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Um? I TOTALLY can’t believe you didn’t tell the world about mantitty puzzle fireworks!

You know, Beth hasn’t been the same since she found the man titty puzzles.

the interesting thing about “berdache” is that it is/was an institution in some Native American societies that scholars have read either as a mixed or third gender that incorporated aspects of both masculinity and femininity.  hmmm...maybe the cover makes more sense now.

You know, the more I look at Cover #2, the more doubt I feel.  Are we really sure that the… thing… on the cover is actually a man?  I mean, the pinkness of the nipples, the strange slenderness of the arms despite the muscles, the shadow that looks suspiciously like cleavage… And I’ve definitely seen female bodybuilders who were even more ripped than that. 

Maybe they were too poor to hire Fabio, and thus had to opt for his long-lost sister and hope that no one would notice?  That would explain the carefully positioned “ZOMG I AM A MANLY MAN” sword, at least.

That “Berdache” book, I’d be more concerned with what his tomahawk of love is up to.  Looks painful for his partners.

no one’s been the same since Beth found those puzzles. Thanks a lot for rocking our word, Rowena Cherry.

And how come I didn’t get a head’s up that this was here? I joined the damn club. I paid my dues. I put my email in some “I’m Better Than Average” slot.

I’m thinking about volunteering for the RWA board’s board of people fretting about covers and I need to know about stuff like this [these] massive man-titty threat.

Dude, who could ever POSSIBLY be the same after the mantitty fireworks? Shit, it’s enough to make me open IE so that I get the fireworks.

That should have been “rocking our world,” but who cares. By the Lechers of Antiquity! another thing about Rowena Cherry’s book are some plum words and some ...hard docking.

Okay, the woman titty on the so called man is disturbing, calling therapist stat!
My problem is I am reading Berdache as bird-ache.  Makes me think he has sores on his penis - blech.  No, no, you’re welcome.
Lori Foster had a book where the hero commented to some teens about wearing a condom or they would wind up as the grinch.  When he explained, I couldn’t shake the mental image and it was right before a sex scene.  Green shriveled penis.  Seriously, this kind of stuff should not even be alluded to in a romance!

CindyS

I want to know what makes cover illustrators think that I am turned on by men who have obviously either maxed out on their steroid use or are undergoing hormone therapy prior to a sex change operation. Either way, eewww.

I was going to click on Beth’s link, but after all these comments, I think I’ll go back to re-reading my Emma Holly.

Those covers are the work of Satan. WTF is up with the first cover? WTF?

Please someone!  Give Backache some Lotrimin to relief the painful burning of his crotchrot!

Aw, hell, just give him a fire extinguisher…

You know, Kate, I say the Bitches need to read Forced Mate.  Now THAT would be some review.  I wonder how they’d take to it.

Good plan, Nicole!

Yo, Bitches. Email me your address and I’ll send off my copy. Instantly.

Damn, that urinary tract infection is really killing Berdache there. Behold...the glowing nuclear green discharge of luuurve!

I think the key to reading the book is to not take it seriously.  It isn’t meant to be a serious futuristic romance.  I like how she takes all the usual conventions and then makes them so over the top.  Honestly, it’s just so damn funny.  But humor is subjective and I can understand how people could hate it.

The whole man-boob thing on a cover doesn’t really bother me.  Stuff like wading through a river in leather pants or being buck naked while outside in the middle of snowstorm does.  But - that picture of Axle Rose and his new face - *shudders* Stuff of nightmares.

Oh, forgot to add - Cover #2 is a bit over the top.  That one did make me go “Eewwww!”

Too late, Candy already tracked me down. She gets the book! my email is katerothwell @ comcast.net

I suggest a Smart Bitches ManTitty Haiku Contest, with the winner receiving a Smart Bitch title to wear proudly.

too bad I can’t write haiku, but I could manage a sonnet… maybe… if I could write without giggling myself to death over the word “mantitties"…

Behold Man Titties.
Lush, bountiful and perky.
Baby Jesus weeps.

Haven’t read Forced Mate, but I’ve heard enough about it that I look forward to a review.

I keep hoping for the review of White Tigress, a book I had very mixed feelings about. I’d love to hear your take.

Alyssa

*blushes* The holdup in the review for White Tigress is mostly my fault. I finished reading it and posted the review ages and ages ago. But I kept forgetting to mail the book to Sarah (I have excellent memory for stupid, pointless trivia, but the part of my brain that’s supposed ot remember “Bring packages to the post office” seems irreparably damaged), so she could take a look at it too.

Anyway. I’ve FINALLY mailed the book to Sarah, though I have no idea if it’s arrived yet.

E. D’trix is gonna get me busted for laughing at work.

That first cover....hand that poor boy a fire extinguisher, his clap is raging out of control.

That Axl Rose thing--well I think I’m gonna have to go home sick, put on my GNR CD and just weep. 

Axl How could you?

First time I saw That “Berdache” cover my mind said “Holy Lord, he’s his own totem pole! His surprisingly luminous nipples are just the pupils in the mantitty eyes of his second face, right? And he’s breathing fire from an extra mouth located somewhere in his crotch!”