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Ten Nights of Love: Cover Gallery

2020-04-29
By: BevBB
On: April 29, 2020
In: *Post Series, Reading
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Amanda Quick, book covers, Christine Feehan, Dara Joy, Emily Loring, Glenna Finley, Grace Livingston Hill, holidays, Julie Garwood, Linnea Sinclair, Shelly Laurenston, soul mates (romance), Stephanie Laurens, Ten Nights of Love
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originally posted on February 14, 2010 When I first came up with idea of doing this Ten Nights of Love series of posts, I wanted to find something to illustrate them and the obvious choice was the books. As I sorted through my collection, though, I realized that they also showed a lifetime of changes in the covers themselves. So, I wanted to see a gallery of one cover for each author in one post and thought you might enjoy it, too. I included Ten Nights of Love just to keep things even although I may have sort of cheated elsewhere for the purposes of showing an early electronic cover. 😉Read More →

Ten Nights of Love: Christine Feehan

2020-04-01
By: admin
On: April 1, 2020
In: *Post Series, Reading
Tagged: 1990s, 2000s, Carpathians, Christine Feehan, paranormal, sexuality, soul mates (romance), Ten Nights of Love, vampires
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originally posted on February 11, 2010 there’s a definition of romance novels? I first arrived on the Internet in the mid-1990s. And, of course, I eventually discovered various forums and websites related to romance novels. One of the things that fascinated me was the Romance Writers of America official definition of romance. It’s perfectly logical one would exist from a marketing standpoint. That’s business. I can respect that need. What amazed me was how stripped down that definition was. At least from how I viewed the romances I read. That I’ve always read whether I realized it or not at that point. What I’ve alwaysRead More →

Ten Nights of Love: Stephanie Laurens

2020-03-25
By: BevBB
On: March 25, 2020
In: *Post Series, Reading
Tagged: 1990s, 2000s, Cynsters, historicals, soul mates (romance), Stephanie Laurens, Ten Nights of Love
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originally posted on February 10, 2010 defending her heroines Over the twelve years since the Cynster series by Stephanie Laurens first debuted, I sometimes honestly believe I’ve spent more time defending her heroines to other romance readers online than I’ve spent reading the books. Her heroines, mind you, not her heroes. To me, that’s significant because I’m not sure what other author’s heroine’s I’d think deserved the defense. Not needed it, mind you, but deserved it. irresistible force and immovable object In the one and only review I ever wrote, I said this about Honoria, the heroine in Devil’s Bride, and in many ways IRead More →

Ten Nights of Love: Dara Joy

2020-03-18
By: BevBB
On: March 18, 2020
In: *Post Series, Reading
Tagged: 1990s, Dara Joy, futuristics, sexuality, soul mates (romance), Ten Nights of Love
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originally posted on February 9, 2010 mind blown by a sexy futuristic It’s now late spring of 1995 and I’ve picked up another issue of Romantic Times. Inside is this preview description of what sounded like possibly the wackiest romance I’ve ever heard of. The real kicker was that it was a futuristic – being marketed for its sexiness. Whoa. Now, we have to put this in context because futuristic romances, AKA what the publishers at that time were attempting to pass off as some type of watered down blending of science fiction and romance, were not known for their, ah, sexiness. Heck, they wereRead More →

Rendezvous by Amanda Quick, 1991 - this is the cover on the paperback I have, except it's supposed to have a stepback and doesn't

Ten Nights of Love: Amanda Quick

2020-03-11
By: BevBB
On: March 11, 2020
In: *Post Series, Reading
Tagged: 1990s, Amanda Quick, detectives (mysteries), historicals, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle, Regency, soul mates (romance), Ten Nights of Love
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originally posted on February 8, 2010 historical romances Once I’d started reading historical romance with Julie Garwood, I did sort of dive into that particular pool headfirst. I remember reading a lot of mostly medievals in those next few years of the early 1990s. All the while still reading some contemporaries. And searching for that elusive perfect fantasy/science fiction romance combination to appear on the horizon. There were occasional fits and starts in that direction with the new Leisure/Love Spell line. Not a lot of enthusiasm on my part for what they were producing, though. But back to reading historical romances. I slowly began toRead More →

Harry Potter

Halloween with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (DVD)

2019-10-31
By: BevBB
On: October 31, 2019
In: Reading, Watching
Tagged: 1990s, 2000s, adventurers (fantasy), calendar, DVD, Halloween, Harry Potter, holidays, J. K. Rowling, movies
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Because it’s Halloween, I got in the mood to rewatch the Harry Potter movies. Then I decided to record my random observations, at least during the first movie. Read and remember. That is if you’ve read the books or seen the movies. If not– SPOILERS AHEAD! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I’ve organized this according to the scene titles from the DVD for clarity. Also because I wanted to post this on Halloween I ran out of time and only linked to a few images so I may come back and add more later.  1. Doorstep Delivery what exactly is the point of turning all theRead More →

Partners

Mulder and Scully on The X-Files

2019-06-21
By: BevBB
On: June 21, 2019
In: Watching
Tagged: 1990s, soul mates (romance), X-files
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I was never a Mulder & Scully shipper when the series was airing. I always saw their relationship as soul mates but platonic ones. And that’s the way I remember them. So as I’m re-watching the series, I realize I had forgotten how flirty they were in the early seasons of X-Files. Okay flirty might not be the right word but I don’t know what else to call it especially on Scully’s part. Mulder is semi-oblivious. He has his moments but they are more blink and you miss them than Scully’s.  Right now I’m at the end of season 2 and they seem to be settling into the relationship I do remember. It’ll be interesting toRead More →

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

2018-09-07
By: BevBB
On: September 7, 2018
In: *Favorites, Playing
Tagged: 1990s, games, Legends of Zelda
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Over the recent Labor Day weekend, during some down time I was burned out on detective shows, didn’t want to read and finally pulled out this game. Of all the various Zelda games I think this one is the best followed closely by its direct sequel Majora’s Mask. It’s truly amazing how much it holds up considering it came out in 1998.  I’m having a ball playing it in my free time this week but one thing I’d forgotten is how usefull that horse is once you get her. Seriously. Read More →

Babylon 5

Babylon 5

2018-07-26
By: admin
On: July 26, 2018
In: *Favorites, Watching
Tagged: 1990s, Babylon 5, explorers (science fiction), tv series
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While I was on vacation (hence the lack of posts recently) I found out Babylon 5 was streaming on Amazon Prime now and I immediately started binging on it. As in being on vacation but not traveling so have some time to kill and suddenly the only thing I’m doing besides eating and sleeping is watching this show type binging. You know it’s a lot easier to binge shows that only have 13 episode per season… with Babylon 5 we’re talking at least 20 episodes so it’s taking awhile. Needless to say vacation’s over and I’m still binging when I have the time. So far I’veRead More →

Lois & Clark

relationship quotes from Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

2018-07-02
By: BevBB
On: July 2, 2018
In: *Favorites, Watching
Tagged: 1990s, adventurers (fantasy), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, soul mates (romance), superheroes (mythology)
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(Years ago when I was very active in the Lois & Clark fandom, I put a list together of all my favorite quotes from that show. And then it grew. There are probably a few more that I could add to it because I know I don’t have every episode represented. I may even one day create a video with all these clips. But, just for fun, I thought I’d throw it out there.) “Lois is . . . well, she’s complicated. Domineering. Uncompromising. Pigheaded.” … “Brilliant.” (THE PILOT) “What he can’t do it doesn’t matter. It’s the idea of Superman. Someone to believe in.Read More →

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definition of romance

a (1) : a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural (2) : a prose narrative treating imaginary characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or mysterious (3) : a love story especially in the form of a novel
b : a class of such literature

from Merriam-Webster:

Or put another way, romance is:

  • chivalric love, a love story – soul mates (romance)
  • heroic, adventure, adventurous – adventurers (fantasy)
  • a medieval tale based on legend, supernatural – superheroes (mythology)
  • mysterious – detectives (mysteries)
  • events remote in time or place – explorers (science fiction)

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