading that one now... I managed to find a couple at the used book store. This one www.amazon.com/Crosscut-Delaney-Novel-Meg-Gardiner/dp/0451225228/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1328884023&sr=8-8 which had me so absorbed that yesterday when the stewardess asked me if I wanted a drink I was startled. lol This is the other one I picked up at the used bookstore... I may try to knock off early and visit a nearby town to look for more. I looked at B & N and a huge used book store last night.... but they only had her Jo Beckett novels. I'm sad that she's stopped writing Evan Delaney books. I've started Mission Canyon... it kills me to spend THAT much on a Kindle book. I really feel that they should be cheaper than the physical copy. (I'm sure I'll get over that... I just realized it's been so long since I've bought a CD instead of download that I'm likely paying the same price... so, I'll get over it. lol)
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Post by Pisti on Feb 10, 2012 9:42:44 GMT -5
Yeh, I bought them, too... But how can an ebook cost 4 times more than the paperback edition???
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Post by ruthmadison on Feb 10, 2012 10:56:15 GMT -5
Yeh, I bought them, too... But how can an ebook cost 4 times more than the paperback edition??? There's a lot of debate going on about what price ebooks should be! It's tricky. I definitely think ebooks should cost less than a paperback. lol. But how much less? That I'm not sure. How much of the cost is for production and how much is for the effort of the artist? You know, I was also reluctant to read Equal Opportunities and I liked it. In general I can't stand traditional formulaic romance novels, so I have trouble with most of the "wounded hero" genre! Write Man for Her is sweet and cute, the writing is simple, the story is straightforward but satisfying. It has the opposite problem of many romances that mire in the tragedy of the hero. Instead, things often feel a bit too easy for Brent. But that's a very minor complaint and in terms of people seeing a realistic depiction of disability, I'd rather it go that way!
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Post by ruthmadison on Feb 10, 2012 10:57:44 GMT -5
For those of you who wish the story "Support Our Troops" was longer, it now has a sequel full-length novel titled "What Happened in Granite Creek" which continues the story. True, though the Granite Creek book is not a romance. It's a great book, really well written, but somewhat disturbing. I still highly recommend it, though!
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Post by ruthmadison on Feb 10, 2012 10:58:48 GMT -5
I just was wasting a bit of time on Amazon and found this book VITTORIO'S WOMAN (The Vittorio Series) [Kindle Edition] Kimberley Reeves. It looks like it will be good. I have downloaded to my kindle but have a mountain of Ruth's books to read and savour. www.amazon.co.uk/VITTORIOS-WOMAN-Vittorio-ebook/dp/B006Y8LLVY/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2or USA www.amazon.com/VITTORIOS-WOMAN-Vittorio-ebook/dp/B006Y8LLVY/ref=pd_cp_kstore_0?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ#_Here is a review from amazon "So,the classic womanizer finally finds the ONE who will make him change all his ways and stay forever true to just her. Simon Vittorio is rich, handsome and Italian. He first sees Lilly at a friend's birthday and has an instant attraction for her, but doesn't get a chance to speak to her as she hurriedly leaves. After six months of trying to find her, Simon is in a car accident that leaves him temporary blind and without the use of his legs. His sister finds him a therapist who happens to be Lilly and she nurses him back to health while falling for him. He knows it is Lilly, the girl from the party when he first hears her voice and sets out to seduce her into falling in love with him. Lilly knows she should not let her heart set on such a womanizer, but she does any way then refuses to believe his intentions towards her are more than a fling. Simon wants her to declare her love for him first and this leads to misunderstanding and games of jealousy." This one ends in cure, right? Even the description makes it clear that his injuries are temporary
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