Bitchin' Blog Posts
: Vintage
March 18, 2011 | Friday | 12 Comments
From Julianna comes this musical tribute to our favorite genre:
Link ahoy!.
Julianna says, “Hell, I’d read any of these…. I have gathered by surfing around that Fascinating Aida is a troupe of musical comediennes; some of their stuff is wistful, some arch, some filthily funny.” I’m with you. I’d read that first one, no question. Have a very creative weekend! Anyone able to tell what paperback the woman on stage right is reading? Looks like a vintage Harlequin to me!
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February 15, 2011 | Tuesday | 265 Comments
Yes, yes, it’s the 15th. But awhile back, Hubby and I decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 15th, rather than the 14th, and not because the candy’s on sale, though that’s a perfectly good reason. So this year, I’m doing something similar: we’re celebrating on the 15th - with vintage romances. I recently had an email from a reader, DM, who found a Laurie McBain title she’d loved years and years ago on sale in the bookstore’s romance section - and she was so very happy to be able to buy a new one, as her old copy was…
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June 23, 2010 | Wednesday | 8 Comments
Jill Shalvis (whose books I love like things that I love a lot) has an entry on her blog that’s full of warm fuzzy awesome: What terms of endearment do you love? And which do you love reading? Me, I’m totally up for calling Hubby “schnookums” or “thunderpants” but I doubt I’d read that in any romance novel. Second, from John, who rocks it hard in this blog entry, a cover. What do you think that erect tree in the background means? That THIS MAN is MAN ENOUGH to BREASTFEED? This link is a bit older - a week or…
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May 29, 2010 | Saturday | 55 Comments
So much awesome in the inbox, I can’t even tell you. Lisa sent me the following link to vintage men’s adventure magazines. After looking at the covers, would you rather face down: - weasels ripping your flesh - cannibal crabs crawling to kill - the red tide of death (Kotex makes something for that, I bet) - a battle with a giant otter - mad monkeys manning the lifeboats - an alligator who won’t give you back your arm - flying rodents ripping your flesh - being chewed to bits by giant turtles This is a very difficult choice. Think…
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April 20, 2010 | Tuesday | 46 Comments
Heather Osborn has the most awesomest bestest collection of vintage romance novels ever. I’m sure they carry their own insurance policy because they are THAT WICKED GOOD. She was kind enough to photograph a set of her favorites, and this is part three of a triple installment of cover art magnificence. Yes indeed, this is The Fatal Fortune by Jayne Castle aka Jayne Ann Krentz, 1986. And despite appearances the heroine is not covered in white…goo – the cover is a bit damaged. Sadly, I only have two of the Guinevere Jones books – and since I don’t believe in…
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January 20, 2010 | Wednesday | 34 Comments
Prince Joe is among the most beloved old categories. It’s a vintage Suzanne Brockmann, featuring her hallmark SEALs fighting terrorists while meeting up with fine noble women. When I mocked a bit of the novel on Twitter, the small taste of outrage that I would snark on Prince Joe leads me to believe that this review will not be too popular. Honestly, Prince Joe didn’t do it for me. Hark! A plot summary: Joe Catalanotto is a Navy SEAL who happens to look just like a selfish, boorish buttnoid of a prince of some small mythical country named -stan, and…
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November 20, 2009 | Friday | 23 Comments
It’s entry time: here are the finalists out of over 85 entries in the Harlequin Notables Contest. Two winners will get tote bags filled with one of every item in the Notable line, thanks to Flower Pot Press (yay!).
So get ready, and get set, and try not to be drinking anything while you read these.
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