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So I was surfing the hinterlands of blogland this morning and came across a review for a book I have decided I must read because of what the reviewer said about it.

The amusing thing was, it was a bad review, and the reviewer’s beef was a pretty shallow one. Seems the hero of the book is a slightly femmey dandified gentleman in Georgian England, and our reviewer couldn’t get past that. So I did some looking on my own, having been intrigued by the idea of reading a romance that didn’t feature a beefcake hero. Hmm. Seems our Georgian fop is also somewhat amoral, and decides to seduce the virginal heroine simply because he can. And he’s a notorious thief. Sounds intriguing.

The book, incidentally, is Prince of Swords by Anne Stuart. And I’m sure I’ll be reading it soon.

Also, I have a couple of reviewing gigs elsewhere on the blogosphere. I wrote up a guest review for Dear Author, because they’re having people write up reviews of their favorite books, and so I did. And Sybil has set me a book to guest review.

Also, I’m evaluating a book about mp3 players and their accessibility for the blind. I’m listed in the acknowledgements section, so if you’re blind and you need an MP3 player, you should totally buy this book, because my helpful feedback will make it what it is today. Or, um, something. Yeah.