Comments on: Books Read, from 1985 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340&cpage=1#comment-18162 Amy Thu, 27 May 2010 16:33:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340#comment-18162 A Rose in Winter, me too! I just loved her books. Almost--but not quite--makes me want to revisit them. A Rose in Winter, me too! I just loved her books. Almost–but not quite–makes me want to revisit them.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340&cpage=1#comment-18161 girldetective Thu, 27 May 2010 15:46:53 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340#comment-18161 Amy, I loved Woodiwiss, too! Which was your favorite? Mine was A Rose in Winter. Sweet, Savage Love was the first in a series about a couple named Ginny and Steve. I cringe to think about it. They'd be together, be separated, terrible things would happen to both of them, and Ginny would be taken advantage of by other men, then Steve would get mad at her for cheating when he was sleeping around all the time in her absence. Ick. Judith McNaught books were similar--they almost always had the "hero" raping the protagonist. My sister had to point this out to me, years later. I hadn't even noticed. Ah, well, better a feminist later than never. Amy, I loved Woodiwiss, too! Which was your favorite? Mine was A Rose in Winter. Sweet, Savage Love was the first in a series about a couple named Ginny and Steve. I cringe to think about it. They’d be together, be separated, terrible things would happen to both of them, and Ginny would be taken advantage of by other men, then Steve would get mad at her for cheating when he was sleeping around all the time in her absence. Ick. Judith McNaught books were similar–they almost always had the “hero” raping the protagonist. My sister had to point this out to me, years later. I hadn’t even noticed. Ah, well, better a feminist later than never.

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340&cpage=1#comment-18156 Steph Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:34 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340#comment-18156 Well, even if your list was, ahem, eclectic, I still think it was rather cool that you kept this record of all the books you read. That has to count for something, right? But, I think it's probably good that 25 years later, your lists look far different! ;) Well, even if your list was, ahem, eclectic, I still think it was rather cool that you kept this record of all the books you read. That has to count for something, right?

But, I think it’s probably good that 25 years later, your lists look far different! ;)

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340&cpage=1#comment-18154 Amy Thu, 27 May 2010 12:57:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340#comment-18154 Rosemary Rogers! OMG, I'd forgotten about her. Your reading list looks a lot like mine at that age. Also--Kathleen Woodiwiss. I was a big Woodiwiss fan. And VC Andrews too. Yep--we've evolved! Rosemary Rogers! OMG, I’d forgotten about her. Your reading list looks a lot like mine at that age. Also–Kathleen Woodiwiss. I was a big Woodiwiss fan. And VC Andrews too. Yep–we’ve evolved!

]]> By: Jessica Snell http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340&cpage=1#comment-18151 Jessica Snell Thu, 27 May 2010 04:09:37 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3340#comment-18151 I just kind of love this book list. It's so funny. I vote "sweet, savage love" as the awesomest title on there. It reminds me of "Judge a Book by Its Cover"'s romance section: http://judgeabook.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance. I just kind of love this book list. It’s so funny. I vote “sweet, savage love” as the awesomest title on there. It reminds me of “Judge a Book by Its Cover”’s romance section: http://judgeabook.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance.

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