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As you know (due to all the post that redirect to it) I'm also a blogger of Isn't it Romantic. I'm not the owner neither one of the founder, but I use to post here about matters that can be interesting for Italian romance readers.
In Italy romance blogs are not so common, and I can proudly said that maybe our blog is the most visited. And we post a lot about books, but also other arguments like poems, love songs, movies.
Maybe one year ago we have created a special post, The book on trial. I don't know if outside Italy it was an original post, but in Italy was the first time that a blog did it. We have chosen a classical romance book, The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and we have put the book on trial. I was the Defence Attorney and another blogger was the Public Prosecutor. And through the comments the readers were the Jury. Sincerely I didn't like it very much, cause it was a way for people to quarrel on a book!!! (a thing I find incredible, it's not possible to quarrel on a book when there are so other big problem in the world, and then I don't like to quarrel, I prefer to have my opinion, strong opinion, but I don't want to oblige someone else to think like me)
Now another blog has taken the idea and put under trial another book. Unfortunately it has chosen to use a way very similar to us (without asking or give us credit) and this has stirred up the anger of the owner and founder of Isn't it Romantic, who, without asking to any one of the other bloggers, has written a post to accuse the other blog of plagiarism. You can imagine what this has caused: angry comments, the other blog has reacted with similar nastiness, in a Italian yahoo group where all we write, people are commenting on it... And now, some friends of mine, write to me privately to know what I think and what I will do. A person who has interviewed an author more or less in the same period as me, has written to me to be sure that I will not accuse her of plagiarism!!!
And here I am, and try to ignore that post. For me, I think that internet is so wide that it's impossible to accuse someone of plagiarism, and even if the other blog has done it, well they have done it ONE YEAR after than our blog...
Nov. 16th, 2007
As you know (due to all the post that redirect to it) I'm also a blogger of Isn't it Romantic. I'm not the owner neither one of the founder, but I use to post here about matters that can be interesting for Italian romance readers.
In Italy romance blogs are not so common, and I can proudly said that maybe our blog is the most visited. And we post a lot about books, but also other arguments like poems, love songs, movies.
Maybe one year ago we have created a special post, The book on trial. I don't know if outside Italy it was an original post, but in Italy was the first time that a blog did it. We have chosen a classical romance book, The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and we have put the book on trial. I was the Defence Attorney and another blogger was the Public Prosecutor. And through the comments the readers were the Jury. Sincerely I didn't like it very much, cause it was a way for people to quarrel on a book!!! (a thing I find incredible, it's not possible to quarrel on a book when there are so other big problem in the world, and then I don't like to quarrel, I prefer to have my opinion, strong opinion, but I don't want to oblige someone else to think like me)
Now another blog has taken the idea and put under trial another book. Unfortunately it has chosen to use a way very similar to us (without asking or give us credit) and this has stirred up the anger of the owner and founder of Isn't it Romantic, who, without asking to any one of the other bloggers, has written a post to accuse the other blog of plagiarism. You can imagine what this has caused: angry comments, the other blog has reacted with similar nastiness, in a Italian yahoo group where all we write, people are commenting on it... And now, some friends of mine, write to me privately to know what I think and what I will do. A person who has interviewed an author more or less in the same period as me, has written to me to be sure that I will not accuse her of plagiarism!!!
And here I am, and try to ignore that post. For me, I think that internet is so wide that it's impossible to accuse someone of plagiarism, and even if the other blog has done it, well they have done it ONE YEAR after than our blog...
Designer Love by Lorne Rodman
Nov. 16th, 2007 01:06 pm
Taylor, a fashion designer, 35 five years old, needs a very manly model for his new fashion line. Not the usual pretty boys the agencies send to him. And when he sees Christian he knows to have found what he searches. Christian is a 23 years old model who has problems to find a job. He is beginning to be to old for the work he does. But he is perfect for what Taylor has in mind and he is also perfect like lover.
I find Taylor and Christian similar characters. The age difference is not remarked so much and there isn't so much difference in how they behave. Only in bed maybe you can notice a different behaviour.
The story is very short, so I can't have a strong opinion on Taylor and Christian, but I like it: it's enjoyable and smooth.
http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart
Waiting Reading List:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=waiting+reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
Designer Love by Lorne Rodman
Nov. 16th, 2007 01:06 pm
Taylor, a fashion designer, 35 five years old, needs a very manly model for his new fashion line. Not the usual pretty boys the agencies send to him. And when he sees Christian he knows to have found what he searches. Christian is a 23 years old model who has problems to find a job. He is beginning to be to old for the work he does. But he is perfect for what Taylor has in mind and he is also perfect like lover.
I find Taylor and Christian similar characters. The age difference is not remarked so much and there isn't so much difference in how they behave. Only in bed maybe you can notice a different behaviour.
The story is very short, so I can't have a strong opinion on Taylor and Christian, but I like it: it's enjoyable and smooth.
http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart
Waiting Reading List:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=waiting+reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
Fallen Idol by Shelley Munro
Nov. 16th, 2007 09:37 pm
Rafi and Bob were childhood friends, but the Bob has fallen in love with Fifi, a really bitch, and has entered the Sex Idol contest, and Rafi has bought his little spaceship and has became a good captain. After two years apart, Rafi goes to visit Bob and find him in a rather pitiful state: after an injury during training, Fifi has dumped him full of debts and he has became addicted to alcohol. Rafi can't leave him in such condition and brings him on his spaceshift. Here Bob can regain his perfect body and the long lasting love of Rafi for Bob flares hotter than before. But Rafi has never confessed to his friend his feelings, and when Bob asks him to help training and then also to perform with him on stage, Rafi is not sure to be able to hide his love.
The story is enjoyble and flows smooth. The idea of the Sex Idol competition, like a wrestling league or something similar, is a good one. The love between Rafi and Bob is strong and steady. There are not harsh feeling and bad break up. Like I said, all goes smooth.
Despite the argument, sex is not kinky or extreme, but very basic and earthly. The futuristic elements are not so strong and there is a little tinge of humor on the story, in the form of the crew of the spaceship, but it's not very marked.
http://www.ellorascave.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=1-4199-0663-1
Amazon Kindle: Fallen Idol
Publisher: Ellora's Cave (November 1, 2009)
Waiting Reading List: http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=waiting+reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
Fallen Idol by Shelley Munro
Nov. 16th, 2007 09:37 pm
Rafi and Bob were childhood friends, but the Bob has fallen in love with Fifi, a really bitch, and has entered the Sex Idol contest, and Rafi has bought his little spaceship and has became a good captain. After two years apart, Rafi goes to visit Bob and find him in a rather pitiful state: after an injury during training, Fifi has dumped him full of debts and he has became addicted to alcohol. Rafi can't leave him in such condition and brings him on his spaceshift. Here Bob can regain his perfect body and the long lasting love of Rafi for Bob flares hotter than before. But Rafi has never confessed to his friend his feelings, and when Bob asks him to help training and then also to perform with him on stage, Rafi is not sure to be able to hide his love.
The story is enjoyble and flows smooth. The idea of the Sex Idol competition, like a wrestling league or something similar, is a good one. The love between Rafi and Bob is strong and steady. There are not harsh feeling and bad break up. Like I said, all goes smooth.
Despite the argument, sex is not kinky or extreme, but very basic and earthly. The futuristic elements are not so strong and there is a little tinge of humor on the story, in the form of the crew of the spaceship, but it's not very marked.
http://www.ellorascave.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=1-4199-0663-1
Amazon Kindle: Fallen Idol
Waiting Reading List:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=waiting+reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
