Book Spree
Haven't done any reading in the last two days, but I have done my part to keep the American economy at a full boil by purchasing the following:
1. Goddess of Light, by PC Cast
2.Beyond Sunrise, by Candice Proctor
3.The Last Knight, by Candice Proctor
4.The Selkie, by Charles Sheffield & David Bischoff
5.Dinner with Persephone, by Patricia Storage
The first three are, obviously, romances. Number four is an horror novel, pubbed in 1982. I read a few pages here & there & was hooked. Number five is a memoir of a year lived in Greece written by a published poet & essayist. I opened it to a scene where she is buying a newspaper at her neighborhood kiosk & the vendor tells her (paraphrasing here) 'the newspaper is cheap but practicing your Greek is expensive.'
I was really bummed though. I wanted to buy some of Gena Showalter's books (I only have The Pleasure Slave), but I didn't find any. Off to Amazon again!
3 comments:
I loved both the Protor books! You are in for a treat.
You seem to be a very prolific reader and I have a suggestion for you that you might not have heard of before... Waiting for White Horses by Nathan Jorgenson. It's published by some independent publisher in Minnesota so it's pretty much below the radar but from what I hear it's creating quite stir. Hope you give it a look, it's definetly worth it if you want to laugh and cry while reading the same book!
Anne E. & Kristie(J)- Can't wait to read the Proctor books. She's always mentioned in the Keeper lists.
Anne E.- re your entry: you don't sound snippy at all & I agree that there seem to be many in the romance community who don't read outside the genre "because ____ is too depressing". WTF??! Jeezz.
Romance, IMO, is too hung up with required conventions & too accepting of sloppy writing to become 'more accepted'. Romances can't even get a straight review without the reviewer being shot full of holes unless it's a fangirl review. The sex aspect of it is only one facet, IMO. Mainstream lit press is a long way from accepting romance in from the cold. The romance community shoots themselves in the foot with all of this whining & tantruming. Start by demanding a higher standard of writing & accpet/seek critical reviews. Then we'll talk.
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