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Review: The Road Beneath Me by Jessica Blair

by on March 14, 2013 · 0 comments

in 3 Stars, A-C, ARC, Gothic, Guest Reviews, Highlander

Reviewed by Sandra Scholes Jessica Blair is a well-known author of almost seventy books written under several pseudonyms; The Restless Spirit, Reach For Tomorrow, The Restless Heart, Storm Bay, A Distant Harbour, and The Seaweed Gatherers. In her new novel, The Road Beneath Me, Kate Swan is thrown out of the house by her father [...]

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Defining the Genre: Gothic Romance

by on September 26, 2011 · 7 comments

in Cursed Lead, Defining the Genre, Gothic, Jane Austen, Suspense/Thriller, Widow or Widower

Gothic romance is a genre you can’t find all too easily today. It was a popular genre a few decades ago and lovers of this romance sub-genre will have to troll secondhand bookstores to find titles. Classics of this genre are novels such as Wuthering Heights and Scarlet Letter. Well known authors of Gothic romance/horror [...]

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The Brontë Sisters by historygirlsthe

by on May 27, 2011 · 0 comments

in Music and Video

Thanks to @NotAnotherRBlog for this link! Made my night!

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Romantic Classics and Why I Prefer Them in Film

by on November 16, 2010 · 10 comments

in About, Poll

Much of my contact with romantic classics was in high school. It seems odd as a lover of romance novels to prefer most of them in film over the book. In part, I blame forced reading in classes. As Orson Scott Card says, “No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.” To date I’ve [...]

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Review: The List by Carmen Shirkey

by on October 20, 2010 · 5 comments

in 4 Stars, ARC, Comedy of Manners, Contemporary, Entrepreneur, Mistaken Identity, S-U, United States of America

I recently got my hands on an ARC copy of the List by debut novelist Carmen Shirkey. ARCs are one of the best things about being a reviewer, because you get a chance to see behind the scenes. My ARC had five chapter twenty-threes, and this lovable quirk fit right in with the heroine (though [...]

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Reader Highlight with Katiebabs

by on April 4, 2010 · 10 comments

in Reader Highlights

Keira: You write and run Babbling About Books, and More! Tell me, what is your favorite aspect of blogging and what posts do you think people shouldn’t overlook when they visit your blog? KB: I love the interactions the blogging community has. It’s a great way to be vocal, as well as learn new things [...]

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