Member: booklover79

I can tell you that a cover doesn't impact what I buy too much, if at all. Those that are nice to look at sometimes aren't as raunchy as the covers make them seem. I do however shy from the erotica ones because they are nothing but sex, sex and more sex. lol. Some of those books non-erotica of course, have great story lines. The books with ultra-sexy covers are the ones that I read at home. I try to take the ones that aren't so bad in public. I read alot at work and the guys make fun of me, but I just tell them they are jealous. lol. There are a few that are as bad as the cover, but mainly I look for the author and subject line. I realize that some of the story lines are not only very far-fectched and unlikely, some drama is good but however when you get someone having sex more than actually trying to have a life, it's pretty boring. I like the books with a touch of reality. I read alot of Robin Lee Hatcher and she is very realistic in her books as well as Linda Lael Miller and with some humor as well. The hero doesn't always have to be rough and tumble and the heroine doesn't need to be a simpering wench that has no idea about life and can't get a grip until she meets a man. A strong woman and a man with flaws is a good read. As far as the covers go, it is nice to see a man like some of these, but sometimes sexy is in what you read, not what you see. I recommend Robyn Carr's novels, funny cute and oh so sexy marines with baggage to make them human. No sexy covers either.

posted by cowgirl474 at 5:39 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2008

Jim Butcher! Yes. I read the first few of the Dresden Files novels and will get back to that series eventually, but now I'm reading the Codex Alera series. Excellent fantasy, very different from Dresden.

I have Wicked Loving Lies in my library, I think, but I preferred Sweet Savage Love of all the Rogers I read back then. Eventually, I got bored with her stuff and stopped reading it.

posted by Storeetllr at 1:10 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2008

Actually, I see from your library and your groups that we have some of the same taste in reading. Jim Butcher is one of my current favorites. And I'm reading more history and classics and nonfiction lately.

posted by Storeetllr at 10:14 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

I think that was my first (or maybe second) Busbee, and I guess I must have really liked it, considering how many more of them I've read over the years. :) I do remember the heroes being a lot harsher back then than today's heroes are allowed to be, but that seems to have been the norm, or at least with some writers. Did you ever read Rosemary Rogers "Sweet Savage Love" or "The Flame and the Flower" by Woodiwish?

I didn't know Busbee was still writing romances. I'll have to see if I can find some of her more recent stuff, although I find I've moved away from romances in the last year or so. I still read them on occasion, esp. some authors (like Lisa Kleypas, for instance), but not like I did back in the 80s. I may get back to romances again ~ my reading tastes tend to fluctuate over time.

Anyway, let me know how you like "Gypsy Lady."

posted by Storeetllr at 10:12 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

Hi, I saw your post about Shirley Busbee in the Romance Group. I've got 10 of her novels in my library and loved most of them so much I'm keeping them in order to reread someday. I agree about them being un-PC, but they sure were satisfying romances! :)

posted by Storeetllr at 12:43 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2008