I love to read. I have since I was in about 8th grade and my mom gave me my first Regency romance novel. (Romance novels were just about romance back then, not sex). I was hooked and have been ever since.
But lately I have had a rough time finding something to read (besides my beloved romance novels) that can keep me intrigued. For example:
Another 'Paranormal Teen Romance' (I read somewhere that the name of this genre is redundant- ha ha ha). It just kept going on and on without anything 'happening.' I gave up.
I didn't make it far through this book at all. Too much perversion, sex and swearing. Yuck! I wish someone had warned me.
This book seemed pointless. A man and woman are engaged and he cheats on her. I couldn't get into it, so I confess, I read some reviews on GoodReads to see if it was worth finishing. It wasn't. It ends badly- very badly.
I guess I ask too much of a book. I want decency, but also intrigue. I want romance, but I don't want to have to read the sex. I want gritty, but not bad language. I want to go somewhere and get there quickly. I want to be entertained and escape, but not somewhere depressing. (I can go watch the news if I want depressing).
"The good ended happily, the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means."- Oscar Wilde
If anyone has any great recommendations, I'm all ears...
3 comments:
I would suggest
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
I ditto everything you said and want in a book. That's why I pretty much stick to books in the Jr. section, or Pride and Prejudice (over and over).
What you need is a nice traditional regency without the sex or modern immorality--hey, that's what I write! Really, you'd probably enjoy my books, but please don't take my word for it (after all, I'm the author) but take a look at the reviews on Amazon and decide for yourself. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Beautiful blog, by the way.
Linore Rose Burkard
PS: Just Google my name or put it in the search box on Amazon and you'll see my titles. (Before the Season Ends, The House in Grosvenor Square, and The Country House Courtship).
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