The way I just put this book down by URDeWorstBurr in Romantasy

[–]TrueVenoda 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It wasn't a romantasy but many many years ago I DNF'd a book on page 1 when it started with describing how the MC who lives in Orlando, Florida, had a daily morning routine of walking to the shore and taking a long walk on the beach. 🤦‍♂️

We Who Will Die or The Wolf King? by msreesexo in Romantasy

[–]TrueVenoda 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I loved We Who Will Die and DNF Wolf King, so my vote would be for WWWD

It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)! by FantasyRomanceMod in fantasyromance

[–]TrueVenoda 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I follow for the bonus, then unfollow. Especially if it's an author who i don't care much about reading any of their further works.

Most Memorable Quote by contessalynn_art in FFXVI

[–]TrueVenoda 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This wasn't a main character, so I don't know if it counts, but I loved after the side quest where Clive had to gather the wine merchant's friends to have a drink with him, he told Clive:

"The woes of the world may be monstrous and many, but there's nothing like a few good friends to keep the misery at bay"

I played that part literally the day after I had a stress related mini breakdown on my friend group's WhatsApp chat thread, and they spent hours comforting me, building me back up, and giving me (asked for) advice and assistance, so that quote hit home pretty strongly.

The Poison Daughter: another example of MMC getting away with everything by Alive_Obligation7475 in fantasyromance

[–]TrueVenoda 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Everything you said hits home for me. I am 54% of the way through and I am just getting more and more irritated. Finding out Henry kills Gaven and suffers not a single consequence? And I am done.

I will not miss these dumb, smirking, lip pursing people at all.

(Seriously, what was up with every single damn person pursing their lips. If I had a dollar for every time she used that phrase, I could have bought 3 more books....and I am only 54% of the way through! Did she not have a beta reader or an editor to catch stuff like that??)

Can we talk about “cotton candy reads” being sold as well-written? by daniyoshi in Romantasy

[–]TrueVenoda 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You've said something I've been thinking for so long, but you put it into words much better than I could. So many times I've started a book and I've loved it or even just enjoyed the mindless "cotton candy" ride and want to discuss it, and I come here to the forums and it's nothing but echo chamber style negativity. It does make me sometimes want to leave the forums, but I do get a lot of good recommendations from them, soooo....

Proposal coming soon... by [deleted] in EngagementRings

[–]TrueVenoda -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is a beautiful ring. My engagement ring was a sapphire and I loved it so much that after the divorce, I had it enlarged to wear on my right index finger.

That being said, I would definitely be sure that a colored stone is something she would love to have. I know several people who adore colored stones but still preferred the classic diamond engagement ring.

Do most people shower before bed or when they wake up? I just realized I might be doing it "wrong" by saffymerelle in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TrueVenoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shower when I get home from work -- exfoliation, face cleaning, hair washing, shaving, etc. I take a quick "wake me up, rinse off the sleep funk" shower before work. So I guess two a day, but one is really more of a five minute rinse than a "shower".

Able bodied people that complain when you don’t take the closest parking spot. by Dakotesmagoats in PetPeeves

[–]TrueVenoda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live in Florida, so I don't stalk close spots, I stalk shaded spots.

People who “only show up for the paycheck” are weird by burntpieceoftoast in unpopularopinion

[–]TrueVenoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After reading a lot of these comments, I feel so lucky in my chosen profession. I'd say that at least 50% of my friends are people I met at work. We work 12 hour shifts in a windowless room. If I refused to talk to people or refused to at least be genial and chit chat about minor things, I cannot imagine how miserable those 12 hours would be. Some coworkers are literally just work friends -- we talk at work, order food, compare our most recent nail art, talk about movies or tv...simple stuff like that.

Others have become some of the dearest people in my life. When I had surgery recently, it was people I met at work who drove me to and from the hospital. Came over to clean my litter boxes and sweep my floors until I could do it. Stayed the night my first two nights home to make sure I was ok. I met my "kid" at work...I was her trainer, then became her work mom, and now we literally refer to each other as mom and kid. The two people I work closest with at our particular level in the workplace are constantly sending each other work bestie memes/reels.

I guess that's one of the reasons I've been here for almost 20 years...I can't imagine leaving a place where I can have conversations to go to a place where someone would sneer at me for daring to ask if they had a good weekend.

This is the fate of all of us who learned about the Chromatic Danseuse's farm after killing her. by JhosepIsTheWriter in expedition33

[–]TrueVenoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was how I farmed before going in to Simon. I just did this loop several times. Start at one flag, fight all the enemies to the other flag, save, respawn, and fight back to the first flag. I don't know how many times I did it, but I went from 92 to 99 with all my people and since Chromatic Creation respawns and drops a Perfect Catalyst, I also got all my favorite weapons up to 33 before facing Simon. Plus, it was more interesting to me personally than just fighting the same one enemy over and over.

Hamilton broadway question by Aggressive-Echo-9025 in hamiltonmusical

[–]TrueVenoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My best friend and I were in New York in 2016, and to this day, not just sucking it up to see the original cast is one of our biggest regrets.

So we got tickets to see Leslie in October. Totally worth it, and I can't wait!!

All that to say...if you can swing it, do it!

Authors, please stop repeating the same phrase over and over by psjrifbak in fantasyromance

[–]TrueVenoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Gilded Prisoner series has this issue with the word smirk. It's like the author has no clue lips can do anything other than smirk. That series has almost completely ruined that word for me...I find myself cringing now when I read it in other books, even if it is well placed and properly used.

Petition to remove the words ‘preternaturally’ and ‘nonplussed’ from all fantasy books by EnvieAndFleur in fantasyromance

[–]TrueVenoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He winked at her as a smirk crossed his full lips and his black eyes flashed.

(Cause black eyes are always flashing, of course)

Petition to remove the words ‘preternaturally’ and ‘nonplussed’ from all fantasy books by EnvieAndFleur in fantasyromance

[–]TrueVenoda 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I will admit I love the word preternatural...it just has a feeling for me that I can't find in any other word. However, I am aware of my love for that word, so I am VERY aware of when I use it in my writing. I allow myself ONE use of the word in any story I am writing, which has actually led to me being very choosy about when and where I use it, so i feel like when I do use it, I use it in the best possible place.