Non-comfort reading

[girlyswot]

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 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...

Comments

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Georgette Heyer =/= Romance with a capital R. Heyer = fluff; Romance = smuff. Heyer is usually shelved under general fiction/literature. People in the romance aisle expect sex in their books.

I have limited reading habits too. And a tendency to sneer at genre fiction which I am trying to overcome.

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

Heyer is filed into the romance section at our local bookshop (Borders). The aisle is quite scary because of the awful bookcovers. I hope Mary gets a nice picture on her book when she gets published. I don't actually buy Heyer - just borrow fromn the library when I feel the need. (Assuming someone else hasn't got them out first. *Fumes at the audacity of other library users!*) But sometimes I go and have a look at them!

Are you back in England yet?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Yes, I arrived yesterday amid galeforce winds - not the most pleasant landing. Our journey home was very nice and quiet because the M6 was closed just to the north where 3 lorries had overturned.