Oh my.
Romance is everywhere. I mean, Patricia Gaffney went to "women's fiction," and they're still romances. They just don't "say" so. (Okay, The Saving Graces wasn't as much, but Flight Lessons? Totally a romance.)
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
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."
Amy - Aug 25, 2008 7:29:20 am PDT #7023 of 28392
Because books.
Steph L. - Aug 26, 2008 8:47:03 am PDT #7024 of 28392
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, I need something somewhat mindless -- but not *dumb* -- to read. Trashy and fun, but well-written.
Recommendations?
Amy - Aug 26, 2008 8:58:03 am PDT #7025 of 28392
Because books.
I wouldn't call them trashy, but you might like Holly Black's faerie books, Steph.
I always go for whatever Nora Roberts trilogy is out when I'm in that mood.
Scrappy - Aug 26, 2008 9:00:24 am PDT #7026 of 28392
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Any Georgette Heyer, but you might especially like These Old Shades or The Talsiman Ring.
Calli - Aug 26, 2008 9:03:30 am PDT #7027 of 28392
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've been reading Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Dark Hunter" series lately for my mindless fun. They're mostly set in New Orleans, she has women of larger size getting busy with hot men who think said women are the most gorgeous creatures ever, and her vampire/werewolf history is a bit different than the usual. I've only read 4 or 5 of the books, and I suspect that the 12-20 that she wrote sort of fade into a sameness. But it's a pro-women's sexuality sameness, by and large, so I'm giving it a Trashy Books Yay thumbs up.
They are a tad overly-heterocentric, though. I've been going online to read SGA slash fic as a palate cleanser.
Barb - Aug 26, 2008 9:04:22 am PDT #7028 of 28392
“Not dead yet!”
Anna McPartlin- Pack Up the Moon. It wasn't trashy and it actually starts out with a fair amount of pathos, but it wound up being a very fun read.
Oh, and if you want a historical, Victoria Dahl's A Rake's Guide to Pleasure
Jesse - Aug 26, 2008 9:06:57 am PDT #7029 of 28392
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For "chick lit," I like Marian Keyes a lot, but many of her books have a pretty dark center to them, so maybe not "trashy and fun" enough.
Amy - Aug 26, 2008 9:11:26 am PDT #7030 of 28392
Because books.
The first few of Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld books (werewolves at first, mostly) were good fun.
Gris - Aug 26, 2008 5:53:15 pm PDT #7031 of 28392
Hey. New board.
I'm about halfway through the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, Moon Called and am enjoying it. Definitely pretty mindless, but an interesting universe. If you're into lycanthropes.
meara - Aug 26, 2008 8:42:41 pm PDT #7032 of 28392
Oh, I really enjoyed Moon Called and that series--though the latest one, "Cry Wolf" (which was sort of...tangential? Same universe as Moon Called/Blood Bound/Iron Kissed, but only peripheral characters and set in a whole other location and issues) I didn't get as into. It was an interesting idea, but somehow I never really cared about the characters as much as I felt like I was supposed to. Or something. But I liked it--I wanted to read more about the setting and the characters, I just didn't especially care for that plot/book, somehow. If that makes any sense.
It's listed on Amazon as "Book 1" so I suppose I'll have the opportunity to read more. I think I'd rather read more of the Moon Called ones, but I'll read both, given the chance.
[edit: Hmm, and looking at reviews on Amazon, apparently the first part of this book was in an anthology somewhere, and maybe that explains why the pacing and plot/exposition seemed a little weird, somehow. Still a shame they didn't/couldn't rework it better when they turned it into a full novel. Ah well]