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Originally Posted by Joykins
This is why I prefer category 1 and 2a. I'll read 2b if it's really good id writing (Burrowes!) because that has its appeal as well.
I just read the Rose Lerner book this week; I liked it significantly less than her two others (I *really* liked her first a lot). I didn't fully connect with the characters and the election stuff bordered on silly.
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Burrowes is one of my few auto-buys. I mean, I wait until they're on sale because I'm a cheapskate but I don't even read the reviews or samples with her. Her writing is just lovely, and I love her beta heroes.
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Originally Posted by Blossom
I love that she uses Category 1-4 in her post, although her definition of each is more strict than mine. 
I just want to read something that's close enough to not throw me out of the the time period. |
It sounds like your categories are similar to mine. I seem to be getting more strict as I go along. I hadn't done much reading in the 5-ish years prior to my first e-reader, and some of the first authors I remember enjoying when I jumped in are waaaaay to anachronistic for me now.
In July our A/C broke (we had to have someone over to look at it over the holiday!), and spent a week staying with my folks. Their Internet is sketchy and being in a house full of people I didn't get much time to myself to figure out what I was going to read. I read several trad Regencies that were already on my Kindle and was surprised that I enjoyed them as much as I did. I had thought they'd be too squeaky-clean and fluffy for me.