FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2014

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by library addict

I answered over there while you were bringing this over here, so I'll move my answer...

I agree 100% with Blosson. SIM was the best imprint/line ever. A huge variety of stories and settings. The best ones are from the late 80s through the mid 90s.

Many of Nora Roberts old category romances were written for the SIM line. Linda Howard, Sandra Brown, Kathleen Korbel, Merline Lovelace, Judith Duncan, Ruth Kangan, Marilyn Pappano, Emilie Richards, Doreen Roberts, and Jill Shalvis also wrote for the line and were some of my favorites.

I'll second the recommendation for Justine Davis, particularly her Trinity Street West series and earlier books. Her Redstone, Inc series was very hit or miss, though there were books in it I loved. Most of my favorite early titles of hers have not yet been released digitally. The same for Rachel Lee's first books in the Conard Country series, Joyce McGill, early Sandy Steen, early Mary Ann Wilson, and early Lee Magner's books also have yet to be released (which are all also some of my favorites).

I bought a ton of the SIMs when Harlequin first released the treasury titles and had that reusable $4 off coupon a few years back. I still have many of my print copies. SIM was the first line I subscribed to, and the only one I kept, so I've read a lot of them over the years.

The line eventually became Silhouette Romantic Suspense in Feb 2007 and then Harlequin Romantic Suspense in April 2011. So if you are going by the info at FictionDB be aware that they still label the series SIM over there.

ETA: I've heard the search feature at Scribd won't allow people to search by publisher. You may want to use Fiction DB or even the Harlequin site to narrow down your wishlist (though searching at Harlequin isn't always that easy even when you know what you are looking for )

Thank you, I'll look for some. I found a way to search if you add the publisher to your follow list, which I have done with 12 publishers that have romance books. Go to your profile and click on the publisher, then more and then I typed in the search box for that publisher silhouette intimate moments. It gives me a lot of results, some for silhouette nocturne, but I think I get mostly SIM as results.

eta: even better, I put Intimate Moments in quotation. Like "Intimate Moments" and now all I see are SIM. Also works with "Carina Press". Although I can't find that in the text of the books that come up, they all have the "C" on the cover. Must be some invisible tag or something. Makes it easier to browse the different lines that way.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Didn't they rename that line to Harlequin Romantic Suspense a few years ago? But it could be that Blossom was saying it was a better line when it first rolled out - and it was called SIM back then.

Yes and they turned it into a series of the same writers with almost no stand alones and it now follows the formulas of more modern imprints. In other words I stop reading it after they changed the name as the quality went down hill for me.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Thank you, I'll look for some. I found a way to search if you add the publisher to your follow list, which I have done with 12 publishers that have romance books. Go to your profile and click on the publisher, then more and then I typed in the search box for that publisher silhouette intimate moments. It gives me a lot of results, some for silhouette nocturne, but I think I get mostly SIM as results.

eta: even better, I put Intimate Moments in quotation. Like "Intimate Moments" and now all I see are SIM. Also works with "Carina Press". Although I can't find that in the text of the books that come up, they all have the "C" on the cover. Must be some invisible tag or something. Makes it easier to browse the different lines that way.

Awesome tip! You should post that over in the Scribd thread as I am sure others did not know this.

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Guys I just found out our Suz (KyBunnies) is sick with Pneumonia. Let's keep her in our thoughts. And even though not really related Go get your flu shot! It's time and I'll be getting mine (First time ever) in a week.

For once I find I actually care about these off-topic things. KyBunnies is a better person than most (everyone in this thread of course excluded from "most"!) and I hope she gets better soon!

Work gives us free flu shots every year. I take advantage of it every year, and will make sure to get mine next week.

[basschick]

awww... warm thoughts to KyBunnies, who hopefully will be feeling all better soon.

btw, did you know there's a pneumonia vaccine? they told me at my doctor's office earlier this year.

Originally Posted by Blossom

Guys I just found out our Suz (KyBunnies) is sick with Pneumonia. Let's keep her in our thoughts. And even though not really related Go get your flu shot! It's time and I'll be getting mine (First time ever) in a week.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Guys I just found out our Suz (KyBunnies) is sick with Pneumonia. Let's keep her in our thoughts. And even though not really related Go get your flu shot! It's time and I'll be getting mine (First time ever) in a week.

So sorry to hear about Suz, hope she feels better soon.

Blossom, what made you decide to get the shot? I had it once a few years ago, but then I became concerned about the contents and haven't gotten it since. My DH gets it, though.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by booklover6

So sorry to hear about Suz, hope she feels better soon.

Blossom, what made you decide to get the shot? I had it once a few years ago, but then I became concerned about the contents and haven't gotten it since. My DH gets it, though.

Remember hon I nearly died from the flu last year when I came down with it on Christmas morning. It took over 3 months to fully recover. I never want to go through that again. I had never been that sick ever. I was breathing through a hole in my throat the size of a half dollar. The flu was nasty last year hitting people who never gets the flu. My sister was also hospitalized with it when the flu took her into pneumonia a month before. You think I would have taken heed of that but I seldom ever get the flu and when I do it's like a bad cold so I never got a shot before. This year I'm taking no chances. It ruined my last Christmas in Tennessee and my new years.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by basschick

awww... warm thoughts to KyBunnies, who hopefully will be feeling all better soon.

btw, did you know there's a pneumonia vaccine? they told me at my doctor's office earlier this year.

Yes My mom use to get it every year till she got the shot and my sister who had Pneumonia last year got one after her bout with Pneumonia. If you are prone to Pneumonia like my mother who use to get once a year before she got this shot then it's a good idea to ask your doc about it.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

For once I find I actually care about these off-topic things. KyBunnies is a better person than most (everyone in this thread of course excluded from "most"!) and I hope she gets better soon!

Work gives us free flu shots every year. I take advantage of it every year, and will make sure to get mine next week.

Good to hear! I am a little anxious but I figure it can't be too bad as I get shots every month for Anemia.

I'm going to get mine at Walgreens they have get a shot, give a shot program. So while I will get my flu shot, a child in a developing country will get a free immunization shot.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Yes My mom gets one every year and my sister who had Pneumonia last year got one after and will get one this year. If you are prone to Pneumonia like my mother who use to get once a year before she got this shot then it's a good idea to ask your doc about it.

Blossom, yes I remember how sick you were. I am thinking of getting the shot, myself. When my kids were little, I was very anti-vaccine, but my thinking is changing.

BTW I think the pneumonia shot is something you only get once, and it protects you forever.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Blossom, yes I remember how sick you were. I am thinking of getting the shot, myself. When my kids were little, I was very anti-vaccine, but my thinking is changing.

BTW I think the pneumonia shot is something you only get once, and it protects you forever.

Edit: She gets it every year. I'm not sure it the same as the vaccine. I just asked her.

[apesmom]

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[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Guys I just found out our Suz (KyBunnies) is sick with Pneumonia. Let's keep her in our thoughts. And even though not really related Go get your flu shot! It's time and I'll be getting mine (First time ever) in a week.

Good thoughts and prayers for KyBunnies.



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[BelleZora]

Originally Posted by booklover6

BTW I think the pneumonia shot is something you only get once, and it protects you forever.

I just had another pneumonia shot while in the hospital for a total knee replacement. I was told that I needed to get one every five years, so they no longer tell people that one shot will last a lifetime.

I've been getting annual flu shots for at least 20 years and have never had a bad reaction although I did get a nasty case of the flu once despite having the shot.

[Britomart]

My best wishes for a quick recovery go to you, KyBunnies!