tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post8562156162043892166..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Just read... Kandy ShepherdAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-27900908559745117332017-01-27T18:09:01.492+11:002017-01-27T18:09:01.492+11:00I'm with you on that Melanie. People ask me wh...I'm with you on that Melanie. People ask me why I don't write thrillers as I enjoy them so much. I say I don't want to go there in my imagination as a writer or revisit the murder/grisly/ scary scenes over and over as I write and revise. Now a love scene is a different matter altogether!Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-47747632729200294892017-01-27T18:06:53.243+11:002017-01-27T18:06:53.243+11:00I'm so sympathetic, Lyn! It sometimes amazes ...I'm so sympathetic, Lyn! It sometimes amazes me that that we seem to have to "justify" why we read romance. Well done on the 200 books - what a lot of reading pleasure!Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-31720339498349502792017-01-27T18:01:41.260+11:002017-01-27T18:01:41.260+11:00I would love to send you some of our excessive hea...I would love to send you some of our excessive heat, Sue! It's really been too much of a good thing here. The swimming is good though as the water temperatures are fabulous! There's still time for your summer to heat up, fingers crossed!Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-53945231460242190672017-01-27T18:00:18.099+11:002017-01-27T18:00:18.099+11:00I also binge read an author new to me, Amy! I mus...I also binge read an author new to me, Amy! I must read the Lucky Harbour series, I only hear good things about them! I'm all for the happy sigh to end a book!Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-50277975170870565242017-01-27T08:56:25.502+11:002017-01-27T08:56:25.502+11:00Hi Kandy,
I love crime and thrillers as well as ro...Hi Kandy,<br />I love crime and thrillers as well as romance too. I particularly love biography and social commentary books. <br />I get the same comments from time to time about writing romance. But as I said in a recent interview, I would much rather write a sex scene than a murder scene!<br />Melanie Milburnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870769039510747604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-22925408222975177832017-01-26T20:05:34.279+11:002017-01-26T20:05:34.279+11:00Will have to take a look at my reading record to b...Will have to take a look at my reading record to be able to summarise what I read during the Christmas break.<br />However the things I love about romance are the guaranteed HEA and the variety of subgenres/tropes so there's always something different for me to read.<br />I've more recently become comfortable sharing that I read and write romance... but I'm still over the attitudes though. I recently got forced to block my grandmother from seeing a lot of what I like/react to/comment on on Facebook as she keep leaving judgemental type comments on posts that I'd liked or responded to. It was bad enough that I almost unfriended her. The one that offended me the most was her comment on Summer of Romance's page that if a person read all the books they are looking for that they would need a reality check. I very pointedly pulled her up and asked if I needed a reality check since I was at 200ish books for the year at that point that were primarily romance.Lyn Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-26402440953569263882017-01-26T14:02:54.593+11:002017-01-26T14:02:54.593+11:00I read widely but crime, romance and women's f...I read widely but crime, romance and women's fiction are top of my list. What's there not to enjoy in these amazing stories? <br />We could do with some of your heat over here, Kandy. The sun version, since the NZ summer is a bit of a fizzer.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66785939002279992222017-01-26T10:53:08.799+11:002017-01-26T10:53:08.799+11:00I read 9 of the Lucky Harbour series by Jill Shalv...I read 9 of the Lucky Harbour series by Jill Shalvis over the holidays, Kandy, which I (obviously) enjoyed very much :-)<br />I love the happy sigh a romance novel gives you. I love feeling the feelng of falling in love all over again.Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-77011536376902934392017-01-25T22:15:46.298+11:002017-01-25T22:15:46.298+11:00Helen, sounds like we might have spent the last fe...Helen, sounds like we might have spent the last few sweltering weeks doing much the same thing! You are so right about romance - we know how it will end but a good writer really makes the reader worry about how the hero and heroine are going to get there so we can really enjoy that lovely ending.Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-72779092271084485562017-01-25T22:13:04.422+11:002017-01-25T22:13:04.422+11:00Thank you for those kind words Devika! I absolutel...Thank you for those kind words Devika! I absolutely agree with you about those extra dimensions to a good romance.Kandy Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992773219169379298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-32369806506771749612017-01-25T21:50:52.623+11:002017-01-25T21:50:52.623+11:00Hi Kandy
Oh and yes on this awful heat I am so ov...Hi Kandy<br /><br />Oh and yes on this awful heat I am so over summer I want winter and yes I have been sitting in front of and air con reading lots of fabulous romance stories that make me smile sigh and end up very happy because that is what I want in a story not matter how hard the hero or heroine make it for each other the end will be so good and they leave me feeling good. And I too have been reading them for many years and those bodice rippers in the 80's still some of my favourites :)<br /><br />Have Fun<br />HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-67824634781676106692017-01-25T21:34:04.933+11:002017-01-25T21:34:04.933+11:00That is a lovely cover!
I've always been a vor...That is a lovely cover!<br />I've always been a voracious reader, but I only discovered romance novels (especially category romance) a few years ago. What I love about well-written romances is that people not only find their better half but also discover themselves and their destiny along the way. I enjoy the sweet stories as much as the steamier ones - and I'm a huge fan of your books, Kandy!Devika Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156904478720511614noreply@blogger.com