It's Cover Snark, but Just one Book
Laura Clawson has written a spiffy defense of her own love of romance and posted it on Daily Kos, which… if you’re not familiar with it, I don’t quite know what to say. Knocking down the myths facing romance readers and the genre itself one by one, she does a bang-up job of addressing what frustrates her as a romance reader, and closes with the following: One of the key issues in judgments of the … Continue reading Daily Kos on Romance Novels
First, from Holly comes this link to Leif Peng’s Today’s Inspiration blog, and an absolutely amazing visual collection of Francis Marshall’s covers for Barbara Cartland’s novels. Holy smoke. “For one thing, all the girls have ‘manga eyes’, which is a signature mark of Barbara Cartland heroines, and makes them more unreal. For another, they´re all period costumes, and his background in fashion really shines through here. He is brilliant with the clothes, I find.” Seriously, … Continue reading Amazing Art
I totally had to Google “APRN” – I figured Accounts Payable Registered Nurse. Or Associated Press Registered Nurse, trained to treat the fallout of bad papercuts? But no – advance practice registered nurse. Live and learn – and maybe find this book for Eileen: [This] was one of the first romance stories I ever read, and I would just like to read it again at some point to figure out WHY the story has been … Continue reading HaBO: APRN in the West
So many people have written to me asking about the Dreamspinner ad running in our ad column. Some are dying to talk about it, some are asking me to create a thread just to discuss it, and some are absolutely turned off. What, a man with his pants down wearing some mistletoe around another area that may in fact be well hung is worth talking about? You bet your sweet bippy. So with the generosity … Continue reading Caption That Cover: Holiday Edition
This is SO cool: Ancestry.com has an article about the preservation of the marriage records of Gretna Green: Many self-appointed “priests” ran wedding shops in Gretna for those who wanted a quickie wedding, but one of the most famous was Graitney Hall. It was run first by David Lang, then his son Simon, and later by a family friend. The marriage registers kept by Lang and his successors between 1750 and 1834 contain the names … Continue reading Links of Awesome, Bummer, and Awesome Bummer
Lessons from a Scarlet Lady is a romance that features protagonists in a rather different way. Brianna is a newlywed duchess who wants a more passionate marriage. She finds a used copy of Lady Rothburg’s Advice, a book so salacious and so frank in its discussion of sex and sexual power that it was banned – so Brianna promptly brings it home to read so she can try to seduce her husband and crank the … Continue reading Lessons From a Scarlet Lady by Emma Wildes
First, from Liz: two words that should never have been combined into one title: The Romance of Proctology. Everyone on the earth has linked to this, but hey, what’s one more? Suppose you have many hours to spend, and you want to witness the exceptional flexibility of an author shooting herself in the foot while also stuffing her foot in her mouth? I think after this epic wtfery of a review for Electra Galaxy’s Mr. … Continue reading Random Links of Entertainment Value, Sans Angry Boner Man
Sarah writes in asking for help locating a novel inspired by another story: I am always amused by romance novels that swipe their plots from really famous classic movies. (“Fancy Free” by Catherine Anderson is a good example, from the anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss…… who didn’t know that was “inspired” by Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? Come on!) But there’s one I’ve been searching for for a very long time. I read it … Continue reading HaBO: Inspired by Story, With Added Skank
BoB’s Hanukkah contest – wherein BooksonBoard is giving away a Cybook Opus, a book light, and a $25 gift certificate to BooksonBoard to whomever wrote the best book pitch that featured a character named Bob, a Jewish holiday, and a reference to BooksonBoard. By an overwhelming number of votes, and with the laughing confirmation of Kana at BooksonBoard, we announce that The Playgirl Shikseh’s Virgin Dreidel Boy, by Kathlyn, is the winner – Happy Hanukkah … Continue reading Bob’s Hanukkah: The Winner!
Featuring every Harlequin author ever! Even the ones no longer on this mortal plain! Just kidding: but there’s an absolutely massive party going on tonight at the Harlequin community. There are chats going on all day to accommodate the authors in more awesome timezones (you know, the ones where it’s always happy hour THERE and not HERE), but tonight at 7pm EST the live chats begin at http://chat.eharlequin.com/ with different Harlequin authors joining in at … Continue reading Harlequin’s Community Open House
A few folks have written in to tell me that if you subscribe to the All Romance ebooks newsletter, each day this week until Christmas, there’s a link to a romance novel that’s free for the downloading and the buying. You do have to create an account, but I’ve done many a transaction with them and never had a problem. Plus, as Midknyt tells me, at the footer of the weekly newsletter is a random … Continue reading All Romance, Free Ebook
