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Master of Wolves by Angela Knight

The plot: A werewolf teams up with a female police officer to hunt down the vampire who killed his best friend.

Number of sex scenes: 7
Number of times I laughed out loud: 17
First kiss: page 80
First sex scene: page 95
First orgasm: page 98
Steaminess of first sex scene (scale of 1-10): 6
Length of first sex scene: 6 pages
First mention of love: page 61
Number of different sexual positions: 4
Number of times I said, “Please god, don’t let me turn the page to see furries having sex:” 3
Number of times I still almost clawed my eyes out: 3

Best quote: It’s a tie between three:
page 209: “We were going to be able to cast fucking spells and get all the women we wanted! Now we’re going to be furry!”
page 239: “He felt his balls empty in endless hot pulses, and he shuddered like a palsy victim.”
page 285: “So please believe me when I tell you it’s time to come out of the kennel!”

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Until Forever by Johanna Lindsey

The plot: A time-traveling cursed viking from Valhalla seduces a virgin history professor who collects swords.

Number of sex scenes: 5
Number of times I laughed out loud: 11
Euphamisms for body parts: 1 (loins)
First kiss: page 75
First orgasm: page 182
First sex scene: page 182
Steaminess of first sex scene (1-10): 3
Length of first sex scene: 3 pages
First mention of love: page 311

Best quote: page 183: “It took every ounce of his will to keep from driving into her now and pummelling her with the strength of his passion.”

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Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Sz?t

One of my work friends lent me this cd. I’d heard him talk about Aaron Funk of Venetian Snares before (one of his albums is quite poetically titled Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole), and I had the impression that the music is along the heavy, spastic, drum-and-bass lines, like Aphex Twin or Autechre.
Don’t let the overall genre of Venetian Snares stop you, though. This album was inspired by old movie scores, and it shows on every track. The recipe: Take some free tonality classical music: full string orchestra. Blend in about 50% drum-and-bass. Add a tiny dash of tasteful sampling. No baking required. This cd is amazing. He composes all of his own music, making me think of Aaron Copeland (the atonal Copeland, not the Great American Sellout Composer Copeland) one one track and Holst’s “The Planets” on another. One track begins with a string quartet reminiscent of Ravel’s Quartet in F+. It’s all very brooding and ethereal. I’ve heard plenty of “remixes” of classical music before that usually leave me retching; Funk marries drum-and-bass to the genre perfectly, with the mixing aspects never too overbearing. The cd is entirely instrumental, with the exception of short vocal samples on three tracks, which might be found on some future “Verve: Remixed” compilation.