--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Debbi, if you're following this thread, > McCaffrey has written some > > > non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride > > > horses. Try _Ring of > > > Fear_ or _The Lady_, unless you absolutely can't > > > stand romances. :) <snip> > > But *romance novels*?!! With heaving bosoms and > manly > > pillars, straining bodices and "breeches moulded > to his calves"? Not me! ;) <grin> Maybe I should have used "<looks innocently at the ceiling>" rather than ";)" ... I _have_ read a few of those... > There are novels that aren't like the formulated > Harlequin romances, but > are still "romances" rather than some other sort of > novel. The > formulaic ones found in the "Romance Novels" > section, usually with way > more pink on the cover than anyone should really > want, hold no interest > for me, but ones that are reasonable novels in their > own right but have > that romantic slant to them are OK at times. (At > times.) <serious> I do enjoy historical romances that are well-researched, with an interesting story to tell (and not some jaded variation on "poor girl-who-is-hated-by-all-other-women-because-she's-ravishingly-beautiful becomes governess/milkmaid/cook for rich man, and then they fall into/on the bed/hay/table"). But if the story doesn't have characters I care about, decent approximations of people with conflicting goals, "warts" and genuine humor, like you I have no interest in it. And don't get me started on the "pink" thing! ;) Debbi What If The Yellowstone Wolfpacks Were Group Sentients Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
