Discussion Post #2

[torigates]

It's that time again, folks!

Before we get to the fun stuff, I just want to say that empressearwig and I are thrilled at the number of people who have joined and are participating in this comm! Keep it up, we love it

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[empressearwig]

My favorite Halloween costume was either Jem (of Jem and the Holograms) or Princess Leia. I'm an 80's baby, what can I say.

I read/and or finished three new/newish releases this week! Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas, The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig, and Great House by Nicole Krauss. I liked CEaFH a lot more than Kleypas's previous contemporary titles, but I'm glad I didn't buy it because it's way too short for a hardcover release. And TMotM was everything I could have ever wanted in a romance for Turnip and now I'm dying for the next official book in the series that's coming out in January.

Also, on a scale of one to ten, how dumb am I for planning to take the second day of NaNo off to read? Look, I've been waiting for the release of the new Nora Roberts book since April. I can't not buy it and read it the day it comes out.

[katayla]

I actually tend to like historicals better! Have you read Georgette Heyer? I think Lauren Willig has inspired me to get back into her.

Oh yeah! I used to read on the bus and there were plenty of "Well, now I have to finish it!" days.

[empressearwig]

I've tried Heyer in the past and didn't love her, but I want to try again. Which one should I start with?

Those are the best kind of days, really.

[katayla]

The Grand Sophy is the one most people recommend, though I started with Cotillion and really enjoyed that. The thing with her, is she kind of wrote several different genres? Like, she wrote these . . . thrillers, almost, and those don't work for me, but I love her pure romances.

[empressearwig]

I think the one I read first was Friday's Child? I know I have to give her a second chance since she's considered required reading for so many chick lit/romance writers.

[katayla]

I haven't read that one yet, but it's on my shelf. She's probably worth a second chance, depending on how much you've already read of her, but I know one of my other friends who reads a lot of romance couldn't get into her. And I'm more of a sporadic romance reader (well, sporadic every genre reader), so IDK. Maybe it's one of those weird things where it works better if you're not as familiar with her modern equivalents?

[empressearwig]

That could definitely be the case. But I'm going to go into a second try with an open mind. I mean, I WANT to like her, which sometimes helps, lol.

[katayla]

Definitely! And at least, either way, you'll know you HAVE given her a good try.

[theepiccek]

I almost went as Jem this year (not even a kid of the 80's - just a fan haha)