tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post7305675494533188249..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: Review: One Frosty NightWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-48551671161800549362018-12-09T16:21:51.027-08:002018-12-09T16:21:51.027-08:00Renae: Bwhahahaha! I knew you weren't a spamme...Renae: Bwhahahaha! I knew you weren't a spammer because your comment was entirely too coherent and it didn't contain hyperlinks to phishing sites - so no worries there!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-1746825414612212902018-12-07T14:30:03.854-08:002018-12-07T14:30:03.854-08:00*taps mic*
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It is I: RENAE, d...*taps mic* <br /><br />Testing, testing. <br /><br />It is I: RENAE, dweller of the great unknown.<br /><br />Okay. Cool. Apologies for the spam.Renaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183772361795817238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-31598049452720891112018-12-06T20:46:41.145-08:002018-12-06T20:46:41.145-08:00AL: I'm still wrestling with my feelings about...AL: I'm still wrestling with my feelings about this one. I think what mostly is gnawing at me is the "tone." A dead teenage Jane Doe is just...really dark. And the non-dark moments in this book felt a little off-kilter because of the underlying conflict. If you've got it lying around I definitely think it's worth reading! Because, you know, JKJ. She's always an interesting read regardless.<br /><br />Jill: It didn't really hit me until halfway through and then I was in awe. I grew up in a small town as well and yes, sometimes it's great. But other times? Sweet baby Jesus. I liked that JKJ gave her characters both the good and the bad. Small town contemporaries have a knack for giving me a toothache and this one was like the anti-toothache.<br /><br />Renae: I have no clue why you're showing up as "Unknown." You must be extra mysterious! I know romance readers are sensitive about authors leaving the genre, but I've always wanted to see JKJ try her hand at women's fiction. Now that SuperRomance is no more (sob!), it looks like she's moving over to Harlequin Intrigue with her next book. She's fond of suspense sub plots, but I admit I'm curious to see how she handles the word count change. Intrigues are really lean compared to Supers! <br /><br />I think my favorite JKJs that I've read so far are Mommy Said Goodbye and Revelations (it's a duet). MSG has some issues but you need to read it to get to Revelations which I LOVED!<br /><br />Miss Bates: Uneven is the perfect way to describe it. I was so ticked off with Olivia's mother, I'm not kidding...I almost DNF'ed this. I'm just not in the mood for adults behaving gross right now. But once the cat's out of the bag? I tore through the last 30-40%. Like Renae said, JKJ has a huge backlist and heaven knows I own a big chunk of it in my TBR.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-84944042457003268932018-12-06T14:35:05.994-08:002018-12-06T14:35:05.994-08:00Well, I went back and read my own review of this b...Well, I went back and read my own review of this back when it was published. Yup, we pretty thought the same thing of it. JKJ always has my respect, but this was too much of some things and not enough of others. It is, in the professional reviewer's lingo (not me), "uneven". ;-)Miss Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728640346939007988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-39662210757600340932018-12-06T06:33:52.827-08:002018-12-06T06:33:52.827-08:00Oh boy! I've only read two of Johnson's bo...Oh boy! I've only read two of Johnson's books (at your suggestion, thank you!!), and I haven't found The One yet, but reading this review and remembering how great of a writer she is makes want to go back out there and try again. <br /><br />It is too bad that in this particular instance, the romance plot and the suspense plot didn't co-exist perfectly. Also a shame about the open-ended/sequel-baiting conclusion. <br /><br />But! At least the author has a sizeable backlist for all of us to dig into! :)Renaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183772361795817238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-19352664064540338532018-12-06T06:05:33.420-08:002018-12-06T06:05:33.420-08:00I may have to read this for a not super cutsey sma...I may have to read this for a not super cutsey small town. I went to a high school in a town of 800 and there were not cupcake shops. Two seedy bars and lots of racism and bigotry though. . . <br /><br />It wasn't all bad, I just get irritated at how simplistic small towns are in most of these stories.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364220221782320521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-90491029141553416472018-12-06T02:07:13.488-08:002018-12-06T02:07:13.488-08:00Thank you, Wendy.
See, one of the things I've...Thank you, Wendy.<br /><br />See, one of the things I've always liked about JKJ is that she doesn't shy away from conflict, but she doesn't do angsty drama just for the sake of drama. The conflict is rooted in real stakes for the characters, and sometimes the resolutions are slightly messy because her characters are usually well fleshed out people and not sunny idealized versions of the same--and real people are messy with often conflicting feelings.<br /><br />I don't have this in the digital TBR but I honestly don't know whether it is buried somewhere in the physical one. If it is, I'll try to come back and let you know what I think!aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.com