RRA-L Digest - 8 Mar 1998 to 9 Mar 1998
Luis Arenas
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>There are 22 messages totalling 676 lines in this issue.
>
>Topics of the day:
>
> 1. March Book Chat
> 2. SEP's DALD (2)
> 3. Comfort Reads
> 4. best regency by far ------and me too jody ryan
> 5. RRA-L Digest - 5 Mar 1998 to 6 Mar 1998 (2)
> 6. Diana Gabaldon ?? (2)
> 7. Book chat A PROMISE GIVEN
> 8. best/favourite Regency
> 9. Mourning
> 10. Pure Romance (i.e., very little outside action)
> 11. Review: RESTLESS SPIRITS
> 12. A PROMSIE GIVEN/SEP's DALD (2)
> 13. Tell Me Lies
> 14. Review: COOL SHADE by Theresa Weir
> 15. Promo: What's New at The Romance Reader
> 16. Regencies
> 17. an embarassment of riches (2)
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:57:56 +0100
>From: Alice Duncan <adu...@lookingglass.net>
>Subject: Re: March Book Chat
>
>Maudeen wrote:
>>> The only think I pay any attention to is when an author is
>compared to another -- that might make be buy a book I wouldn't have
>otherwise. <<
>
>Um, Maudeen, did I ever tell you that when my first book, ONE BRIGHT
>MORNING, was published, Harper used, as a sales tool, a comparison
>between OBM and the books of LaVyrle Spencer and Pamela Morsi? Well,
>they did. Silly me, I was absurdly pleased and thanked my editor. She
>told me (in an extremely blase voice) that they generally pluck those
>two names out of the ether when promoting (promoting, ha!) a new author.
>That was my first real taste of what the publishing biz is all about,
>and it burst my bubble with a vengeance. For the record, neither that
>editor nor I are with Harper any longer, but at least I'm still in the
>business!
>
>Alice (adu...@lookingglass.net)
>http://www.romanceweb.com/aduncan/index.html
>SECRET HEARTS, by Alice Duncan, Dell, 2/98
>RESTLESS SPIRITS, by Rachel Wilson, Jove, 3/98
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:12:05 +0100
>From: Alice Duncan <adu...@lookingglass.net>
>Subject: Re: SEP's DALD
>
>Bernadette and Tina, You guys are scaring me! I guess I'm not analytical
>enough, because I *adored* DALD! Heck, maybe it's because I don't care
>how the HEA is arrived at, as long as it happens. Perhaps I should go
>sit in a corner and study my craft a while.
>
>Alice (adu...@lookingglass.net)
>http://www.romanceweb.com/aduncan/index.html
>SECRET HEARTS, by Alice Duncan, Dell, 2/98
>RESTLESS SPIRITS, by Rachel Wilson, Jove, 3/98
>(creeping off to contemplate the nature of reading pleasure and
>fearing there's really ho hope for her)
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 06:15:13 -0500
>From: AWSP <AW...@worldnet.att.net>
>Subject: Re: Comfort Reads
>
>O.K., picture this. It's a rainy Sunday afternoon ... everyone in the
>family is out, it's just me, the cat and the dog ... I've paid the
>bills, put a wash in and started dinner ... and I have -- sitting on
>the coffee table -- a book containing Linda Howard's "McKenzie's
>Mountain" and "MacKenzie's Mission."
>
>I've heard a lot about these books every since I joined this mail list
>but have never been able to find them in a ubs (they're obviously
>keepers). Did find a copy of "Midnight Rainbow" however -- and that
>convinced me. I ordered the MacKenzies from Amazon.
>
>If you were to ask me if I liked Alpha Heroes, I'd say "no" -- in fact,
>I've said that right here. But I have to be honest and say that alphas
>are obviously a part of my notion of comfort reading. I just had the
>best time yesterday afternoon. It was definitely theraputic.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Alice
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:31:01 EST
>From: ACRUZ65736 <ACRUZ...@aol.com>
>Subject: best regency by far ------and me too jody ryan
>
>any thing by mary balogh -- but especially "red rose"-----does anyone out
>there remember another superb regency- author-name of diane or diana
>brown--loved her she kept hope alive for me after i had read every regency
>book my library had to offer.
>jody ----regarding the book you are looking for (wet nurse for lord of
>manor"s son) I too, am looking for the title of that book--read it a long
time
>ago and have been searching for title a long time-if you find out title
and
>author and it is not posted--will you pleeeze e-mail the info to me--thanx-
>judy
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:25:42 -0700
>From: Beverly Abney <bab...@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
>Subject: Re: RRA-L Digest - 5 Mar 1998 to 6 Mar 1998
>
>There are several things here I want to address Stephanie Laurens' The
>Devils bride, Harlequin movies, This matter of marriage --.
>I found a copy of The Devil"s bride and also enjoyed it. The back
>mentions that laurens has written 8 regencies and one other single title.
>I am going to try and find some of them. The hero in TDB has several
>family members that are hero maaterial and the author statement says she
>plans to write their stories. I am really looking forward to that.
>
>The Harlequin moveies are supposed to be one a month (the 2nd Saturday)
>on The Movie Channel. I don't get that but one of my daughters is taping
>them for me. there should be one this week.
>
>I enjoyed "This matter of mrriage" but didn't find it absolutely
>outstanding. I had read the book (Debbie Macomber) and enjoyed it more.
>Everything seemed to happen so fast in the movie, and I understand that in
>two hours you have to movbe fast to get it all in. I didn't remember the
>herooine being an Architect, though I remembered that she and her partner
>had a business. I didn't remember a business crisis and the Michael Nouri
>character seemed to be thrown in just for the movie. What I did remember
>were a lot of dates that ddid not lead to romance and a very nice
>relationship developping with the man next door and his daughter. The
>movie didn't seem to have much character development, but it WAS light,
>fluffy, and fun to watch.
>
>Beverly
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:25:48 AST
>From: Jody Ryan <JR...@ccmail.iwkgrace.ns.ca>
>Subject: Diana Gabaldon ??
>
> Does anyone know if there is a fifth book in the Diana
> Gabaldon series? I have not yet read book four and want to
> know if it finishes the series or if there is one more.
> Waiting for book four to come out drove me nuts for months
> and if there is a book five, I'm not reading book four until
> I also have the fifth.
>
> Thanks,
> Jody
> JR...@IWKGrace.ns.ca
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:30:41 -0700
>From: Beverly Abney <bab...@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
>Subject: Re: RRA-L Digest - 5 Mar 1998 to 6 Mar 1998
>
>Since regencies are my first love in romance, I could never ever pick a
>favorite. There are many favoites on my keeper shelves and I re-read them
>frequently. All my favorite aauthors have shown up on somebodies list.
>Let's just hope that more of the newer authors like Hern and Harbaugh and
>Lansdowne keep on writing them and that some of the older ones return to
>their roots and that people don't give up on the genre.
>
>Beverly
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:43:22 -0700
>From: Beverly Abney <bab...@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
>Subject: Book chat A PROMISE GIVEN
>
>Why haven more of you responded? I waited till the last weekend of
>Feburary to read this so that it would be fresh in my mind, and have been
>eager to hear rections.
>
>I particularly like books set in Scotland and I like ones set far enough
>back in time that Culloden doesn't get involved. My maiden name is Bruce,
>so I always feel a connection to his struggle to be king, and I was in
>Edinburgh Castle just last summer.
>I felt this was well written and well plotted for the most part. I
>enjoyed it. I very seldom don't enjoy a book, so I can't say it was
>really exceptional. The H&H were basically on the same side. Their
>families weren't feuding, and even though they were suporting different
>"king candidates" they weren't particularly passionate about it. They had
>known each other for years. why did it take them so long to settle into
>their marriage? I felt like more should have been made of the older
>sister's disappearence. Why did no one question the cousin'l loyalty?
>More could have been made of tthe father's reason's for caring for one
>child more than the other. I feel like it could have been so much better.
>
>I did like it well enough to find another title by James. I don't
>remember the title. It was also medieval and set one the border of Wales.
>The heroine was Welch and the hero English, so the conflict was more
>beleivable.
>
>Beverly Abney
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:21:42 -0500
>From: Shirley Chan <chan...@cshl.org>
>Subject: Re: best/favourite Regency
>
>I must put in my vote. Not to diminish the great books
>already suggested by people on the list, but I'm going to
>plug my favourite: A LOYAL COMPANION by Barbara Metzger.
>I've read this one over and over. I've laughed out loud
>with this book and I truly think it has that regency quality
>without being a *stereotypic* regency--the narrator is a
>dog.
>
>Shirley C.
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:45:34 EST
>From: Mehetabel <Mehe...@aol.com>
>Subject: Mourning
>
>>>In the story, there's been a death and the aunts, uncles and cousins
>state that they'll wear full-mourning for 6 weeks and then half-mourning
>for 6 weeks before going about their regular lives. Doesn't really
>state how the immediate family will follow custom; yet, twin sisters of
>the deceased attend a ball and dance within months of the death. In
>other books about this period (1818 in this book) and others, I thought
>full-mourning was required for a whole year. Any info on this subject
>would be appreciated. Thanks,<<
>
>Signet Regency writer Emily Hendrickson self-published THE REGENCY
REFERENCE
>BOOK. On the subject of mourning, she says that mourning was 12 months for
a
>husband or wife, 6 months for parents or parents in law, three months for
>sister or brother, with other gradations down to one week for first and
second
>cousin or "husband of stepmother's sister." The rules for mourning were
less
>fixed with relatives outside the immediate family, with Londoners being
>greater sticklers than those in the country. There were two phases, first
and
>second mourning, with first mourning being the most severe in terms of
somber
>clothing. In second mourning, modest touches of color could be introduced.
>Her entry concludes "When a despised relative died, one might don mourning
as
>slight as possible, just enough not to give offense."
>
>>>Bar Cynister--Bar Sinister<<
>
>There was a comment about this. In heraldry, the "bar sinister" was a
>heraldic mark meaning the possessor of that set of arms was an illegitimate
>sprig on the old family tree. In Latin, "sinister" meant left, and
"left-hand
>connection" means a non-legitimate relationship. I've always been
intrigued
>how "sinister" went from meaning left to meaning treacherous or
threatening,
>and all left-handers on this list have my permission to complain about
this.
>I assume that Stephanie Laurens is having fun playing on these meanings
with
>her characters' family name.
>
>Mary Jo, in a research frame of mind
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:01:23 -0500
>From: Sandra Kajiwara <san...@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu>
>Subject: Pure Romance (i.e., very little outside action)
>
>Jo Beverley asked:
>
>"What other recent books come to mind that have that "pure romance"
>quality, where most of the energy of the book comes from the two
>characters getting to know one another and falling in love?"
>
>What about _Lord of Scoundrels_ by Loretta Chase? The hero was so messed
up
>at the beginning that it took most of the heroine's time to unravel his
>problems, thus there was little time for secondary action. I wouldn't have
>wanted too much extraneous action because the hero and heroine were such
>interesting people - this book was just right. (And to be fair, Loretta
>Chase explained a bit more of the "action" happening at the edge of her
>characters' world in another of her titles, _Captives of the Night_.)
>
>For those who haven't read these books, it actually goes in order:
> _Lion's Daughter_
> _Captives of the Night_
> _Lord of Scoundrels_
>
>The first two should be read in order. And what is going on faintly in the
>background of _Lord of Scoundrels_ is explained in _Captives of the Night_.
>
>Sandra Kajiwara
>san...@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:46:54 -0800
>From: Kimberly Borrowdale <man...@silcom.com>
>Subject: Review: RESTLESS SPIRITS
>
>Note that RESTLESS SPIRITS is the April Chat Book... so if you prefer to
>not read a review before you read the book, you might not want to read
>this review (tho there are no spoilers!) If you haven't decided if you
>want to read RESTLESS SPIRITS, maybe this review will help you decide...
>
>*
>
>*
>
>*
>
>RESTLESS SPIRITS by Rachel Wilson (aka Alice Duncan, Emma Craig)
>Jove Haunting Hearts March 1998; $5.99 paperback 316pp; ISBN 0-515-12242-4
>Setting: England 1880s
>Very Highly Recommended (4.75 out of 5)
>
>Miss Penelope Potter and her beloved brother Harry are en route from
>Montana to London to visit with Harry's best friend, Arthur Collingsworth.
>Penny fell in love with Arthur four years ago when he visited the Potter
>ranch. Now that she is eighteen, she hopes to impress Art with her
>ladylike decorum--even though the reason she and Harry are traveling
>England is to attend Art's nupitals.
>
>After Penny and Harry arrive, Harry starts acting strange--agressive and
>violent. Penny and Art must join forces to figure out what's wrong with
>Harry--while, of course, fighting their attraction for each other. After
>all, Art will soon be marrying the lady his family chose for him, and
>Penny knows that marriage cannot fit in with her plans to see the world
>and write travel articles.
>
>RESTLESS SPIRITS is a fun combination of Western Americana and Victorian
>England. Poor Penny tries with all her might to act like a lady, but her
>American honesty and outspokeness always come through--making her one of
>the most delightful heroines I've met in a long time! The paranormal
>elements are not at all overpowering, and there is plenty of focus on the
>romance even with the problem of how to return Harry back to normal, with
>just the right touch of Alice's wacky signature humor. There's even
>an epilogue (a feature I wish more romances would have!) so we get a
glimpse
>of what happens to the characters after they've ridden off into the
>sunset. I hope someday we'll get Harry's story, too. If you've never read
>Rachel Wilson/Alice Duncan/Emma Craig (or a Jove Haunting Hearts), now's a
>great time to start!
>
>
>And a note about SECRET HEARTS, written as Alice Duncan (Dell, 2/98):
>I loved it, too--just haven't gotten around to writing a review of it ;)
>
>
> Kimberly Borrowdale * man...@silcom.com * Soggy Santa Barbara CA
>Under the Covers Book Reviews http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html
> "Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do."
> -- Christopher Morley
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:22:54 -0500
>From: Jeri Wright <dest...@richmond.infi.net>
>Subject: A PROMSIE GIVEN/SEP's DALD
>
>Bernadette Cronk wrote (about A PROMISE GIVEN):
>
><< And some of these guys are so obscenely huge - yeah, there - that they
>surely have to tuck it in their socks during time out. I worry about
>whether it's a left tuck or a right tuck. And back problems. Poor pets.
>So painful. >>
>
>I was sitting here quietly reading and almost fell out of my chair
>laughing, Bernadette!! Don't you know they only come in extra-large,
>humongous, and ohmygod sizes?
>
>I haven't read the book, but I do agree with you about the no-no-no,
>yes-yes-yes love scene. I can't stand them myself.
>
> Then about DREAM A LITTLE DREAM;
>
><< It was fine. Touching in many ways. Funny in the ways SEP makes things
>uniquely funny. My only problem with it was with the heart of the book. I
>didn't 'believe' in the character problem solutions the way she
>eventually wrote them. >>
>
>I agree that DALD (and SEP's other books) are not "deep" in the sense of
>fully developed characters, or emotional growth and so on. Not that the
>characters are cardboard, but they don't resonate in my imagination like
>those of some writers. I love her books for a fun & funny read, and I'm
>not at all sure it's a flaw that the characters and situations sometimes
>read somewhat superficially. It's just a different type of book.
>
>What she does do (wonderfully) is tell a good story with a style that
>keeps me riveted to the pages while I'm reading. I feel somewhat the
>same way about Jennifer Crusie. I love her books, I love READING her
>books, but I can't think of any of her characters who made a long-term
>impression on me. I can think of lines of dialogue (and whole scenes)
>that did, however.
>
>
>
>--
>Jeri Wright
>dest...@richmond.infi.net
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:36:22 -0500
>From: Karen Wheless <kwhe...@rockland.net>
>Subject: Re: A PROMSIE GIVEN/SEP's DALD
>
>>I agree that DALD (and SEP's other books) are not "deep" in the sense of
>>fully developed characters, or emotional growth and so on. Not that the
>>characters are cardboard, but they don't resonate in my imagination like
>>those of some writers. I love her books for a fun & funny read, and I'm
>>not at all sure it's a flaw that the characters and situations sometimes
>>read somewhat superficially. It's just a different type of book.
>
>It's interesting, I absolutely adored Hot Shot, it's one of the few books
>I've read several times. I thought her characters in that book were very
>well developed, even if they weren't traditional "romance" characters.
>When I picked up It Had To Be You and the others, I laughed, but was left
>wondering what made thsoe characters tick. I never really got into their
>heads and hearts. I wondered what happened to the author who made me care
>so much about Susannah and Sam and Yank. I would never have guessed they
>were written by the same author. Even though SEP is much more successful
>now, I really hope the old SEP comes back just for a little while to write
>an in depth look at Yank.
>
>KarenW
>
>____________________________________________
>Karen Wheless
>kwhe...@rockland.net
> "Reason can answer questions, but imagination
> has to ask them." Ralph Gerard
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:39:49 -0800
>From: "me, myself, and . . . Shirley?" <sh...@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: Diana Gabaldon ??
>
>On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jody Ryan wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if there is a fifth book in the Diana
>> Gabaldon series? I have not yet read book four and want to
>> know if it finishes the series or if there is one more.
>> Waiting for book four to come out drove me nuts for months
>> and if there is a book five, I'm not reading book four until
>> I also have the fifth.
>
>Yup, the whole series is to contain six books, with a semi-grouping
>turning them into two trilogies of a sort. The fifth book has a working
>title of The Fiery Cross but isn't slated to come out for another 1 1/2 to
>2 years since she's writing another story in between. The working title
>of the sixth book is King, Farewell, but people have supposedly been
>having some problems with that so it may get changed . . . you can check
>out the Official Diana Gabaldon website set up by Rosana Gatti for more
>info, interviews and excerpts, here's the
>URL-http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/gabaldon.html
>
>me, who's memorized that address . . . :)
>Come join us in Las Vegas for the first ever meeting of on-line romance
>readers!
>http://www.romcom.com/CelebrateRomance
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 19:53:03 -0500
>From: Tina <der...@nwlink.com>
>Subject: Re: SEP's DALD
>
>At 12:12 AM 3/9/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>Bernadette and Tina, You guys are scaring me! I guess I'm not analytical
>>enough, because I *adored* DALD! Heck, maybe it's because I don't care
>>how the HEA is arrived at, as long as it happens. Perhaps I should go
>>sit in a corner and study my craft a while.
>
>Alice,
>
>Ooooh, I didn't want to give the impression that I disliked the book...
>quite the contrary. Just the aspect of more than one romance per title.
>Bernadette's point, which I agreed with, was that SEP tends to wrap her
>stories up with the *realization scene*.... where the hero/heroine has that
>sudden understanding and everything will work out okay from there on out.
>Not much depth. But then, the realization scene doesn't bother me with
>SEP, because the writing that comes before that is wonderful. Now, if I
>could just be so forgiving with other authors...
>
>Tina
>:)
>z8 USDA/ z5 Sunset
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out in the lake and
>threw her off the boat. That's how she learned how to swim. I said, 'Mom,
>they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.' "
> --Paula Poundstone
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:55:39 -0800
>From: "me, myself, and . . . Shirley?" <sh...@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: Tell Me Lies
>
>On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Charlotte Ford wrote:
>
><On Jennifer Crusie>
>> Oh she is good..... I read my first one by her just last
weekend.....SIZZLE!
>> I lovedit.. Two friends and I were traveling and we read the book to
>> eachother as we drove!!! Great reading! I loved that it mostly dialog.
>> Funny, witty..SEXY! I will have to find this one!
>
>Sizzle! I remember thinking, "oh geez, this book is sooo tiny, what kind
>of story is this going to be? I hope this isn't going to be my first
>Crusie let down" and it wasn't! Boy _did_ that sizzle! I think anyone
>who has problems with men who "just don't listen" _need_ to read this
>book, and people who just plain like to laugh and have a good time should
>read it too . . . :)
>
>me, who usually laughs out loud at least 3 times while reading Jennifer
>Crusie books and intends on buying the new one as soon as the people who
>owe me money pay up! :(
>
>Come join us in Las Vegas for the first ever meeting
>of on-line romance readers!
>http://www.romcom.com/CelebrateRomance
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 22:29:05 +0000
>From: GWF <twee...@fortwayne.infi.net>
>Subject: Review: COOL SHADE by Theresa Weir
>
>COOL SHADE
>by Theresa Weir
>Harper (4/98)
>Rating: 4+
>
>Disc jockey Maddie Smith finds herself jobless and flat
>broke. On top of that, her troublesome sister, Enid, has
>been reported missing, so she packs her bags and heads to
>her sister's home in Nebraska to investigate. Maddie
>discovers Enid's diary and learns she has become a
>prostitute. Her first lead is Eddie Berlin, a former
>"customer" whom Enid had fallen in love with--the same
>man who had managed the career of Rick Beck, singer/songwriter
>extraordinaire. Rick, whom Maddie had idolized, had been
>gunned down on stage by a crazed fan four years before.
>It was rumored that Eddie hadn't left his property since
>that fateful day and some people said he was crazy.
>According to the diary, he had scorned Enid, and Maddie
>wonders if he is the key to her sister's mysterious
>disappearance. She visits Eddie's home, posing as a
>prostitute, and soon finds herself drawn in by the
>mystery of this sexy, reclusive man with poet eyes
>and a haunted past.
>
>If you enjoy fast-paced romantic suspense with wonderful,
>quirky characters, a dark hero and steamy love scenes,
>you won't want to miss COOL SHADE. The author creates
>a vivid story with a brevity of words, adds a touch of
>humor, emotion and earthy realism, then throws in a
>few twists. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
>
>More reviews at BOOKBUG ON THE WEB:
>http://www.geocities.com/~bookbug/home.html
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 22:58:47 EST
>From: CathySova <Cath...@aol.com>
>Subject: Promo: What's New at The Romance Reader
>
>We've posted 32 new reviews this week, including new releases by Kat
Martin,
>Maggie Osborne, Pat Warren, Vicki Lewis Thompson, and Lynn Kerstan. We
also
>have reviews of books by brand-new authors Jessie Watson, Kayla Perrin, and
>Cheryl Bolen.
>
>There is a new Romance Savvy contest online now. This one has an Irish
theme
>for St. Patrick's Day. E-mail us your entry by March 17th and you could
win a
>free book!
>
>What's the future of futuristic romance? Caren Johannes ponders this in
the
>Forum section, with input from several futuristic romance authors. Let us
>know your thoughts on this sub-genre. Are we about to witness its demise?
>
>We have also just updated the Reader Mailbag, Author Mailbag, and Readers
>Recommend sections. You are invited to stop in for a visit!
>
>Cathy Sova for the staff of TRR
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 20:03:10 -0800
>From: Marilyn Heyman <ml...@jps.net>
>Subject: Regencies
>
> You all have revived my interest in regencies. I started looking for
>all Loretta Chase's regencies and now I am on the hunt for Jo Beverley's!!
>I used to read regencies almost exclusively but went on to read historical
>single titles and then to romantic suspense. Now I am ready to start on
>regencies again. Thanks for all the suggestions!!
>Marilyn
>
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>
>Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 23:48:35 -0500
>From: Jennifer Kelley <jcke...@rocsoft.net>
>Subject: an embarassment of riches
>
>Last Friday I went to work knowing that I would finish the book I was
>reading that night, and I couldn't decide what to read next. First,
>I find out that the new "Oprah book" is Alice Hoffman's Here On Earth,
>which is now in trade paper because of this (after only 6 months in
>hardcover). I read Turtle Moon and Practical Magic, and really enjoyed
>them, so I'm looking forward to reading this. Then the mail comes, and
>there's an arc of Julie Beard's The Romance of the Rose(I hope I got the
>title right). It's a historical, set in Elizabethan times-sounds pretty
>interesting. Then on Saturday, TWO more arcs came in the mail-Meryl
>Sawyer's Tempting Fate, and Barbara Freethy's One True Love.! It's
>seldom that we get many romances in advance, and so many at one time.
>Decisions, decisions, what do I read first? I decided on Barbara
>Freethy-I read & thoroughly enjoyed her others. I have to say I really
>enjoyed this, altho' I think Ask Mariah is still my favorite. Now I'm
>reading Meryl Sawyer's book, which is romantic suspense, but I've read
>the first 100 pages & none of what's on the back of the book has happened
>yet!
>Jennifer
>
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>
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:04:23 EST
>From: Pushpen <Pus...@aol.com>
>Subject: Re: an embarassment of riches
>
>In a message dated 98-03-09 23:49:16 EST, jcke...@rocsoft.net writes:
>
><< Now I'm
> reading Meryl Sawyer's book, which is romantic suspense, but I've read
> the first 100 pages & none of what's on the back of the book has happened
> yet!
> Jennifer >>
>
>Jennifer: Perhaps I'm simplistic but I tend to ask myself if I'm enjoying
the
>book regardless of what I expected. If th answer is, yes, I don't care
what's
>on the back cover!! I do agree that accurate cover copy is important.
This
>book of Meryl Sawyer's is smashing, btw.
>
>Stella
>
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