Yes! Massive download in my future!
Gorgeous covers
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 8:20:03 am PDT #24790 of 28212
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bennett - Oct 05, 2017 9:06:09 am PDT #24791 of 28212
And they all seem to be on sale at the moment, so more Yay!
Amy - Oct 05, 2017 9:25:24 am PDT #24792 of 28212
Because books.
My mom had so many of those. I remember reading the titles on her bookshelf. Touch Not the Cat sounded fascinating to me.
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 9:44:07 am PDT #24793 of 28212
brillig
I was afraid to re-read them, because I loved them as a kid, but they're still good, and I catch more of of the subplots now. I also highly recommend Jane Aiken Hodge. I like this genre of romantic thriller where the woman does a lot of self-rescuing but has a nice strong man around to do whatever hitting is necessary. (I never claimed to be above such things)
-t - Oct 05, 2017 10:13:00 am PDT #24794 of 28212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is Jane Aiken Hodge related to Joan Aiken?
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:18:39 am PDT #24795 of 28212
brillig
I don't think so, I've wondered that before.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2017 10:20:22 am PDT #24796 of 28212
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They are sisters. [link] With a brother John! Three kids, two consonants!
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:21:32 am PDT #24797 of 28212
brillig
Their father was Conrad Aiken! Wow.
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:25:39 am PDT #24798 of 28212
brillig
A Death in Two Parts is a really fun book. She started it sometime in the 60s and got bogged down, then found it in her papers in the early 2000s and finished it. She didn't rewrite the whole thing, left the first part as the typical "rescued by the cop who falls in love with her" thing, but the second half is a lot more cynical. Her introduction to it is a great commentary on how romances have changed.
bennett - Oct 05, 2017 10:51:12 am PDT #24799 of 28212
Jane Aiken Hodge wrote more gothic romances - spooky castles, governesses, etc. - as I recall. Mary Stewart wrote more romantic suspense, except for Nine Coaches Waiting. I'm really looking forward to this reread.