Favorite Romance Authors To fans of the romance genre, (and I know there must be a few out there) I would like to know who your favorite authors are. One I enjoy, though her stories have a dark thread running through them, is Jane Feather. Anyone else read her? And one by Eloisa James, Much Ado About You, has some very clever dialogue. It's a keeper.
Where have you been, Josh? The main audience for romance novels is married women. Keeps us fishing without actually catching anything our husbands might not like. SuiteMichelle, I like Jennifer Crusie. She's funny and I appreciate funny. Liz Carlyle does sexy if slightly inaccurate historicals (I think her women are a little too this century, but what do I know?) and Marion Chesney is great if you like Regencies. I've also enjoyed both books I've read so far in the Nerd Who ... series by Vicki Lewis Thompson. Quite sexy and fun.
hahahaha I can picture suitemichelle and witches reading this Alex swept Sarah off her feet in the quiet winds of the mid-summer nights forest bringing her closer for a kiss. It was somewhat warm, and the winds made Don made his back somewhat cold as the frost pricked against his bare back, but he ignored it as the love of his life was in his musclar arms. His eyes sparkled like the stars in the sky on a clear summer night, He grew closer to Sarah, in anticpation for this tender moment, with the wind blowing against Sarah's hair, flowing like silk. Finally their lips locked together, filled with passion, as he held Sarah in his strong arms, against his broad shoulders and well-defined chest. It was there Sarah felt she was the queen of the universe, with the man of her dreams, and this moment forever etched into her heart, with not a care in the world. Yes I'm evil ..... now I probably dragged Suitemichelle and Witches into this, wanting me to write more...LOL
Yeah, Josh, don't give up the day job. There was a little too much weather for my liking ... all that wind and frost sent me looking for a sweater brrrrr
I'm to old to "play" in the cold without a sweater and scarf, however.... Slim would ban us all in a minute if we quoted the woohoo found between the covers on the new york times. Yes, Witches, love Marion Chesney. Her precessor was probably Georgette Heyer. Those I would have no qualms lending to my mother. And Yes, I do agree that the "heroines" are being endowed with todays standards of a strong woman. However I suspect the truth lies closer to some of the classics we had to read in high school than to "Ten Things I Hate About You". I will watch for the names you mentioned and check them out. By the way, I probably was hooked at about 14, the first time I read The Ivy Tree, by Mary Stewart and titles I've forgotten by Victoria Holt.
I was a "serious" student of literature and would not have deigned to touch genre fiction until I actually read a good romance and was hooked ... there are plenty of bad ones out there but there are good ones too. I used to read a lot of mysteries (yet another genre yet somehow not as besmirched) until I got tired of all the violence and realized I was reading for the human relationships anyway ... so why not try romance? I like Mary Stewart ... as for racy I read all over the board from none to extremely depending on my mood. Your paragraph is fine, Josh, it just shows you probably haven't read too many actual romance novels ...
LOL I remember coming across a fictional character who commented that all fiction is about women choosing a mate. The other characters immediately threw in some risibly obvious suggestions that the protagonist was easily able capable of fitting to his theory. Sadly he didn't respond to my own suggestions: Moby **** and The Hobbit. Of all the main genres (romance, mystery, horror and sci-fi) only the latter allows the reader to join in on the joke when the deus ex machinas of the plot becomes too big to swallow.
Romance books, while I do read them, i consider them to be my 'in-between' books book. Like if I have read this huge novel with total absorption, I need some thing that requires little effort or concentration to read before going to the next novel, now I'm talking about your standard run of the mill, Mills and Boon book here, not some epic romance which can get you hooked as much as any book can. If I were to choose an author of romance it would have to be Nora Roberts, she does do the Mills and Boon run, but also has written some other full format romance novels, her writing is simple and clear, and more often than not, she will throw in a bit of mysticism for good effect lol, (one of her books is a romance involving witches). I will just about devour any book that comes into my hands, I'm one of those that a book is required in order to sleep, at the moment I'm reading Tommyknockers by Steven King, which is a great book to get to sleep with (it's kinda boring, but I have nothing else at the moment). Anyway, better leave it at that....
I am just discovering Fern Michaels. in the 4th chap. so far pretty good. I'll tell you if the conclusion holds up or not.
Cool. I haven't discovered anyone new, for a while. I'm currently re-reading Harry Potter out loud to my daughter. It's fun to share it with her. Not sure she's ready for books 4 and 5 though. They start getting kind of dark, and she is only seven ...
Must confess to never have read HP. But love CSLewis. Finished the book in less than 24 hours...... bad guy got caught in the nick of time, and it ended with a wedding. and I could share it with my mother and not turn red.
You should try HP if you like CS Lewis. I think HP is cut from a similar mold as The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe ... modern, of course, without the Christian allegories, but both feature brave children having to save the world without much help from adults ...
Isaac Asimov? Pretty good, I think, for any attempt. Sci-Fi? Like Isaac Asimov, maybe? I have his autograph on a postcard he sent me after I wrote him a letter. He was from the old school. These days when people say Sci-Fi they actually mean Science Fantasy--sword and sorcery stuff, so I was just wondering if anyone younger than I am has read the Foundation Trilogy. I lost interest in reading science fiction when modern authors got away from science and into spell-casting, sorcery, and all that silliness . I think it started with the Hobbit craze . Then there was Harlen Ellison's endless and boring doom and gloom. That didn't help matters. As for romance authors I like those ancient writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre! Now that's romance .
Dear ole Hari Seldon ... I remember 'im well. There is still some good hard SF about though too much of it is uncomfortably tangled up with contemporary issues. Gimme the breathtaking imagination of stuff like Larry Niven's Protector any day. Or for the sheer fun of it Douglas Adams ... Currently trying to lay hands upon some Pinkwater works.
Yes, Douglas Adams! Great fun. Do you think the movie (Hitchhiker's Guide . . .) that's coming out (or is it out already ) will do right by him? I hope so. I want to see it. Do I remember a BBC series?
Where have you been, Lynet? It's probably on its way to video by now. I heard it was pretty good, not great but pretty good. I haven't seen it yet but plan to rent it. And yes, there was a BBC series, which was quite silly and fun.
