tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post386829485889267416..comments2024-03-22T05:33:17.859+11:00Comments on Deanna's World: Have your reading habits and tastes changed over the years?Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16126833660091932854noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-38926519888659467152018-04-27T11:54:20.947+10:002018-04-27T11:54:20.947+10:00Wow! Yeah, I remember the Zebra line books. They w...Wow! Yeah, I remember the Zebra line books. They were such a revelation to me back in my younger days or romance reading. I've never read Jackie Collins. Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126833660091932854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-88707780504936493732018-04-27T06:20:23.050+10:002018-04-27T06:20:23.050+10:00Gosh, yes. I'm 60 something now and have been ...Gosh, yes. I'm 60 something now and have been reading forever. Early teens was reading James Bond, a copy of Suzie Wong i found hidden ( quite tame really!) and Barbara Cartland. Christina Lafeaty, Barbara Ovstedal are early memories. Also Jilly Cooper, originally published in magazines. Evelyn Anthony, Mary Stewart and Anya Seton, plus Jane Aiken Hodge were faves too. Mills and boon, esp early Australian romances figured too.<br />Moved onto the early bodice ripper romances and native American were a fave. Georgina Gentry, Dana Ransom. Lots of the books in the Zebra line.<br />Bit of a hiatus in 30s and can only remember Watership Down plus early Jackie Collins. Still continue to read her, plus Jilly Cooper.<br />Then discovered Anne Rice and still into paranormals. Plus Tanith Lee, Poppy Z Brite, <br />I also read the first three Diana Gabaldon books but lost interest after that!<br />Early sci-fi/fantasy faves were the Crystal Singer trilogy by Anne McCaffrey and Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. Couldn't get into any other Anne McCaffrey books though.<br />Susan Grant was an early sci-fi rom favourite<br />These days am into sci-fi, mysteries, military, Queer fiction, scandi noir. I'll read anything by KJ Charles, Jordan L Hawk, Barbara Erskine, Jacqueline Winspear, Cat Sebastian, Allison Brennan, Lara Adrian, Veronica Scott, Cara Bristol, Cynthia Sax, Anna Hackett, Sara Paretsky, Kaylea Cross, Lynn Raye Harris, Camilla Lackberg, Yrsa Sigardurdottir, Christine Feehan, Nora Roberts/JD Robb<br />Gill<br />gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328022754007832855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-61823186704822896732018-04-26T12:06:57.213+10:002018-04-26T12:06:57.213+10:00You are such a great reader, Helen.You are such a great reader, Helen.Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126833660091932854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-50401824784204501202018-04-26T12:06:34.915+10:002018-04-26T12:06:34.915+10:00Oh yes, I remember reading Barbara Cartland. I eve...Oh yes, I remember reading Barbara Cartland. I even watched all the movies I could get my hands on. :-)Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126833660091932854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-29548972256229214052018-04-25T21:41:03.661+10:002018-04-25T21:41:03.661+10:00What a great post I have been reading since I coul...What a great post I have been reading since I could read as a child I loved anything LOL as a teenager I loved Agatha Christie and romance magazines then there were the Harold Robins, Jacqueline Susan and the Heir to Falconhurst books then there were a lot of early Australian sagas the convicts and their lives then my mother gave me Rosemary Roger's Sweet Savage Love and I was lost to historical romance I read them all Johanna Lindsay, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Shirlee Busby, Samantha James and moved onto everyone :) but back in 2009 when I attended the first ARRC everything changed again and now I read lots of romance genres and I am love Womans Fiction as well :)<br /><br />Have Fun<br /><br />HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-49844810198841717122018-04-25T19:29:06.657+10:002018-04-25T19:29:06.657+10:00This is such a cool post, and many of the authors ...This is such a cool post, and many of the authors you've mentioned, I've read over the years. I started out with romances from Barbara Cartland, then switched it up with The Godfather and other similar reads. After that, I devoured anything from Stephen King and Jude Deveraux. Then I moved on to historicals, and stayed there for years. Then it was contemporary Harlequin romances, and for about 2 years I read paranormals,which of course included the great JR Ward and Christine Feehan and just about any erotic romance, including BDSM. In addition to reading for fun, I also reviewed many different genres for 3 years. Now I read spy or suspense novels pretty exclusively, but that doesn't mean my TBR pile doesn't continue to grow in every type of genre. (lol) Hugs...ROROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417463444013920901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-88009504293023846302018-04-25T10:28:01.524+10:002018-04-25T10:28:01.524+10:00How interesting. Do you venture out of paranormal ...How interesting. Do you venture out of paranormal romance much these days? Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126833660091932854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868853817355139125.post-41115504889096033412018-04-25T09:42:27.208+10:002018-04-25T09:42:27.208+10:00I picked up Cujo by Stephen King when I was 16 yea...I picked up Cujo by Stephen King when I was 16 years old. That was the first book I read for my own pleasure and I loved it. I read nothing but Horror for the next 8 years or so and then my mom brought over a huge box filled with Historical Romance books. I was actually going to give them away and then I picked one up and started reading and I loved it. I read historicals for a while until I found Paranormal Romance and I've been reading that the most ever since.Mary Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991095291522043588noreply@blogger.com