November in Review


  Slowing Down

I have decided to slow things a bit.  You may or may not have noticed
that I did not review as many stories during November as I did during
October.  Do not expect the pace to pick up appreciably, in the 
future, because it will not.  I started writing reviews because I was
reading stories, but recently I began to feel like I was reading 
stories to write reviews.  This is a hobby for me, not a job.  I have
noticed in the weeks since I have slowed down that my dreams, at 
night, have been much more vivid and more frequent.  I think that it 
is a good sign.

At the same time that I decided to decrease the number of stories I 
read per week, I also decided to decrease the frequency with which I 
release my digests.  Since I will not be reading quite as many 
stories, it seems to make sense to release the digests a little less 
often.  You can expect to see a new digest from me three times a 
month, from now on; on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of each month.  'nuff 
said?


  New Look, New Location

On a slightly different note, I decided to revamp my home page, once 
again.  The new look includes frames.  The story links have been 
moved from the author pages, back to the digest pages (where they 
were originally).  I will also be maintaining a non-frames version of
my home page.

With the new look, I decided that I needed a new address.  I was 
tired of seeing banners and GeoCities watermarks on my pages.  At my 
new address you should not find any advertisements.  Hopefully the 
pages will load faster without them.  You should find my new address 
at the bottom of this page.  I will be closing down my GeoCities home 
page at the end of the month.  In any event, I have stopped adding 
new reviews to the older version of my home page, and the newer 
version only includes reviews from the end of November going forward.


  Oh Celeste!

I am saddened by Celeste's departure from the reviewing ranks.  Of 
course there probably would not be any reviewing ranks if not for 
her.  I never would have considered writing reviews if she had not 
done so first.  If not for Lady Cyrrh, I would never have considered 
that there was room for any more reviewers.  Thank you both.

I am glad to see that others have taken up the pen that Celeste no 
longer writes with.  I am referring to more than just Bitbard and 
Miss Behavin's efforts.

  Factors (Arousal & Story)

Early in November, I modified my review process by adding marks to 
indicate how arousing I found the story and how well I felt the story
was written.  There are some stories that I read that I find very 
arousing, and I like primarily for this quality.  There are some 
stories that I read that I think are very well written, and I like 
primarily for this quality.  I wanted some way to differentiate 
between liking a story because it is arousing and liking it because 
it is well written.  There are exceptions to the rule, that I like 
because they are both very arousing as well as very well written, 
and on that note, 

  Best of November 1998

Of the stories that I read in November, here are those that I highly 
recommend.

Vanilla

- Taxi! by BronwenSM
     [F/M; 5,000 words]

     [1/1] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16706.txt

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=404557799&fmt=raw

- Therapy by Sven the Elder
     [M/F; 2,400 words]

     [1/1] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16101.txt

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=398209343&fmt=raw

Neapolitan

- Lucy Stays by Miles Naismith
     [F/F/M, cheating; 15,700 words]

     [1/1] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16496.txt

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=401158003&fmt=raw

May/December

- Teacher's Pet by Sundance
     [M/f, 37,500 words]

     [1/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16664.txt
     [2/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16660.txt
     [3/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16661.txt
     [4/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16663.txt
     [5/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16665.txt
     [6/6] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16662.txt

     [1/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424517&fmt=raw
     [2/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424479&fmt=raw
     [3/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424488&fmt=raw
     [4/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424507&fmt=raw
     [5/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424531&fmt=raw
     [6/6] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=402424494&fmt=raw

May/December (with a twist)

- Lusting for Valarie by Emerson Laken-Palmer
     [M/f, *; 8,400 words]

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=411992954&fmt=raw

May/December (but let's keep it in the family)

- I Could Eat You Up by J. Friedman
     [F/m, Inc; 4,500 words]

     [1/1] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/17506.txt

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=414744035&fmt=raw

Something Completely Different

- Illusion by Miss Behavin'
     [*; 5,000 words]

     [1/1] http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16069.txt

     [1/1] http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397751671&fmt=raw

* = coding that is omitted for fear of giving away part of the story.

There are no pedophilic or non-consensual acts in any of these 
stories.

