AAR 2004 Top 100
By AAR's estimation 41% of the titles are not historical fiction or time travel- so my numbers are skewed since I only read historical romances & paranormals within the romance genre. Of the historicals & time travels on their list, I discovered the following:
Titles in my TBR:
1.Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
2.Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
3.Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
4.Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
5.Thunder & Roses by MJP
6.For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale
7.Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
8.Mrs.Drew Plays Her Hand by Carla Kelly
Titles on my Keeper Shelves:
1.Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
2.Whitney My Love by Judith McNaught
3.Shattered Roses by MJP
4.The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
5.This is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
6.Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
7.One Good Turn by Carla Kelly
TItles I've Read & Traded:
1.Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
2.The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
3.Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke
4.Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
I read their analysis & I noticed several other things. Authors I've read, but not titles AAR lists: S. Brockmann & N. Roberts. Authors who made my DNF list or whose work I've read but disliked : J. Ivory, J. Garwood & J. Deveraux. Authors who are in my TBR, but not titles listed: G. Heyer, C. Brockway, J. Quinn & L. Chase. Most intriguing of all, the following authors were nominated for so many different tiles, not a single one made it onto the list: Jo Beverley, 63 votes for 20 titles; Anne Stuart, 43 votes for 23 titles; Joan Wolf 43 votes for 22 titles; Elizabeth Lowell, 39 votes for 20 titles; Joanna Lindsey, 35 votes for 6 titles & Liz Carlyle, 32 votes for 7 titles. Of that last list, I have at least one title by each author, except L. Carlyle, on my keeper shelves.
3 comments:
What?!?!?!? You haven't read Dreaming of You???
Well! You do know what this means don't you?
Of the titles you mentioned, I have in my TBR pile:
Lord of Scoundrels
I've read:
Flowers from the Storm
Dreaming of You
Summer to Remember
The Duke & I
This is All I Ask
Son of the Morning
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Outlander
And am actively pursuing:
Winter Garden
Jen
KristieJ- I shall read DOY next in your honor. I hope it lives up to its advance press. LOL ;)
Jen- I always seem to be behind on many of these 'classic' romances. I guess I'm too contarian for my own good.
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