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Non-comfort reading
In preparation for the journey, I made a brief visit to Barnes and Noble this afternoon. While there, I took the courageous decision to read things I don't normally read. All my purchases thus came from the various genre aisles that I normally eschew in favour of 'fiction/literature'.
My first stop was Romance where I found 'The Spymaster's Lady' by Joanna Bourne. I've read bits of this on Absolute Write and liked it, and I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moonette1 also enjoyed it, so I have quite high hopes for that one.
Next, I took a deep breath, thought ofrhetoretician and turned into the SF/F aisle. Scary! I know there are people who find bookshops in general to be scary and panic-inducing places and I suddenly found myself having a lot of sympathy for them. The only book I recognised was 'The Princess Bride'. Most of the books had covers so awful that I couldn't even bring myself to read the blurb. I kept imagining what these publishers might do to 'Anat'. Finally I saw a familiar name - Lois McMaster Bujold - and clung to it in relief. I know some of my flist read and enjoy her books and, if nothing else, I'll be able to read more of ankaret's stories. I wanted 'A Civil Campaign' because of the Heyer links but they didn't have it, so I got 'Young Miles' which I think is a compendium of three novels.
Breathing a deep sigh of relief, I went to more familiar territory - the Crime section. I found an Amelia Peabody I haven't read and I was very pleased to also find 'Die for Love' whichgirlspell had recommended. I shall enjoy imagining stmargarets among all the romance writers.
I'll probably slip in a couple ofankaret's M&B's too. So now I'm all set. Well, I still have to pack...
My first stop was Romance where I found 'The Spymaster's Lady' by Joanna Bourne. I've read bits of this on Absolute Write and liked it, and I think
moonette1 also enjoyed it, so I have quite high hopes for that one.Next, I took a deep breath, thought of
rhetoretician and turned into the SF/F aisle. Scary! I know there are people who find bookshops in general to be scary and panic-inducing places and I suddenly found myself having a lot of sympathy for them. The only book I recognised was 'The Princess Bride'. Most of the books had covers so awful that I couldn't even bring myself to read the blurb. I kept imagining what these publishers might do to 'Anat'. Finally I saw a familiar name - Lois McMaster Bujold - and clung to it in relief. I know some of my flist read and enjoy her books and, if nothing else, I'll be able to read more of ankaret's stories. I wanted 'A Civil Campaign' because of the Heyer links but they didn't have it, so I got 'Young Miles' which I think is a compendium of three novels.Breathing a deep sigh of relief, I went to more familiar territory - the Crime section. I found an Amelia Peabody I haven't read and I was very pleased to also find 'Die for Love' which
girlspell had recommended. I shall enjoy imagining stmargarets among all the romance writers.I'll probably slip in a couple of
ankaret's M&B's too. So now I'm all set. Well, I still have to pack...
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And, of course, forty-something women knew absolutely nothing, had never studied anything, didn't read anything and just listend to Richard Clayderman.