You Know What? TSTL. It Bugs Me.

Twitter just doesn't have enough damned characters!  I need to express my feelings and thoughts, dammit!  Is it a full moon?  *goes to check*    Nope, not a full moon, so just things pissing me off.  *LOL*

Here we go...

The term TSTL aka Too Stupid To Live.  You see this term all over the place in discussions about romance novels of all sub genres - fantasy, PNR, suspense, urban fantasy etc...  Writers, reviewers and readers all use it ad nauseum and it's always used to talk about the heroine of the novel.  I have seen others try and use it in fandoms, media fandoms in talking about TV shows, but not that often, yet always talking about women.  So, you say, what's the problem?  So many of these romance heroines are dumb and shame on the authors for writing them that way and yadda yadda yadda but, all you people standing up for the rights of women, and denouncing the rape culture in our society, and calling out all the things that denigrate and insult and belittle women....  TOO STUPID TO LIVE???  What is THAT?   You're agreeing that women, if they make the wrong choices should die??

NO ONE is TSTL.  Really.  And in this case it only adds to the misogyny and all these women complaining about how women are being written... it's kind of hypocritical.   It's like... YAY for the strong, multi-faceted, smart portrayal of women, but those ones here?  TSTL.   Do you see the problem?   The less than clever, brave, well-rounded are not worthy of life.

I know it's a clever, catchy, pithy little phrase/acronym, but isn't it really just feeding the misogyny?

Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha - My Thoughts

Beyond Solitude is #4.5 in the Beyond series by Kit Rocha and I can't tell you how much I love these books.  Dystopian erotic romance with kinky overtones.  Yum, yum, yum!!   This one is a novella and DAMN, I wish it was a full blown novel!   It wasn't my plan to read it right now, but events happened and I did.  *LOL*

For my thoughts on Beyond Solitude, please head over to my book blog on Booklikes.  

Noble Metals by L.A.Witt - My Thoughts

Wow!  I really should write something other than book things in here.  :)  I'll have to think of something or somethings...

Anyway... I finally was able to obtain and read Noble Metals by L.A. Witt, something I had been looking forward to for a while.  I didn't quite get what I was expecting or hoping for.  :(

My thoughts on Noble Metals are, as always, available on my book blog at Booklikes.  

The Next by Rafe Haze - My Thoughts

I've been lucky.  I haven't read a bad book in a very long time.  That changed this week.  I think I'm still shell-shocked over this one.  I had expected something much better.  The cover is great though.

Read my thoughts on The Next over at my book blog on Booklikes for the details.  

This Rough Magic by Josh Lanyon - My Thoughts

Another fun 1930's mystery, this one an M/M from Josh Lanyon.  I do love mysteries in this era and this didn't disappoint.  And the cover?  A perfect mix between Gene Kelly and Mark Ballas.  *g*

My thoughts on this read are, as always, on my book blog over at Booklikes.

American Craftsmen by Tom Doyle - My Thoughts

A new contemporary fantasy author, an intriguing premise that pings all my Tom Clancy, Strike Back, buddy stories buttons and I thought I'd devour it.  Not quite.  It was a bit of a disappointment for me, but I AM glad that I read it.

My thoughts about American Craftsmen are, as always, available at my Booklikes book blog.

(And my God, I need to blog more in here about stuff other than the books I  read!  *LOL*)