Comments on: Classic Romances

By: Gratis Speicher

Gratis Speicher — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:19:11 +0000

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By: karen

karen — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:28:16 +0000

Early Julie Garwood books The Lions Lady and The Bride are classics for me.

By: kathy

kathy — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:02:41 +0000

Also the “Wolf and the Dove” and “Thrall of Love”. What I wouldn’t give for Morgan and Cat to have their own story!

By: HeatherS AAR

HeatherS AAR — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:35:37 +0000

I’ve always thought of a cult classic as having a small but extremely devoted following while a classic has a broader audience.

I’d consider The Flame and The Flower a classic as well. Much like Whitney My Love, for better or worse it leaves an impression.

I treat most of my older romances like failed relationships. It’s best for me to look upon them with nostalgia and not revisit them.

By: melinda

melinda — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:06:18 +0000

I got mine (Windflower) from Half.com – totally enjoyed it. Yes, I agree it’s a cult classic, especially for that *totally unique* prose you referenced – I finally decided they must have written part, if not all, tongue in cheek. I actually laughed out loud several times when it went over the top: one of the metaphors was how Merry recovered from something and was likened to an upholstered chair. Heh heh, get it? Recovered? They couldn’t have been serious when they wrote that!!

I think it is the very definition of cult classic.

By: xina

xina — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:17:23 +0000

P>xina – I didn’t realize that the old J. McNaught’s aren’t available digitally. Weird. But then again, she’s been off the radar for a while.

She has a few titles published digitally, but only her new books. So...at some level she must be aware of e-books. Too bad her publisher couldn't push it through. I don't know how it works, but I for one would want them on my e-reader. I loved those older books!

By: Jean Wan

Jean Wan — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:27:14 +0000

Leigh – Tastes definitely change, even the ones that used to be absolute favourites. I re-read “The Redemption of Althalus” by David Eddings, which used to be one of my favourite fantasies, a few months ago, and I was shocked by my different perception this time round, after a hiatus of a few years.

Judy – It was because of the DIK that I picked it up a few years ago, before I joined AAR. If you find the Windflower at the trade paperback store (do you mean used bookstore?), then I congratulate you. Seriously. I have been looking high and low, in nooks and crannies, just on the off chance of finding it, and I finally gave up.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:32:19 +0000

Jean:
I checked and “Hummingbird” got AAR DIK status from Ellen M. I hope you will give a re-read and see if you feel differently about it now. I want to read The Windflower if I can find it at the trade paperback store I frequent.

By: Moriah Jovan

Moriah Jovan — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:53:49 +0000

I can’t believe Moriah and xina both have the Windflower, and have resisted reading it.

I have “oooh, shiny!” disease. It gets lost in the shuffle of every new distraction. Today I’m cutting the falling-down headliner out of my Granny Car.

Also? If a mod could fix my bad HTML in my comment above, I’d be ever so grateful!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:18:56 +0000

I rarely re-read the older books. . . It makes me think badly of myself. Seeing how the hero treats the heroine make me wonder how I would ever think that that type of behavior is acceptable.

And looking back on my taste years ago, I picked the more melodramatic books. . . maybe that is why I rarely read them now.

Classic books can be the best of that particular time period. . or they can be books that stand the test of time. I tend to think of them as books that stand the test of time. Cult books, to me are books that have a large following. . . similar to movies, like Rocky Horror Picture show. . . or at least everyone has heard of the book, whether they have read it or not.