Well, I can't say that I never read romance novels, because that would be a complete lie. I certainly don't consider myself too good to read them, or anything else for that matter. Those of you who know me know that I read almost anything that comes along. And, in need of a book, a formulaic romance is as time killing as anything and requires no real mental effort.
I also read the same book over again, sometimes because I re-bought it in a new cover (Argh - there is a book budget after all!!) and sometimes because it happens to be handy and I DON'T HAVE A BOOK! That is the real crux of things, not having a book can be critical in a lot of situations, like every time there's a waiting room involved.
However, the point of this little diatribe is that I found a perfectly lovely little novel at Third Place Books on the SF/Fantasy cart that had a little magic, a little more lust than necessary, but not gagging, and some quality of story (that means I wanted to finish it, as opposed to not caring).
Soooo, I went looking at Half Price ( I know, but it's close and I was just looking) for some more by the same author, and got an bit of new information. There is (maybe nowhere else) a category called "Paranormal Romance", I mean shelf labels and everything, a whole row! I was stunned.
I did discover that most of them involved vampires which is probably why I've not been in that area before, and the only other volume that they had by the author I was looking for was #3 in another series.
Oh well, it's a long weekend, I may get to Third Place or Village Books.
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Paranormal romance is definitely a big seller right now, even if there isn't a shelf tag for it in most stores. And yes, most of it is most definitely Vampmance.
ReplyDeleteWEll, no vamps for me, bu tI do like magic. And, I've read fantasy off and on for years, swords and scorcery and such, and through in space and there you go.
ReplyDeleteDid you know I worked for Half Price? In Minnesota. It's really not a half-bad company, and it is privately owned so you're not feeding a huge corporation there. I've met the owner and her late husband. She's intense, but she listens.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, there's nothing wrong with paranormal romance, or straight-up romance for that matter. You might look at Stella Cameron's new trilogy. Not a vampire to be seen, but a lot of psychic and magic type stuff.
For fantasy, you might look at Patricia McKillip (who always makes me want to write, I love the way she uses words), or Peter Beagle or. . .well, I'll come up with other names and send them with Lillian.
I did not know that! I like Half Price, especially the clearance racks (OK, I'll be honest, I like almost all clearance racks). As you know, I am partial to indie's and it's nice to know about H-P because I had assumed otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI've gotten sidetracked form mysteries for a bit and have been reading Ilona Andrews and Adrian Phoenix, and in hte past have read Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edgehill, Andre Norton and lots of other Sfantasy, even Peter Beagle. Now I'm looking forward to trying Stella Cameron and Patricia McKillip.
Thanks so much for the suggestions ~ as you know so many books, so little time!!