Help me put together a list of books that qualify as good literature with strong elements of romance and adventure without being excessively gory or lewd.
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525 books · 83 voters · list created February 3rd, 2015 by MomToKippy (votes) .
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message 1: by Misfit (new)

Misfit When was this list created? I see a vote or two from a notorious list spammer.


message 2: by MomToKippy (last edited Jun 16, 2015 08:12PM) (new)

MomToKippy I created it Feb 3 it says above. Do tell! Who is the spammer?? Oh wait, I think I know - it's that Jane Austen self-promoting again. (-:


message 3: by Misfit (new)

Misfit MomToKippy wrote: "I created it Feb 3 it says above. Do tell! Who is the spammer?? Oh wait, I think I know - it's that Jane Austen self-promoting again. (-:"
https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_v...


message 4: by MomToKippy (new)

MomToKippy Ah! I see what is happening there!


message 5: by Misfit (new)

Misfit MomToKippy wrote: "Ah! I see what is happening there!"

I vote on lists a lot, but I'm only at fifteen pages and she's at 70+.


message 6: by MomToKippy (new)

MomToKippy I see that her own books are common to most of the lists under her two names.


message 7: by Misfit (new)

Misfit MomToKippy wrote: "I see that her own books are common to most of the lists under her two names."

*nods*

She's been reported, no action from GR.


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