Comments on: Let’s Talk Classic Romance!

By: CindyAnne

CindyAnne — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:48:52 +0000

Hi! This is my first visit here, and I must say, I know I’ll be back! I vicariously enjoyed reading everyone’s rememberances. (is that a word?) Anyway, I am looking for a book and perhaps someone here can help. It is for a dear friend and I vaguely remember the cover. (It looked like it was done in watercolors, with an embossed symbol - astrological? in the middle and in the lower right corner were like mer-people in a jade color. It felt like water to look at it. If that makes sense.) It is classified sci-fi/fantasy/romance, published somewhere around 1991-2001, similar in style and content to “House of Scorpio”. I sure hope someone can remember the author or remembers it, so that I don’t feel like I dreamed it all up. Thank you so much for your time.

By: Laura T. Brooks

Laura T. Brooks — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:48:00 +0000

Hello,

I love romance/fantasy and have for years. I am hoping that some of you or one of you has remembered reading the following.

I am looking for a fantasy/romance. It involves Pisces/mermaids/mermen and a war with a dark mage Capricorn/Sagittarius on top of a mountain. The first chapter is with these beautiful silver-haired merfolk and their breathtaking kingdom. They are lovers. Chapter Two-the evil mage on the mountain separates the lovers and tries to destroy the beautiful kingdom under the sea.

Chapter Three: It’s a kind of Astrological war between the Pisces signs (merfolk) and the Sagittarius/Cancer people.

I can’t remember the names of the characters, author, publisher, name of the book or anything else about it.

Except the cover. Beautiful blues, greens, lavender; a kind of pastel rainbow on a soft sea. There were two merfolk swimming with white hair. It was such a gorgeous book. I loved it and got rid of it. Now I want it back.

Does anyone remember?

Thanks
8Belles

By: Paula R.

Paula R. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:29:20 +0000

I loved Gabaldon’s books too…I have them all…well, all the ones that is in some way related to Claire and Jaime…

Peace and love,’
Paula R.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:44:38 +0000

I remember the first romances I ever read. I was a freshman in high school and I had this friend Missy who was hooked. She kept getting me book themed gifts and since i LOVED to read, I gave them a try. The first books I ever read were Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and the Jude Deveraux novels. The very first JD I remember reading was “A Knight in Shining Armor”. I also vividly remember the “Lady” trilogy and how the men were so arrogant I wanted to throttle them until they came to their senses in like the last 2 chapters.

Of course, I’ve since moved on to contemporaries, Harlequins and definitely paranormals, but I’ll always remember my “firsts”.

By: Paula R.

Paula R. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:15:11 +0000

Leslie, great topic…I started reading romance when I was around 10 or 11…my mom used to read Mills & Boone…I think it was a precursor to Harlequin and I would read with her…can’t remember the titles of many books, but I remember some of the authors…Anne Mather, Betty Neels, Anne MacAllister, Diane Palmer, Linda Jackson…that’s all I could think of right now…my fav was Betty Neels and Anne Mather…I also read Shanna, it was one of my favorites for a very long time…then I discovered Harlequin Superromances while I was in 6th grade…I would read about 6 books every three or four days…It is a miracle I got any school work done…Then Jude Devereaux, entered my life…started with Highland Velvet, Velvet Song and there is another one, can’t remember…My fav by her was Knight in Shining Armor…I then got into Danielle Steele, prefere her older stuff and later Joanna Lindsay came along and I read Silver Angel…I think, not certain, she wrote that one…

This topic really threw me back…I can even remember going to the library, back when I actually went there to borrow books…to pick up my books…I had a problem though…If I liked the book, I didn’t give them back…I know that was bad of me, but what I would do was take 8 or 10 of my mom’s Harlequin (small ones) and give them to the library in exchange for the three or four that I kept…my mom didn’t figure anything out, because she never re-read books…If I didn’t like them, they were prime replacements for those I kept from the library…Victoria Holt and Barbara Cartland were authors that I liked too…

I could go on and on, but as you can see…it is late…talk to you all later…

Peace and love,
Paula R.

By: bluecat

bluecat — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:31:47 +0000

Leslie and Bruce, I wish I had kept all those books, or even had a list. The books were traded for other books, sold at yard sales, and given away over the years. I forgot to add that among that first set of books was Johanna Lindsay’s Captive. It was the first of her books I ever read.

By: katie

katie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:03 +0000

Oh My Gosh, I forgot about the Sweet Valley High books…I loved those….(don’t tell anyone I told you), but my college roommie used to still read those (in college). Danielle Steele….loved her too when I was overseas….got my mom hooked on those (she still reads them)…too tame for me, now…that sounds really bad….I just got for Christmas (seriously, I just put them on my wish list when I saw it) the Danielle Steele movies from the 80s…love them still, big shoulder pads and all!

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:06:09 +0000

I think I checked out every Harlequin Romance in the local library twice! I too started reading romance when I was about 12. I never stopped loving them and now I write them. Who knew? :unlove: :unlove:

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:34:01 +0000

I was young but I was reading teen romance like sweet valley high but I did read some Danielle Steele.I even wanted to write my own book I would sit down and start and then think how did they get the books so long I still have a folder with all of my writings.this lasted untill 18 then I went to cosmetology school and by the time I was 21 I had moved from my small town and made up for lost time in the real dating scene then I settled down and had kids so the time to read with working and a family wasn’t there (besides gossip magazines) lol after moving to Florida I had stopped working and my kids were older so I found myself looking in the book section at walmart I had bought books before thinking I would find time so I wasn’t convinced I’d actually read the book once I did I couldn’t stop I have been reading non stop it was like the dam burst and the love I had for reading came flooding through I read almost 1 book every 2 days. I have been going through authors and reading everything they have written. and have written a little too.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:29:14 +0000

Yeah, but for how much???

Welcome, Mia!

katie, we love you, too!