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Favorite authorsJane Austen, Elizabeth Boyle, Meg Cabot, Debra Doyle, Jasper Fforde, Anne Gracie, John Grisham, Gail Carson Levine, Louis A. Meyer, Elizabeth Peters, Tamora Pierce, Julia Quinn, Ann Rinaldi, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen (Shared favorites)

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About meCo-founder: Aboard the Jolly Roger! (seriously, you should check it out, there's not nearly enough chatting happening over there :( )

I read absolutely voraciously and have since I was about 4. Now in an effort to make sure I don't read the same mediocre books over and over again because I don't remember I read them, or why I didn't like them, I'm reviewing as I go. Hopefully at some point I'll have reviewed everything in my library. Well... I can dream, can't I?

I'm always up for recommendations in romance, pirates, general swashbuckling, knights, etc. And I'll read and review things upon request provided it is already in my library. Just ask away. Be warned, though, my books are scattered across the country, so it may need to wait until it can be shipped or I can get to it next.

About my libraryI devour books. Books of most any kind, really, although I'm not a real fan of non-fiction stuff. The big idea behind my reading is for brain candy first and edification if it happens to be a good read.

There seems to be a dearth of good romance collections with actual reviews out there. I find this sad, and I am seeking to change this. (In case you couldn't tell). Let me know of your favorites, or if you see something you'd like a review on.

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Thanks for the Anne Gracie recommendation. I have one of the books from that series on my TBR pile, so I'm sure I'll get to them eventually. I look forward to reading more of her books.

posted by mom2lnb at 8:21 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2009

Hey :) Thanks for the note on my review for The Time Traveler's Wife--I think the farther and the farther I got into it, the more I was just frustrated and annoyed. Oh well--there are certainly enough wonderful authors and books out there that I won't be left without good reading material! I'm reading In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje now, and it's certainly not your typical romance, but it is wonderful. If you're looking for a romance that's a bit different, you might pick it up, though I suppose I should say that I'm only about halfway through as I make that recommendation... Well, good reading regardless!

posted by whitewavedarling at 1:03 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2009

Aww, thanks so much for the kind words about my EON review! I am so excited for the sequel as well; can it come out already?? Hehe.

posted by stephxsu at 11:03 pm (EST) on Jul 15, 2009

Hey, Caramellunacy!

Thanks so much for the wonderful positive review! I am thrilled that you enjoyed the story. Please don't give up on Jack just yet - I know he is a bit of a rascal, but TORY is the first book in a three book Revolutionary War series, and I think he will grow on you.

UP THE REBELS!!!

Christine Blevins

author of THE TORY WIDOW
and
MIDWIFE OF THE BLUE RIDGE

posted by chrisblevins at 3:21 pm (EST) on Jun 15, 2009

Thanks for telling me about the Tamora Pierce fan-group, I'm pretty much brand new to her books (I've only read the Song of the Lioness so far) but I can't wait to read them all and now I'll be able to talk about them with other fans! Also, I really like your library-your reviews are so fun to read! I hate it when a person either has zero reviews or zero ratings, but it's even worse when you read a review and it gives away the entire story! So thank you, I'll be checking out your library again to see how you felt about certain books and to read some of the books you gave such great reviews for, starting maybe with The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

posted by jfoster_sf at 2:36 am (EST) on Mar 2, 2009

I just saw a comment you made a couple months back about intentionally taking romances with 'bodice-ripper' covers onto the Metro, in protest over a misguided ad campaign which suggested that romance-readers are dolts...

Your post really made me laugh! I'm just finishing PhD studies in Comparative Literature, but also have an addiction to romance novels featuring sultans and sheiks. It started as a joke, but soon I was hooked. Some are funny, some romantic, and some just plain piss me off with their stereotypes. But also sometimes, FYI, the heroes of such stories are pirates! (For instance, in novels featuring lovely ladies kidnapped off the Barbary Coast to be sold into harem bondage... like the 1978 title "Barbary Bride" by Melissa Masters, which I'm reading currently.) So I thought I'd mention this to you.

Anyway. Read on, without shame! :-)

PS: I just started my first LT group dedicated to sheiky romances. Is there one for pirates yet...? Hah! Best wishes.

posted by Fullmoonblue at 5:23 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

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