Comments on: All About Romance Reader’s Top 100 Poll

By: Keishon

Keishon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:51:06 +0000

Oh, I def. rave over Always to Remember - excellent book that I read x years ago. Should be on the list, too, but it’s OOP.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:18:41 +0000

Hello :) speaking of the Texas Trilogy, I actually put Texas Destiny as my number one, I can reread this 1000 times more and still never get sick of it, definitely one to pick up

By: Keishon

Keishon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:48:09 +0000

I’m working on mine; doubt it’ll be 100 books on it.

By: Josie

Josie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:57:28 +0000

Thanks for the tip Wendy, I’m going to have a hunt for the Texas Trilogy. It sounds very good!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:33:14 +0000

Josie:
Definitely her Texas trilogy – Texas Destiny, Texas Glory and Texas Splendor. They’re harder to find but readers also rave about Always To Remember and Sweet Lullaby.

By: Josie

Josie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:02:05 +0000

I hadn’t noticed the lack of Jo Beverley and Carla Kelly books until now – that really is a bit of a travesty!
Wendy, I’ve never read any of Lorraine Heath’s westerns but I have tried a couple of her recent historicals… Any recommendations?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:05:20 +0000

And no Lorraine Heath westerns. Not one. How wrong is that?

By: sherry thomas

sherry thomas — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:02:40 +0000

Things that strike me:

1) 8 out of top ten are historicals, though we can go back and forth a little on P&P since it was a contemporary when written

2) The Raven Prince at #23. Would that be the highest debut novel ranking on the list, besides Outlanders? (I’m not familiar with Julie Garwood’s chronology of works)

3) No Judith Ivory novel until 49th place!!! And my beloved BEAST nowhere to be seen. Guess I’ve no one to blame but myself for not voting.

4) Is it me or are there fewer writers represented on this year’s list? At a glance it feels like about 10 or 12 authors had probably 75% of the titles.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:56:33 +0000

I’d love to see a comparison table. I remember seeing the last one and thinking, this reviewer’s taste is more similar to mine, and this one is totally opposite. But of course, I’ve forgotten which reviewer was which! (And plus, there are more of you now.)

By: Brenna

Brenna — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:10:09 +0000

Maybe I can convince my blogging partners to do a table comparison as we did in the past.

Please, please, please do so. It was fun reading your comparison table.

SEP, Crusie, Kleypas, Howard pre-OPEN SEASON, Kinsale, historical Garwood, Chase, Gabaldon, and historical Brockway…I wholeheartedly agree.

Everything else on the list were “meh,” DNFs, or I’ve never heard of because I’ve been living under a rock.

Wholeheartedly agree. Lots of “meh” and DNFs especially on the more current releases that made it there while Carla Kelly & Jo Beverley’s books did not even make it.