Comments on: Catching a Buzz http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/ M/M romance and erotica reviewed Fri, 29 May 2009 02:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mira http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-42 mira Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:57:19 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-42 I read a longer novel called "Forgotten Song". I was extremely disappointed in it. I have used your reviews as a bit of a sounding board to find new reading material. I loved all of the Jet Mykles. Thanks for effort you both put in reviewing! I read a longer novel called “Forgotten Song”. I was extremely disappointed in it. I have used your reviews as a bit of a sounding board to find new reading material. I loved all of the Jet Mykles. Thanks for effort you both put in reviewing!

]]> By: kjohnsoneditor http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-39 kjohnsoneditor Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:45:43 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-39 I know Ally Blue well. While I haven't read Catching a Buzz, I DID read her novel, Easy. I highly recommend it. :) I know Ally Blue well. While I haven’t read Catching a Buzz, I DID read her novel, Easy. I highly recommend it. :)

]]> By: topandbottom http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-38 topandbottom Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:30:41 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-38 This is LdDurham: Mira, thank you so much for your comment. We love hearing readers' reviews! I have to admit that I was enjoying the book up until the abrupt ending. I really do think that given enough time, the author could have made Catching a Buzz work. But she didn't and it didn't... quite. I'm interested in what else she has to offer, though. I think she's more suited for longer books as she tries to pack way too much into short stories. Did you read a longer or shorter story of hers? This is LdDurham:
Mira, thank you so much for your comment. We love hearing readers’ reviews!
I have to admit that I was enjoying the book up until the abrupt ending. I really do think that given enough time, the author could have made Catching a Buzz work. But she didn’t and it didn’t… quite.
I’m interested in what else she has to offer, though. I think she’s more suited for longer books as she tries to pack way too much into short stories. Did you read a longer or shorter story of hers?

]]> By: mira http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-33 mira Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:49:28 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-33 Having purchased one of her books before, I was not surprised by CWs review. I couldnt even finish it. It felt like really horrible fanfiction, with extremely bad treatment of very delicate things like rape. The writing style was juvenile. The characters were uninspiring, flat, and well.. not that bright. Their dialogue was lacking in the worst way. I never finished it, but doubt that I will. If this book was anything like Forgotten Song, LD was far far too kind. Having purchased one of her books before, I was not surprised by CWs review. I couldnt even finish it. It felt like really horrible fanfiction, with extremely bad treatment of very delicate things like rape. The writing style was juvenile. The characters were uninspiring, flat, and well.. not that bright. Their dialogue was lacking in the worst way. I never finished it, but doubt that I will. If this book was anything like Forgotten Song, LD was far far too kind.

]]> By: topandbottom http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-32 topandbottom Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:59:58 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-32 This is LdDurham: Technically, we have five books that are having their reviews finished up and polished. Two of those are part of a series, so they're being reviewed together. One book is on a temporary hold until we get a chance to reread it due to some conflicting emotional responses which possibly skewed our perceptions of the book. This is LdDurham:
Technically, we have five books that are having their reviews finished up and polished. Two of those are part of a series, so they’re being reviewed together. One book is on a temporary hold until we get a chance to reread it due to some conflicting emotional responses which possibly skewed our perceptions of the book.

]]> By: L.E. Bryce http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-31 L.E. Bryce Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:21:57 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-31 You must have an extremely long reading list, and given the extensive critique you do, an enormous job in front of you. At the moment, how many books do you actively have in review? You must have an extremely long reading list, and given the extensive critique you do, an enormous job in front of you. At the moment, how many books do you actively have in review?

]]> By: elisa rolle http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-30 elisa rolle Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:34:51 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-30 Yes Eros Rising is good, but also this is rather short. It is part of an anthology, Hearts from the Ashes, and the really interesting thing is how the three authors (Ally Blue, J.L. Langley and Willa Okati) have managed to setting three really different stories in the same context. I think that Easy, Forgotten Song and Willow Bend could be defined her angst stories. Love's Evolution is good, but has a very particular writing style, like little episodes one after the other and sometimes I have the feeling to haven't really finish to read an episode when another start. Oleander House and What Hides Inside are her horror stories. You have to like the genre to really appreciate them. And there is little sex if nothing at all... Finally I haven't read her enstallment for the Collector Series, Eight Arms to Hold You, that it is a paranormal, but the reviews are really good. ciao, elisa Yes Eros Rising is good, but also this is rather short. It is part of an anthology, Hearts from the Ashes, and the really interesting thing is how the three authors (Ally Blue, J.L. Langley and Willa Okati) have managed to setting three really different stories in the same context. I think that Easy, Forgotten Song and Willow Bend could be defined her angst stories. Love’s Evolution is good, but has a very particular writing style, like little episodes one after the other and sometimes I have the feeling to haven’t really finish to read an episode when another start. Oleander House and What Hides Inside are her horror stories. You have to like the genre to really appreciate them. And there is little sex if nothing at all… Finally I haven’t read her enstallment for the Collector Series, Eight Arms to Hold You, that it is a paranormal, but the reviews are really good. ciao, elisa

]]> By: topandbottom http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-29 topandbottom Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:09:12 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-29 This is LdDurham: I agree with CW on Blue. I visited her website, which I thoroughly enjoyed. She seemed fairly prolific. We're going to have to definitely check out some of her other works. Eros Rising seemed particularly interesting. Oh, and no, this isn't the one I had mentioned. That one is still in review. Catch a Buzz was read first, so it came out first. I had just forgotten it was next in the line up. :) This is LdDurham:
I agree with CW on Blue. I visited her website, which I thoroughly enjoyed. She seemed fairly prolific. We’re going to have to definitely check out some of her other works. Eros Rising seemed particularly interesting.

Oh, and no, this isn’t the one I had mentioned. That one is still in review. Catch a Buzz was read first, so it came out first. I had just forgotten it was next in the line up. :)

]]> By: topandbottom http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-28 topandbottom Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:34:14 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-28 This is CW: I personally would like to read something by this author that is satisfying. My instinct says that she can write... I just didn't see it in this book. This is CW:
I personally would like to read something by this author that is satisfying. My instinct says that she can write… I just didn’t see it in this book.

]]> By: elisa rolle http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-27 elisa rolle Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:14:53 +0000 http://topandbottomreviews.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/catching-a-buzz/#comment-27 So I think this is not the book I reccomend you and you want that everybody read... I'm double sorry cause, one I was expecting to see what book you have pick up from my funny reading (I have two idea but want to see if I'm correct) and second cause Ally Blue is a really talented author, but this is a short story, not really in her habit. Her angst stories are very heartbreaking, you can find them by Loose Id (Easy and Forgotten Song above all) and she has also some stories by Samhain Publishing, like What Hide Inside, an horror that when I read it by night has left me with shivers along my spine... So I think this is not the book I reccomend you and you want that everybody read… I’m double sorry cause, one I was expecting to see what book you have pick up from my funny reading (I have two idea but want to see if I’m correct) and second cause Ally Blue is a really talented author, but this is a short story, not really in her habit. Her angst stories are very heartbreaking, you can find them by Loose Id (Easy and Forgotten Song above all) and she has also some stories by Samhain Publishing, like What Hide Inside, an horror that when I read it by night has left me with shivers along my spine…

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