Publishing Newsbad mother / diversity / Fairy-Tales / hotels / Penguin Random House UK / publishing / romantic / stepmothers / stereotypes1 Comments
PRH UK to pay work experience participants in diversity drive – Each year, 450 individuals have the opportunity to “work” at Penguin Random House UK for two weeks. In the past, those experiences would be unpaid, except for travel and food. Now, though, participants will be paid £262.50/week, which is significant because ... more >
Letters of Opiniondefinition / genre criticism / HEA / Romance / romantic65 Comments
Sunita has a nice post up at her personal blog detailing some of her thoughts about a conversation she and I had the other day about the difference between a Romance (objective genre classification) and a book one finds romantic (emotional identification on the part of the reader). I want ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / government / romantic7 Comments
Farmer creates heart-shaped meadow in memory of wife – “Dedicated Winston Howes, 70, spent a week planting each oak sapling after his wife of 33 years Janet died suddenly 17 years ago. He laid out the fledgling trees in a six-acre field but left a perfect heart shape in the middle ... more >
A Review Categoryclass-difference / coming-of-age / Edwardian-era / England / Italy / romantic15 Comments
Dear Readers, I don't know if it was Jayne's recent review of the Merchant-Ivory film adaptation of this novel, or a discussion of Forster's works that some of us on Twitter got into a while back. There's also the fact that every time I see Jennie do one of her ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / gods / Mediterranean setting / Megan-Whalen-Turner / myth / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / romantic / thief / Young-Adult20 Comments
Dear Ms. Turner, Somehow, I've become a huge fan of your YA series. My love for the books has taken me by surprise because the first book, The Thief, was slow to engage me and aimed at a younger audience than the later books. It wasn't until the second half ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / gods / Mediterranean setting / Megan-Whalen-Turner / myth / romantic / thief / Young-Adult53 Comments
Dear Ms. Turner, Last month Jane, Jia and I embarked on Keishon’s TBR challenge 2009. This time Keishon’s suggestion is a book that AAR has rated as a DIK (Desert Isle Keeper). While scanning through AAR’s list of DIK reviews, I was excited to unearth Rike’s review of your Thief ... more >