tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post3213639488301381158..comments2024-03-24T14:58:10.815-07:00Comments on Two Old Farts Talking Romance: #HaleNo: Blogger BlackoutLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-35723478188404154302014-10-23T18:21:42.059-07:002014-10-23T18:21:42.059-07:00I am in the tiny minority of romance bloggers who ...I am in the tiny minority of romance bloggers who doesn't care for Jennifer Cruise.<br /><br />I have always, always read--my mother was a librarian since before I was born, and my house was basically a library with bookcases in every room, hallway and closet. (Only book-free places were kitchen and bathrooms--humidity is not good for bound books, which we learned early and well.)<br /><br />I always loved the romance in the other books I read--Agatha Christie has some subtle romances in several of her books and those were always my favorite as re-read her obsessively.<br /><br />The I found a cover of The Sheik--almost thirty years and four countries later, I still own that copy--and I have never stopped reading romance since. My tastes, thankfully, have evolved a lot, and while I still enjoy some very old romances, I also prefer my heroines not to be innocent, virginal doormats, and my heroes to not be irredeemable assholes.<br /><br />Romance has always been there to give hope when my life has been in the total crapper--externally and internally.<br /><br />The romance community, which I found little by little starting with Suzanne Brockmann's defunct message board in 1999, has changed my life--and continues to help me grow.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-82140958808254229182014-10-23T16:38:44.539-07:002014-10-23T16:38:44.539-07:00Oh, I didn't realize. I'll talk about my s...Oh, I didn't realize. I'll talk about my stuff tomorrow. :-)<br /><br />Glad you nagged me about Crusie. Welcome to Temptation is my favorite of hers, but it was enough to get me hooked. Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151587271439513617noreply@blogger.com