Woouldn't it fall into the subcategory of paranormal? Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Romance novelists > Yes, I've read The Surgeon, and I didn't remember thinking of it as a > romance at all. I downloaded it and took a quick look back through it. It > does had two characters who fall in love and get married, but I think the > violence of the murders overshadows the romance. At least that's why I > didn't remember it as such. > > Gerald > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Silvara > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:18 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Romance novelists > > Hi Cindy: > > I posted the RITA winners on the list. > > As you will see Susan Elizabeth won several Ritas. There are 13 different > categories and it tries to encompass all types of romances. Historical and > contemporary. And even within those there are subcategories such as > Paranormal and suspense. I also was surprise to see the tess Gertsen novel > there as well. I assume she was a mystery writer. Anyone read this one? > > Grace > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:03 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Romance novelists > > > > Thanks for that list, Grace. I've copied it. I'd like > > the whole list, please. I'm gathering from the > > authors' names I recognize that they're not > > necessarily historical romance novels, just romance in > > general. I've seen some in my bookstore but I've never > > read any of them. I do have Jo Beverly on my list of > > authors to read; I'll try someof the others. > > > > I had at home The King's Mistress, by Terri Brisbin, > > with an eye to fixing it at some point, but I started > > to look through the book and it didn't seem to be very > > well-written, compared to authors like Bertrice Small > > and Philippa Gregory, so I re-donated it to the > > bookstore. > > > > Am I safe in assuming that the Rita Award winners > > write well? I was disappointed in the Victoria Holt > > book I validated, but I enjoyed the Susan Elizabeth > > Phillips and the Barbara Delinsky books I did. Looking > > at the synopses of the Tess Gerritsen books in the > > collection, they seem to be mysteries. I gather from > > her name on the list that t least The Surgeon is > > romance as well? > > > > I'd like the opinions of readers of some of the > > authors on Grace's list, whenever you have the time > > and inclination. You can write to me off list. I've > > aleady determined, from what people have said, to read > > Jo Beverly books, and hope I won't be disappointed. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi all: > >> > >> Sorry for the cross post. > >> > >> Some time ago there was a big discussion on the list > >> about book awards. Several lists of winners were > >> generated in hopes that someday bookshare would have > >> all these books. I noticed that on Jake's site > >> there is a category called awards. But those awards > >> I checked there were no records. I wonder if any one > >> still has those lists? > >> > >> The reason for my post is that someone asked about > >> the Golden Medallion award for Romance which is now > >> called the Rita Award. I have found a complete list > >> of the winners since 1982. It's a fairly long list. > >> I can post it here if anyone is interested, or I can > >> send it privately. > >> Currently bookshare has 21 titles that have won this > >> award. Here's the link with the list of the titles. > >> > > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/category.asp?id=27&sort=3 > >> > >> > >> Happy reading. > >> > >> > >> ***** > >> Grace > >> > >> MSN: gcpires@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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