FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2016

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Thanks for letting us know. Took me forever to find it. I am so lost on facebook. I can't figure anything out there. Still pending, but I know I have tried to figure out a group before. Some romance group and couldn't figure out how to read it. I mean is it just like a endless confusing feed with comments within comments? Really tough to find my way around. Its not laid out like a forum so not sure if I am missing stuff. I guess I just have to keep scrolling down and hope to find where a actual discussion is going on?

I'll see if I can figure it out if I get approved for it. The romance group I found a while back was suppose to be a group for romance readers and all I could see was large book covers of book pimping by authors. I could never find where the discussions were. Didn't look like there were readers there, or really anyone other than endless "buy my book" pictures.

There is no index just a feed of posts from members. Important posts are pinned at the top. So far the group has been self promotion free except for Sarah's books. Make sure notifications are off for the group or you will get them every few seconds. It's a busy group.

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[zelda.owns.link]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Also are codes locked to the account that redeemed them or can I give one or two away?

The old style codes could be given away. I do not know with the new style of codes.

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by Blossom

There is no index just a feed of posts from members. Important posts are pinned at the top. So far the group has been self promotion free except for Sarah's books. Make sure notifications are off for the group or you will get them every few seconds. It's a busy group.

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Thanks. I don't think I was approved, I went and had to search for it all over again as I couldn't find it, or find anything about my status and had to click join again. Like I said, facebook is really confusing to me and trying to find something again that I seen before is almost impossible for me.
Good to know there is no spamming in that group. If I ever get approved.

Not sure where notifications are. Tried looking in settings, but that is just my settings stuff. Don't think my brain is wired for facebook. Its so cluttered and convoluted to me. So many tiny links.

eta:, looks like I was just approved. I can already say this will be a time suck reading through all the posts about all the precious.

There is nothing I love more than historical romances, especially the older ones with epic storylines and epic love and substance.

[Blossom]

Awesome I bought an old school romance yesterday because someone putting it down because it was full of crazy sauce. Salem's Daughter by Maggie Osborne. This group is going to be hard on my wallet. lol

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[Atunah]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Awesome I bought an old school romance yesterday because someone putting it down because it was full of crazy sauce. Salem's Daughter by Maggie Osborne. This group is going to be hard on my wallet. lol

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Hard on wallet and also, I know there will be some I will want to read and they won't be available. I already a few posts like that. I can't read paper books anymore, especially older ones. It always drives me nuts now when a book is not out in ebook format. Spoiled we are now.
Crazy sauce done the right way is like cat nip.

[basschick]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Anyone on Facebook? Sarah MacLean has started a book club for old school romances. I just joined when it showed up in my news feed. There are growing quickly like 4000+ members. Even though it's for old school all romances are talked about. It's like being around thousands of kindred spirits.

Each month they choose an old school romance to read. This month's it's These Old Shades. I don't normally do this sort of thing but I love old romances. It's a busy group and seems like fun!

You can PM me for a link or just find MacLean on Facebook if interested.

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i'm glad to hear that These Old Shades may find new readers. it's one of my all-time faves!

[Blossom]

I started it in 2014 but never finished it. I was reading it when I was stuck at a Red Roof Inn or nightmare hotel I like to think if it. I never got back to it after we moved. Maybe I'll finally get to finish it.

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[gabby98]

Is there a wishlist option that I'm missing on the Harlequin website? Looking for an easy way to keep track of the books I'm looking to get for free with my rewards.

(If by some chance I'm not as blind as I think and it's just not there, I guess I could make a makeshift list using GR.)

Thanks

[sufue]

These Old Shades is one of my favorites too, especially because it tees up Devil's Cub, which is also one of my favorite Heyer books. I sort of bounce back and forth between which of the two is my favorite. (Although my absolute favorite Heyer title is The Unknown Ajax, which I can reread like once a year and still not be bored...)

It's fun to note some of the differences in the background settings between Shades and Devil's Cub since they are separated in time by quite a few years.

Originally Posted by basschick

i'm glad to hear that These Old Shades may find new readers. it's one of my all-time faves!

[library addict]

Originally Posted by gabby98

Is there a wishlist option that I'm missing on the Harlequin website? Looking for an easy way to keep track of the books I'm looking to get for free with my rewards.

(If by some chance I'm not as blind as I think and it's just not there, I guess I could make a makeshift list using GR.)

Thanks

Sadly no. Harlequin used to have a wishlist option but it went away when they redesigned the site. We were just discussing alternative options back on page 90 of this thread (starts with post 1347).

I keep a list in Word. Others use a sticky note Or a wishlist at Amazon.

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by library addict

Sadly no. Harlequin used to have a wishlist option but it went away when they redesigned the site. We were just discussing alternative options back on page 90 of this thread (starts with post 1347).

I keep a list in Word. Others use a sticky note Or a wishlist at Amazon.

OK...thanks.
Seems a strange thing to do away with

ETA: Don't know how I missed that. I read the thread on those days... i guess it just didn't stick

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by Atunah

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Not sure where notifications are. Tried looking in settings, but that is just my settings stuff. Don't think my brain is wired for facebook. Its so cluttered and convoluted to me. So many tiny links.

If you get emails of whatever kind via Facebook, each one explains how to shut that kind off

Took me about three weeks IIRC

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by basschick

i'm glad to hear that These Old Shades may find new readers. it's one of my all-time faves!

These Old Shades was one of the first romances I ever read and got me into my love affair with Georgette Heyer and Georgians/Regencies in general. It's still one of my favorites. You have to be okay with the age difference though.....

[worktolive]

Speaking of Regencies, here's a free Regency with some fantasy elements that looks really interesting:

Miss Landon and Aubranael by Charlotte E. English

(sorry - no clickable link. I'm on my iPad and it's giving me some trouble with copying).

[Blossom]

I love regency romances. I just DNF one that came out by a very popular author. I no longer care if they are mistoricals but the writing and grammar was really weak and the story lacked depth. I went back and picked up one of her older titles from a few years ago and wow the difference. Strong writing and and it just flowed like a fairy tale. I'm going to read this one. My big question is what happened? Is there any other authors who latest work shows they are losing their ability to tell a good story?



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