tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post3687497811081070338..comments2024-02-19T15:25:57.626+11:00Comments on Breathless In the Bush: What Was Your Romance Starter Book? HelzKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01921987291520604201noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-29028232100337320402015-08-12T13:18:04.253+10:002015-08-12T13:18:04.253+10:00You've caught me. I haven't read The Scarl...You've caught me. I haven't read The Scarlet Pimpernel, Venetia, and Dee! Clearly I need to amend that at some stage; it seems like it really is a fave read indeed. And Venetia, your books sound so exciting - Vikings, and then Medieval London (and the Black Death) - wow! Fantastic!Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-62591350775324007532015-08-12T13:14:47.628+10:002015-08-12T13:14:47.628+10:00May I suggest Honor's Splendour as well? It ha...May I suggest Honor's Splendour as well? It has one of the most unexpectedly tender opening scener ever.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-68646927270747066882015-08-10T11:59:02.991+10:002015-08-10T11:59:02.991+10:00Oh, The Scarlet Pimpernell! Sigh! I cry every ti...Oh, The Scarlet Pimpernell! Sigh! I cry every time I read it and after about fifty reads, you think I would toughen up. That one's on my classic shelf.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-61281070735986350892015-08-10T11:57:36.338+10:002015-08-10T11:57:36.338+10:00Yes, The Prize is still my favourite. Royce and N...Yes, The Prize is still my favourite. Royce and Nicholaa were made for one another...right from the very first page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-9911165497286900772015-08-10T11:15:36.338+10:002015-08-10T11:15:36.338+10:00The Scarlet Pimpernel! So romantic. I read Georget...The Scarlet Pimpernel! So romantic. I read Georgette Heyer in primary school on my Mum's advice and then read Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights multiple times. I really should be writing Regency ...Venetia Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-54431718508490159312015-08-10T11:07:45.855+10:002015-08-10T11:07:45.855+10:00Aha, the bliss of studying Jane Austen at school. ...Aha, the bliss of studying Jane Austen at school. You lucky thing! Is Pride & Prejudice still your favourite? (And who, in the film versions, is your favourite Darcy? Colin Firth is mine, naturally.) Johanna Lindsay had some absolutely rollicking romances early on. You must have found them thrilling. No wonder you found more to read. And then the gem of Georgette Heyer. Well, of *course*. And I agree, the de Montforte Brothers by Danelle Harmon is a fabbo series, very emotional and simply lovely. I just discovered a new novella in the series. The Fox and the Angel: http://tinyurl.com/nlcb9v6 . Have you read it? I confess I haven't....but I love the fact you can get the entire series now on Kindle, even if the print versions are hard to find. I'm off to download the novella right now... Let me know what you think?Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-14340800008021354132015-08-10T10:59:05.196+10:002015-08-10T10:59:05.196+10:00You. Cannot. Fail. With. Julie. Garwood. Her histo...You. Cannot. Fail. With. Julie. Garwood. Her historicals are the stuff of legend! She is totally worth melted icecream and warm butter. And often the first book you read by a marvellous author is still your fave. Is The Prize still yours?Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-6049999814442642352015-08-10T10:56:28.892+10:002015-08-10T10:56:28.892+10:00Ooh, LaVyrle Spencer.... And yes, like Dee remarks...Ooh, LaVyrle Spencer.... And yes, like Dee remarks, she really does write the most beautiful HEA's. One of my favourites of her is Sweet Memories. What a wonderful author to introduce you to romance. The Thorn Birds & Love Story are terrific, everyone should read them, but they are love stories with sad endings. Give me that HEA every time, as you and Dee both say.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-7638155175815466622015-08-10T10:53:20.231+10:002015-08-10T10:53:20.231+10:00Astonishing, Enisa! I can understand Cinderella at...Astonishing, Enisa! I can understand Cinderella at 4, but reading Georgette Heyer at 9! You are a True Romance Reader. I do remember those Women's Weekly paperbacks (is our age showing, my pet?!). I used to pilfer them from my mother and devour them in secret. Happy sigh. Oh, what marvellous authors you name. Oh, what a happy reading life. Brilliant!Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395027098663054678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-45324774671808151872015-08-10T09:14:11.160+10:002015-08-10T09:14:11.160+10:00Oh! Doesn't LaVyrle know how to write a happy ...Oh! Doesn't LaVyrle know how to write a happy ever after!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-72216836534502847332015-08-10T09:12:44.084+10:002015-08-10T09:12:44.084+10:00My Romance reading started when I was about 15 yea...My Romance reading started when I was about 15 years old. I had to read Pride and Prejudice for school and I loved it and read it three times. Needless to say I did very well on the work related to this book. I then went home and looked for more books hoping my mother's book shelves would give me something similar. She was on a Johanna Lindsay jaunt at the time and I "borrowed" without her permission I might say. A Pirate's Love was the name of the book I picked up. Looking back probably not the most appropriate. I went on to read her Malory series and fell more in love with the Georgian/Regency period. My first Heyer was These Old Shades which just made me go looking for more and reading more in this period. One of my all time favourite series though is the de Montforte Borthers by Danelle Harmon.Cassandra Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818025453828445251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-3762972642240295572015-08-10T09:12:38.716+10:002015-08-10T09:12:38.716+10:00Oh, Miranda! I still remember standing in the groc...Oh, Miranda! I still remember standing in the grocery line on a grey winter day and seeing Julie Garwood's The Prize in the checkout aisle book rack. The cover was gorgeous and the blurb sounded good so I bought it. I took it home and read it cover to cover without even unpacking my groceries!! I still have The Prize (& everything else that Julie Garwood wrote) on my keeper shelf!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-50076263965672078022015-08-10T08:55:16.720+10:002015-08-10T08:55:16.720+10:00Hi Miranda, my love of romance started with Lavyrl...Hi Miranda, my love of romance started with Lavyrle Spencer. I'd read and loved books like Colleen McCulloch's 'The Thorn Birds' and Erich Segal's 'Love Story', and shed copious devastated tears throughput the reading, but I wanted a HAPPY ending for characters I'd come to love. A friend recommended Lavyrle, so I read 'The Fulfilment' and went on to read every one of her books. Give me a happy ending every time! :) Marilyn Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264683453138649702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-20685015003226765102015-08-10T08:20:34.570+10:002015-08-10T08:20:34.570+10:00Hi Miranda. My love of the romance genre began at ...Hi Miranda. My love of the romance genre began at the tender age of 4 when I discovered 'Cinderella'. At 9 I was devouring Georgette Heyer stories. At 10 it was the A5-sized flimsy Women's Weekly paperbacks. Remember them? I discovered authors like Lucy Walker and at 11 learned of Mills & Boon and well, I've been hooked ever since. My keeper shelf has both old and new books, with Georgette Heyer and Anne Mather (I'm such a fan I was first in line at the cinema when 'Leopard in the Snow' came out) and Helen Bianchin amongst newer authors like Nora Roberts and Linda Howard.Enisa Hainesnoreply@blogger.com