I'm a huge fan of hers. The very first book I read of hers was Beloved and
that was intensely loaded with historical accuracy and I was totally drawn
into the story. That's another one you should add to the Small list to scan.
I actually read it about 5 times. *g* I downloaded all of her books from the
bookshare site and am avidly reading the Skye and Jasmine series. I had read
Skye O'Malley about three times and had enjoyed that very much too. I just
received Duchess in braille and am enjoying going back and forth between
reading it in braille and the version on bookshare I downloaded.
And about the difference in popularity between the historical and the
contemporary...well, I've actually been anxious to read Private Pleasures
for a long while now since I learned it was in existence. I just love her
style of writing and think I would enjoy PP just as much as all of her
others. I'm sure she'd use the same sort of accurate detail for the current
time as she would the historical. And it's mostly for her characters I read
her...well, that and the erotic aspects. *grins*
Anyway, if you plan to scan Private Pleasures, know that you'll at least
have one person--me--that would be terribly anxious to read it.
Kai
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bertrice Small books
Thanks, Kai.
It's interesting. I looked in my online library catalog. The book is described as her first "contemporary erotic novel." What I find interesting is that not many copies have been checked out, but a lot of her historical romances have waiting lists still, even the ones from the early '80's (I'm still waiting for Unconquered from one library, though I did get a copy from another; it's set, in the early 19th century, in the U.S., London, and Russia -- according to the flap. I'm just about to begin it). I think people read Small's books as much for the accurate (I've checked) info on personalities and events of the time as for the story and eroticism.
Cindy
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