What I'm Reading Wednesday

[lost_spook]

What I've Finished ReadingMostly Regencies! I was taken to a different library by a friend and it was full of them, what could I do? They're reading candyfloss and I can't help it, even though I know I'm the wrong person to read them because whatever it is I'm after, they're not quite it. Still mostly fun, though. I just wish the latest one

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Re: some meta abt Regencies

[lost_spook]

I'd also decided that most of them take place in a Regency theme park. It seems to be the best explanation! :-)

I think some of the authors have clearly done quite a lot of research, but nobody at editing level is worrying about it. In some ways, they're all not quite what I'm after and I almost prefer the ones that are pure fluff - at least they are what they are! The more modern ones tend to be longer and more lively and fluffier, the older ones tend to be shorter and sometimes a little more correct, but often sadly less lively. I have noticed that some of the Mills & Boon authors (Harlequin over here) are better in many ways than the big romance names, but it varies a lot. I don't list the names here, because it would unfair to pick on anyone for random things, really. Romance gets enough criticism from everybody without me joining in. But the Regencies do work as mercifully easy reading, so I will keep picking one up every now and then.

Thanks for the links! I'm really just dependent on what I pick up in the library or charity shops, though.

Re: some meta abt Regencies

[acciochocolate]

Glad to be of help! Barbara Metzger wrote the wittiest farces ever. :) A lot of the short story collections have amusing tales; I loved the kitten series from Zebra. I now understand yr reluctance to mention names; romance is put down by those who also dislike things like any genre stories or cosplay or fanfiction or filking. Boring people, in other words. LOL!