Would I find Nora Roberts in the general section of the library or the romance section? Or both?
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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2006 9:51:17 am PDT #1267 of 28142
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Atropa - Sep 27, 2006 9:52:24 am PDT #1268 of 28142
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
but I get kind of skeptical when it comes to vampire romance.
Considering my past bad experiences with vampire romance novels, plus the fact that I've never read any Nora Roberts, should I even bother finding Morrigan's Cross?
Aims - Sep 27, 2006 9:58:19 am PDT #1269 of 28142
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jilli, it depends on how you like your vampire romance.
Amy - Sep 27, 2006 9:58:33 am PDT #1270 of 28142
Because books.
Nora is shelved in romance in most bookstores, Connie.
My favoritest book of her is "Public Secrets".
Haven't read that one yet.
I hesitated to pick up Morrigan's Cross because ... well, because I have so many books I haven't read yet, for one, but also because I wasn't sure how I was going to like the "group" dynamic of the book (gleaned from skimming, could be wrong) and the fact that a lot of it seems to be set in the past. But I will pick it up eventually.
I love the way they schedule the trilogy releases so close together. No waiting for the impatient!
Kathy A - Sep 27, 2006 10:00:24 am PDT #1271 of 28142
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Definitely romance.
I also love Public Secrets--starting it in the midst of the British music scene of the 1960s was a great idea on her part. The other standalones that I love are Montana Sky (which is being filmed for Lifetime--I hope it's better than the egregiously bad adaptation Hallmark did of Julie Garwood's For the Roses), Three Fates (the sinking of the Lusitania in the prologue was very well written indeed), and the one set in the TV daytime talk show world whose title I can't recall offhand (and trying to navigate NR's Amazon bibliography will take days, if not years, to get the right title).
Aims - Sep 27, 2006 10:03:28 am PDT #1272 of 28142
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I need Three Fates.
And isn't there a new "In Death" installment?
Atropa - Sep 27, 2006 10:04:15 am PDT #1273 of 28142
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, it depends on how you like your vampire romance.
Hmmm. The closest I come to reading vampire romance are the Kim Harrison books, and the YA "Vampire Kisses" series (which I adore, mostly because the babygoth teen girl is exactly how she should be).
Most vampire romance books I've glanced at are ... heavy on the woobie-ness. Poor tormented vampire who just needs luuuuuv from the Right Woman sort of thing. And not enough real menace or danger to how vampires are presented.
Aims - Sep 27, 2006 10:05:12 am PDT #1274 of 28142
Shit's all sorts of different now.
This isn't like that so far. It honestly reads like Buffy-verse stuff, without the woobie-ness. The vampires are pretty menacing.
Atropa - Sep 27, 2006 10:07:15 am PDT #1275 of 28142
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This isn't like that so far. It honestly reads like Buffy-verse stuff, without the woobie-ness. The vampires are pretty menacing.
Really? Then I'll have to add it to the list of books to look for.
Amy - Sep 27, 2006 10:08:00 am PDT #1276 of 28142
Because books.
I just picked up Three Fates used -- it's next on my list! One glance at the prologue sold me.