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by SB Sarah • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 04:57 AM
SB Reader Lindsey wrote:
my name is lindsey and i have come to seek your knowledge. i am interested in learning more about 1930’s and 40’s romance novels. The ones my grandma used to read. When she died some short-sighted relative through out her extensive collection of old adventure romance books, and now i want to know about them. she was also a big communist, so i wonder about the connection there. do you know anything about this? any tips on where i might begin to look? im also interested in secondary sources about adventure-romance (since i am a geeky academic). can you smart bitches help me out?
Far be it from me to draw the line connecting adventure romance of the 40’s to Communism, but hey, my father in law works for the Jewish socialists so I’ll ask him tonight. Either way - anyone got any titles or authors for Lindsey to look up?
I have to say, going back to look up the popular literature that your grandparents might have read is a fine idea. I’m seeing my grandmother on Sunday (OH, the joys of having two, no, THREE faiths in one marriage) and I know she loves Wodehouse and Trollope but I wonder if she indulged in the Catherine Coulters of her day.
Leave your answers in the comments, and if you are celebrating Pesach this evening, Chag Sameach!
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by SB Sarah • Tuesday, February 07, 2006 at 05:04 AM
Bitchery reader Anon asks, “Please don’t let the Good Shit section languish in obscurity! It’s been wonderfully helpful. Could I entreat the Bitchery to solicit Sage Advice on the subject of fantasy and sci-fi with interesting relationships between hero and heroine?
Here’s my shelf to get things started:
Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with Cordelia’s Honor and all the way
through the Miles Naismith series, also the Chalion series
Doris Egan, Ivory trilogy
R.A. MacAvoy, The Grey Horse and Book of the Kells
Sharon Miller and Steve Lee, Liaden books
Sharon Shinn, Archangel series
Megan Whalen Turner, Queen of Attolia
Caroline Stevermer, A College of Magics
Martha Wells, Wheel of the Infinite
The only problem with all of these books is that I’ve read them so very
many times, and I’d love new suggestions!”
So, you request, we respond! I’m going to open this up to SciFi & Fantasy romance - bring on your recommendations, and if that’s too broad a category, we can narrow it down when we post the final tally.
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by Candy • Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at 11:26 AM
Behold! More recommendations from our lovely and immensely well-read readers. Also of possible interest: I’ve also updated the Vampire Romance recommendation list.
recommends the first few books in Catherine Coulter’s FBI series.
recommends pretty much everything Suzanne Brockmann has written, especially her Navy SEAL books, but in she likes these in particular:
- Get Lucky
- The Admiral’s Bride
- Harvard’s Education
- Out of Control
- Over the Edge
AngieW recommends:
- Catherine Coulter’s FBI series, except for the last book. The Maze is her favorite.
- Decoy by Jasmine Creswell
- The “In Death” series by J.D. Robb
- The early Navy SEAL books by Suzanne Brockmann
- Susan Andersen, especially Be My Baby
- Getting Rid of Bradley and What The Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie
- Dream Man, Kill and Tell and All The Queen’s Men by Linda Howard
- Elizabeth Lowell, especially Tell Me No Lies
- Brenda Joyce’s Deadly series
- Loaded by Shari Shattuck
Shannon recommends:
- Suzanne Brockmann’s SEAL books, and she prefers the ”Tall, Dark and Dangerous” series over the ”Troubleshooter” series.
- Catherine Mann’s Wingmen Warriors series, and Grayson’s Surrender in particular
Amanda recommends Suzanne Brockmann and Cathie Linz’s Men of Honor series.
Candy recommends Getting Rid of Bradley and What The Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie.
Nicole recommends:
- Christina Skye’s SEALs series: Code Name: Nanny, Code Name: Princess, and Hot Pursuit
- Alison Kent’s SG-5 series: The Bane Affair, The Shaughnessy Accord, The Samms Agenda, The Beach Alibi, The McKenzie Artifact
- Gennita Low: The Protector
- Joanne Rock (Harlequin Blazes): His Wicked Ways and Silk Confessions
- Dana Marton (Harlequin Intrigues): Shadow Soldier and Secret Soldier
recommends
Gail recommends:
- Catherine Mann
- Suzanne Brockmann
- Merline Lovelace in general, and Duty and Dishonor in particular
- Vicki Hinze, especially Acts of Honor
- Susan Andersen, especially Be My Baby
- Michele Jerott/Michele Albert, especially Getting Her Man and Off Limits
- Still Mr. & Mrs. by Mary McBride
Mary recommends the following books by Merline Lovelace:
- Single Titles about the Military: Call of Duty, Duty and Dishonor, Line of Duty
- Code Name Danger, a series about spies: Night of the Jaguar, The Cowboy and the Cossack, Undercover Man, Perfect Double, Hot as Ice
Texas Hero, To Love a Thief - Olga Bicos: Perfect Timing
- Suzanne Forster: Blush and Innocence (spies)
- Tami Hoag: Night Sins (FBI)
And also:
recommends Exposure by Susan Andersen and Loaded by Shari Shattuck.
Maili recommends:
- Theresa Weir’s Bad Karma
- Marilyn Pappano’s Murphy’s Law
- Debra Dixon’s Bad to the Bone
- Michele Jerott’s Absolute Trouble
- Sandra Canfield/Karen Keast’s Conquer the Night
- Nikki Camden’s The Nekkid Truth
cw recommends:
- Doranna Durgin’s novella in Femme Fatale
- Nora Robert’s NIGHTSHADE
- Sandra Brown’s Fat Tuesday
- Stephanie Doyle’s Calculated Risk (HEA implied)
- Linda Howard’s Midnight Rainbow, Diamond Bay, and “Blue Moon”
recommends an anthology called In Love and War, especially Merline Lovelace’s “A Military Affair.”
recommends Kathryn Shay’s Hidden Cove series: After the Fire, On the Line, and Nothing More to Lose, as well as Promises to Keep.
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by SB Sarah • Friday, November 11, 2005 at 11:01 AM
Last night was our first night with the baby, and aside from moments of, “Are we doing this right?!” and “Are we ever going to sleep again?” we did ok. Hubby and I were a team, and even at six in the morning when we had to change our sheets because someone hosed them down in his own special sauce, and then feed, and then change again, and then get back in bed, lather rinse repeat, we still managed to keep our sense of humor. And we’re tired but happy this morning.
Without delving into TMI territory, I have to say that seeing my own husband, whom I’ve known since high school when we were 17, become a father and handle the responsibility and the change with affable grace is really freaking sexy. I mean, no sex for me for at least a month and a half, but still, yowza! Men who manage fatherhood happily - that’s some yummy right there.
So last night while I was trying to get back to sleep, which was surprisingly difficult after the change/pee/sheets/pee/change/feed/change hour of madness, I started making a mental list of the romance heroes that I’ve read about that were sexy fathers as well, possibly during the course of the story. It’s probably hormones, but I couldn’t think of more than a few. One of Hubby’s fatherhood books, the one I am totally jealous of because it is better than all the other books I have put together, talks at length about the stereotype of inept fatherhood, and how men are more likely to be portrayed as bumbling fools when it comes to being a dad, instead of as able caregivers who can change diapers and do laundry and not suffer any loss of their manhood. Am I suffering from a black hole in my memory, or is few and far between to find a hero who is also an able, caring father?
Aside from the “secret baby” genre, what books are out there that you liked that featured strong, sexy fathers as heroes? Consider this an open call for the “Father Genre” - what books do you recommend?
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by SB Sarah • Tuesday, October 04, 2005 at 10:12 AM
First, l’Shana Tova to all our Jewish readers. Since it’s Rosh Hashana, I am required by Jewish law to visit all the relatives and eat all of their food. At nine months pregnant, I am up to the task. But before I go, a question inspired by the discussion of the origins of romance:
What do you consider the Classics of romance? If you were, say, designing a course around the origins of the romance novel, or were looking to trace the finest examples of romance backwards through the library, what books would you choose?
On my list, which I’m still mentally building: Evelina by Fanny Burney, and Pride & Prejudice (particularly if Colin Firth is reading or at least featured prominently on the cover - yowsa!) certainly fill the bottom of the rotation, but picking my 20th century examples is going to be hard.
At least I have ideas for a list to make in the car!
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