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SGoM October 2014: Frontier / Americana / Mail-Order-Bride Romance
I'm in on this! I'll be reading
and
for this side of things.
I'm going to read
and if I can find them,
or
I've missed the last couple of months, but I'm sure I can find something good to read in this sub-genre! I'll have to go see what I have. ShoSho, I loved the Maggie Osborne book. It was recommended to me and it was great!
Great to know Leslie . Thanks
Oooh, I was poking about on the links in the first post and see that Beverly Jenkins has a M-O-B book. I love her books but it's been a little while since I've read one so I'm going to try
Judy wrote: "LK, I'm going to read 
too! :)"Yay, Judy! We'll have to compare notes.
Ugh!! The cover on the Beverly Jenkins makes it look like a bodice ripper. Yuck!!!! I like the book synopsis though. Might have to see if my library has it.
Vi wrote: "Ugh!! The cover on the Beverly Jenkins makes it look like a bodice ripper. Yuck!!!! I like the book synopsis though. Might have to see if my library has it."Yeah, she always seems to get the worst covers. Thank goodness for the ereader and no one has to see it. :)
I just got 2 new Lori Copland books I can read
I'm in this month! It's one of my favorite genres! : )I'll read
. Gotta love Jodi Thomas.ShoSho - Silver Lining was FAN-TAB-U-LOUS! I hope you love it as much as I did!
I will be reading
this month. I really like mail order bride books.
Oleander wrote: "I will be reading this month. I really like mail order bride books."I have that one, too, Oleander. I might give it a try in October.
I just found two free mail order bride books. Of course, I'll be saving the first for December.
Available from Amazon and B&N
Oleander wrote: "I just found two free mail order bride books. Of course, I'll be saving the first for December. Available from Amazon and B&N[bookcover:Augus..."
I've got the Christmas one too and was saving it for December too!
This is not my favorite genre (I didn't vote for either of the winners this month), but I do have
as well and a couple others, so should be able to find something fun to read.
I did grab
while it was free. Thanks! I almost started it last night, but I was good. Is my halo blinding you all? :o)Those of us who are reading it, we should compare notes on
.
Despite not being a fan of the genre, I can recommend
, which I own and enjoyed. And its free for Kindle right now.
Lara wrote: "Despite not being a fan of the genre, I can recommend , which I own and enjoyed. And its free for Kindle right now."Oh, great. Grabbed it, Lara. thanks!
Gigi wrote: "Any excuse to read "Love that book, Gigi.
I finished
yesterday. It was cute, but I didn't find the character particularly deep or interesting. They were nice. And so incredibly optimistic.Personally, much as I read urban fantasy, I really enjoy books with slow developing relationships. And also when the characters take their time before becoming physical. So, the 'clean' nature of the read wasn't an issue to for me. I just found that there was little growth in the main characters. And the growth in one of the supporting characters didn't really ring true for me. It felt too sudden.
I agree, Lara, and a good way to put it about the 'clean' nature of ones by that author. Got to get to that one.
LK, reading that book made me wonder how pessimistic I am. But, maybe it's a matter of being able to let go of disappointment and anger to say "Maybe this will lead to something else." I read an interesting blog post yesterday in which an author talked abut how she used negative reviews to help her critique her writing--what she does well and what she could strengthen. She did recognize that this is like an internal strength training routine in terms of knowing what reviews are meaningful and not taking comments as personal attacks. It seemed to fit with the characters of Stealing the Preacher's ability to refrain from bitterness or blame due to others' actions.
Yes, Lara, sort of a take on "rising above," but with a twist toward self-improvement. Of course, it would be hard to do this with a mean-spirited review, so kudos to the author, if she's doing that.I have a really nasty, hateful sounding comment on one of my more popular reviews. The person went to the trouble to create a "sock-puppet" account just to post on my review, and nowhere else on GRs. I have never deleted it (which we may do to comments on our own reviews); I talked in-depth with my BFF about it; I think it gives me perspective and a bit of balance.
LK, I am naturally pretty snarky in my head, and have been working on not just filtering those comments out, but finding constructive remarks to make instead. It does take some time and practice, and perhaps better role modelling than I have had to make comments that provide useful feedback.
A good role-model certainly helps!
I finished my first read for this part of the monthly challenge today. Paradise Falls was actually pretty good! It's a 3.5 star read, but I'll be rounding up to 4 stars.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Nice review, Trea."Thank you!
I finished and enjoyed
. The plot was of course predictable, but lots of interesting things happened in the story.
GTK, Oleander. I have that one and will have to give it a try.
I read
. It was a wonderful road romance
I've never read that author, Poongothai, but she's on my radar. GTK you enjoyed it.
I trudged through Courting Morrow Little today, and while the book has tons of good reviews, mine is not one of them. I have to give the author props though, she is talented and her descriptions make it extremely easy to form pictures of the events and scenery in her book. It was about the only thing I liked in the book!
Love the cover on that one, though, Trea.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Love the cover on that one, though, Trea."It is a lovely cover, LK! That's what originally got my interest in the first place! Sadly, though, I just didn't care for the book itself. I think it's just a case of "it's not you, it's me" in regards to the book. Westerns and frontier books are my weak spots, as it is hard to find ones I really enjoy.
Lisa Kay wrote: "I've never read that author, Poongothai, but she's on my radar. GTK you enjoyed it."She is a wonderful author LK. Hope you read one of her books soon
I'll get a review up for this in a bit, but I just finished The Gamble today. It's a comfort read, and one of my favorites, so will be a 5 star rating!
I love my comfort reads. I wish I had more time for them these days.
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♥ Frontier Romance / Americana Romance / Mail-Order-Bride Romance: Frontier Romance or American Romance may or may not necessarily fall under Western Romance-Historical, so we gave them their own category. While the focus is on forging a new frontier or homestead, there may be nary cowboys in sight, and the location may not be right for a Western. These are set between 1880 and 1920 in the United States, with Americana usually in a small town or in the Midwest.
Mail-Order-Bride is another one of Lisa Kay’s favorites. The lure of the West was not just found in males of the era; the women willing to marry men who advertised in the classifieds - sight unseen - were surely as courageous as their male counterparts. As explained by Kaye Dacus: “I’m not sure why, but there’s just something about watching the hero and heroine fall in love after they’re married that enthralls me.”
These are found across all historical genres—and even pop up in contemporary romances from time to time, such as with Linda Howard’s wonderful book Duncan's Bride. It doesn’t matter where the frontier is, Australia to Alaska, as long as the couple is forging a homestead.
Shelves:
Popular Frontier Romance Books
Popular Americana Romance Books
Popular Mail Order Bride Books
Popular Mail Order Brides Books
Listopia
Mail Order Brides
Historical Western Romance
Note: There are two SGOMs for the month of October . The other one is BDSM romance .