Member: inkymorning

"give me back my 30 minutes" Heheh I had the same reaction to Ulysses... only I am still going after James Joice for the week I spent on a book that really killed my brain. I only read it because one of my literary heroes kept quoting it in his books... I always say I rather read another Dan Brown novel... or indeed, SWEET ADMIRATION but never come near it.

Unrelated - sorry ... I am plagued with alway straying from the subject of conversation.

I rejoiced when BLU announced the licensing of FLESH AND BLOOD and when nothing was heard a friend approached them and they said on their forum they pushed it off a cliff. I am not giving up on hope though. I believe all these things will eventually pick up again.

Back to Sweet Admiration I had fun with it at the time. It confused and bored me with its use of excessive miso cooking ... and the sad truth is that it represents such a large chunk of the yaoi novels out there... they should really bring out Flesh and Blood and the rest of S at least they do more than cook and photocopy...

posted by Zehavit_Lamasu at 5:32 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Drama indeed - I was young...er. It suited me back then - now gay porn fills that hole instead... I didn't mean that literally - 'onest gov'nor ^^;;.

It is hard to be understanding when you are a book short of a conclusion or when something that you wait for and get excited about gets blown out of the water before it even sets sail... suitable metaphor there since I am referring to pirate yaoi XD. But yes - financially it is not at all surprising. I have to admit Yaoi took off in the west a lot better than I anticipated. I am counting SOME of the blessing at least.

posted by Zehavit_Lamasu at 6:45 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Hahah - no worries! I am a fan of rambles so by all means - hit me with it ^_^

Good ole' elitist_yaoi... it was created as a knee jerk reaction to the rising climate of yaoi fangirls taking themselves and their genre too seriously. I voiced my dismay - got my arse in a twist and went on to make some enemies by creating a community that shows people how to REALLY speak out of their back side ^^;;

It turned out a lot more fun than I anticipated. It turned out I have both an alergy and afondness to verbal flatulance. Heh - the dichotomy of the human mind XD.

It is a bit dead there at the moment - but it wakes up in fits and starts...

I am waiting for the next volume of S but under the current economical situation when yaoi publishers in the west cancel series in mid release... well... I am trying not to be to pessimistic (Tokyopop just put the lid down on Flesh and Blood and hold the final instalment of Love Mode in limbo... which is a bad sign). It really is a fun read although suspending your disbelief is probably isn't enough... I needed to kick mine in the nuts and throw it off a cliff ... but I think it was worth it ^^.

posted by Zehavit_Lamasu at 4:05 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2008

Ah yes indeedie - I am the very same zehavit_lamasu still clinging on to LJ with my reluctant finger-nails. Said community is going through yet another quite period but I remember you from there as well ^_^.

My review of S is part of my attempt to read every yaoi novel out in English - I suspect it damages my brain quite badly but like really bad drug addiction - it is too adictive and too much fun to stop ^^;;.

posted by Zehavit_Lamasu at 8:36 am (EST) on Sep 17, 2008