Because sometimes a girl just needs a break from lit-tra-cher

[annathepiper]

I have a confession to make.

I like Elizabeth Lowell books. Specifically, her Rarities Unlimited series, and her Donovans series. I like reading about big, competent, handsome, tough guys and strikingly beautiful, stunningly intelligent women on suspenseful hunts for rare and valuable items, dodging bullets and murder attempts while they're alternating between smooching one another senseless and driving each other batshit with the clashes of their wills and tempers.

There. I've said it. And I'll SAY IT AGAIN IF I HAVE TO!

And I read Tami Hoag and J.D. Robb, too!

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*gasp* You ... you... READER, you!

Hey, you should go to Writer's Weekend (http://www.writersweekend.com) this summer!

[annathepiper]

*peers at page*

Yes. Yes I probably should.

EEEEE!

[shadowhwk.livejournal.com]

Oh my god.

You read *romances*?

Oh. My. God!

:)

Yes, come to Writer's Weekend. You know you want to. All the cool kids are doing it.

[annathepiper]

<AA Voice> Hi, my name is Anna and I read ROMANCE NOVELS! </AA Voice>

*peers at page some more* Damn, that looks too good to pass up. And I'm given to understand one needs to learn how to network in the writing biz. I remember this getting passingly mentioned on McAnallys, too; I see Jim's gonna be there, and Kit is speaking! O.O

[fezabel.livejournal.com]

I read pretty much anything that comes my way. I've been known to read a Nora Roberts book followed by Dickens or other 'serious' stuff. It's all about enjoyment and being happy. =)

I love J.D. Robb. I have every single book.*g*

[annathepiper]

I am, indeed, a voracious reader. There's only one book in the world that I just could not make myself finish--there are books that have come close, but only one which made me want to hurl the book across the room, hunt down the author, and shriek at her, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"

*giggle* The J.D. Robb series is total potato-chip fiction, ain't it? No nutritional value whatsoever, but you can't read just one. ;D

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" mysteries? ("One for the Money", etc...)?

I'll raise my hand proudly with yours! I read some romance, J.D. Robb, Janet Evanovich, and some Jennifer Cruise. Alongside Nin, Miller, etc...

I Never Pass Up A Good Mystery

[apel.livejournal.com]

*puts in Amazon shopping basket*

[annathepiper]

Haven't read those, no. :)

Now, granted, I tend to focus on 'romantic suspense' as my flavor of preferred romance novels. But I guiltily read a few of the ones in the stock when lyricae and tinlail still had their bookstore, which was overflowing with romance novels. ;)

*mumble* I even bought a couple *mumble*...

But still, and let's get real here, they're ROMANCE NOVELS, even if they say 'Romantic Suspense' or 'Fiction' on the spine and are way better written than any of the formulaic series books that are well up into the thousands now.

But boy, is it weird to have gone back and read Tami Hoag's really early books, which were actual romance novels as opposed to romantic suspense.

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

Evanovich is definately "romantic suspense". I really enjoy that genre now that I know about it. I prefer my romance to have some other element to it, particularily the supernatural (see Pam Binder's "The Inscription", for instance).

Give Stephanie Plum a try. I laugh out loud in public quite often when reading them, they're actually romantic suspense/comedy.

[annathepiper]

I like the Romantic Suspense genre a lot. Tami Hoag is very, VERY good at it; plus, I just had to giggle when the first book I ever read by her, Night Sins, had a hero that resembled Harrison Ford. ;D

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll keep an eye out for Evanovich!

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

And I shall have to check out Tami Hoag! More books....sigh...too little time.

[annathepiper]

I hear you, babe. :) (And what am I doing but trying to read a novel I've already read in a foreign language? But well hey...)

I did just get the latest Elizabeth Peters paperback too, though, and I'm looking very much forward to reading that. :D

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

LOL! Based on what you'd mentioned, I was going to ask if you read Elizabeth Peters. For me to read any romance, it has to be strong, intelligent woman meets strong, intelligent man. The Da Vinci Code meets that requirement and is a hoot besides. Um, and how about Robin Hobb? Mostly a cool fantasy world, but some interesting romance bits too.

But then, what do I know? I'll read cereal boxes and warranty cards and.... ;)

Cathy

[annathepiper]

I LOVE Elizabeth Peters. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Elizabeth Peters. Especially the Amelia Peabody series. :D

I also have all the book she's written under the name of Barbara Michaels, too! I've loved those books since I first discovered them way back in high school. I am a HUGE sucker for Gothic romance, I am, and Barbara Michaels was the author that sold me on it.