tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post8871987207638811054..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: TBR Challenge 2011: Wendy Makes Fangirls CryWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-55383029391798269992011-07-30T21:51:57.407-07:002011-07-30T21:51:57.407-07:00Sneaking in to say that I've liked most of Kel...Sneaking in to say that I've liked most of Kelly's books I've read so far--though I haven't managed yet to finish the recent-ish one with "captain" in the title. However, don't know that this is one I'm going to go look up...<br /><br />Also...Yeah, I'm late to the party, but I did post a <a href="http://magysty.blogspot.com/2011/07/tbr-challenge-kraken.html" rel="nofollow">TBR challenge review</a>. My grandkids were here during the official week for posting, and I forgot to do it ahead of time.Gail Daytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799083467910831241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-21142743094303964022011-07-23T22:43:51.839-07:002011-07-23T22:43:51.839-07:00I think I would give Ms. Kelly a thumbs up for thi...I think I would give Ms. Kelly a thumbs up for this one.Jeff Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440960552918694297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-18078820912870671602011-07-23T08:32:17.686-07:002011-07-23T08:32:17.686-07:00So far, I've read one book by Ms Kelly and has...So far, I've read one book by Ms Kelly and hasn't been blown away. but then, that's me, so perhaps not the best reference.<br /><br />Okay, well this one, I'm putting on my list of not to try to find LOL.nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626894830238717124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-65859007507759264752011-07-22T19:04:57.690-07:002011-07-22T19:04:57.690-07:00Keishon: You have no idea how happy I was to see J...Keishon: You have no idea how happy I was to see Jennie's review from 2008! Oh yeah, someone else who didn't love it! Maybe I'm not such a freak after all! LOL<br /><br />Library Girl: I love "the hunt" when it comes to used, out of print, books - but I just refuse on principle to pay over $10 for an old, spine creased mmpb. I just can't do it.<br /><br />FD: That's exactly it for me - I like that she doesn't ignore the more unseemlier side of the Regency era. I like cotton candy fluff as much as the next girl, but I can't take a steady diet of it either.<br /><br />Samantha: Towards the end of the line, the covers started to blur together for me - but the older ones? From like the 1980s? Those always seem to catch my eye.<br /><br />Alie: LOL! Well if people didn't love those Dukes, no doubt there wouldn't be so many of them popping up in Romance Novel Land!<br /><br />Kristie: I don't know about you - but I have to be in the right sort of mood for a trad. Which is why so many of my Kelly's have languished for so long.<br /><br />And I'm going to read Connor's Way! Uh.....eventually :)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-17034040980361265562011-07-22T07:22:03.041-07:002011-07-22T07:22:03.041-07:00Based on the fact that so many readers rave about ...Based on the fact that so many readers rave about Ms. Kelly, I have quite a number of her books. But like your copy of Connor's Way, Jackson Rule and oh so many other books of yours, my Carla Kelly books are still in my TBR pile. I really do need to try at least one of them one of these days.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just like I know you are going to read Connor's Way<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />heh, heh, hehKristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-60777979124406384592011-07-21T11:42:28.476-07:002011-07-21T11:42:28.476-07:00I agree with you that there are probably too many ...I agree with you that there are probably too many ducal titles out there, but nothing entices me more than a good Duke romance :)Aliehttp://twitter.com/ephramyfan/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-76586621565000684442011-07-20T16:38:10.752-07:002011-07-20T16:38:10.752-07:00For some reason I love those old Signet Regency co...For some reason I love those old Signet Regency covers. I have been hoarding them recently and may actually get around to reading them all someday! <br /><br />I haven't read Carla Kelly yet, but I know she is a favorite amongst the regency crowd. I have a few of her HQHs in my TBR pile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096423955877547496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-21710963505977212952011-07-20T10:41:29.262-07:002011-07-20T10:41:29.262-07:00Mmmm. Carla Kelly. Yeah, the thing I like about h...Mmmm. Carla Kelly. Yeah, the thing I like about her is the way she has of weaving in authentic details and the dialogue which is often funny and human. She doesn't back off've the dilemmas and traumas of the day and the conflict is generally internal and character driven, or where external is plausible.<br /><br />However, I'm a wee bit careful - she gives her characters actual flaws, but the heroes moreso than the heroines - they have a tendency towards to martydom. And sometimes those flaws are a bit more than I can stomach; the Badajoz book, One Good Turn gave me actual nightmares.FDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485030894416936129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-41276219174062133072011-07-20T09:34:11.572-07:002011-07-20T09:34:11.572-07:00The only book by Carla Kelly I've read so far ...The only book by Carla Kelly I've read so far is The Admiral's Penniless Bride, which didn't do much for me as far as the romance went and gave me a slight overdose of goodness, but I liked watching the hero and heroine get to know each other. I'll have to see if I can find another book by her. <br /><br />Heh, HTFGFRPO. I'll have to use that sometime - I just bought a couple books in a series because I realized the first book was now selling for 5 times the original price and I wanted the books I didn't have before they also went down that road. OOP can be a real pain sometimes.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-58846120631859467082011-07-20T09:31:22.580-07:002011-07-20T09:31:22.580-07:00Mispelled my own freaking name by typing so fast -...Mispelled my own freaking name by typing so fast - it is *Keishon* *sigh* off to read now (slinking away)Keishonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-53824495378950008072011-07-20T09:29:08.592-07:002011-07-20T09:29:08.592-07:00Oh wow, a C! I have this one but never could finis...Oh wow, a C! I have this one but never could finish it. Keeping it for posterity. Thank you for this review, yes, thank you, thank you and thank you.Kieshonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-62827342002486230782011-07-20T09:24:57.398-07:002011-07-20T09:24:57.398-07:00Megan: And that's one of hers I don't have...Megan: And that's one of hers I don't have. <br /><br />I'm hoping she is able to get some of her backlist reissued - because while I'm interested in reading them all, I just refuse on principle to pay ridiculous prices for USED mass market paperbacks. It grates on my frugal midwestern-ness ;)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-66268782241659817082011-07-20T09:22:12.792-07:002011-07-20T09:22:12.792-07:00Phyl: The set-up here bordered on "farce"...Phyl: The set-up here bordered on "farce" for me - which admittedly, are harder sells for me.<br /><br />Sunita: LOL! I was rolling with it pretty well until the orphanage visit.<br /><br />Hannah: Even though I wasn't wild about this one, I'm glad I read it. Mostly because Kelly handles the Regency era so well - it's hard not to like her work on that basic level.<br /><br />I read somewhere (on the AAR boards I think) that her new publisher is looking to bringing some of her oldies into the digital age. Looking at her blog (which is linked to in the review) Marian's Christmas Wish is due out in September. That's one I need to see if I have....Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-42563229981945145992011-07-20T09:20:41.427-07:002011-07-20T09:20:41.427-07:00I, too, am a Kelly fangirl from way back, but I do...I, too, am a Kelly fangirl from way back, but I do remember rolling my eyes at the whole hair-cutting thing. My favorite of hers is Reforming Lord Ragsdale.Megan Framptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196738392230684978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-68770676521444467432011-07-20T09:14:27.890-07:002011-07-20T09:14:27.890-07:00I wonder if the other HTFGFRPO Carla Kelly title w...I wonder if the other HTFGFRPO Carla Kelly title will be digitized soon with the Harlequin Treasury series. But undeserving heros are the worse. Maybe I'll give this one a miss.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414384560097630774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-11959871458152939222011-07-20T08:47:05.028-07:002011-07-20T08:47:05.028-07:00You are dead to me now.
Seriously, I have to agre...You are dead to me now.<br /><br />Seriously, I have to agree with Phyl. I liked it because I like them all at least a little, but I wasn't crazy about the setup. Great review!Sunitahttp://vacuousminx.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-70120452559521262232011-07-20T08:05:11.882-07:002011-07-20T08:05:11.882-07:00LOL, Wendy. I'm a fangirl, but I think yours i...LOL, Wendy. I'm a fangirl, but I think yours is a very fair take on this book. It's been years since I read this one; I do remember liking it though.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665665401551658932noreply@blogger.com