Comfort Reads discussion

Another L.M. Montgomery book that has been recommended by several GR friends as a great comfort read is The Blue Castle. I haven't read it yet but hope to soon. :-)

Oh god, Barney Snaith?!? What a name. :-)
I don't think I could feel romantic about a man with that name!

Oh me oh my! He can't be all bad if he loves cats.

We have been talking about Frances Hodgson Burnett on another thread but she also wrote a book I've been wanting to read called The Shuttle. Has anyone read any of her adult fiction?

I am not sure if The Shell Seekers can be considered as a classical romance, but I liked it any way.

Maybe I should start a contemporary romance thread? It might fit in there......

agreed!!

How about a Romantic suspense thread for say Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt, etc.?

Yay Misfit! You must have read my mind. I was just thinking about you and Mary Stewart. Okay, I'll add the thread if you help fill it!

Lee wrote: "Yay Misfit! You must have read my mind. I was just thinking about you and Mary Stewart. Okay, I'll add the thread if you help fill it!"

I can do that.

welcome Misfit!!

Misfit and Laura, what about all those juicy sounding historicals set in India you've been reading? Would they be classified as Historical Romance or Historical Fiction do you think?

The Splendor of Silence by Indu Sundaresan was a great read--one of those Indian historicals!

Also, my crack of book series is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon--I cannot put them down!!

Lee wrote: "Misfit and Laura, what about all those juicy sounding historicals set in India you've been reading? Would they be classified as Historical Romance or Historical Fiction do you think? "

it will be a long long list, should we??

Of course but only if you're willing! That's what we're here for! I'll gladly add some but since I haven't read them yet, I'm not sure exactly where to put them.

Then, just to start with HF-India, I must mention The Far Pavilions, Olivia and Jai, Zemindar, The Jewel in the Crown, Trade Wind. All of them I consider to be 5 stars book. Misfit, it's your turn now.

Laura, I'll start a historical fiction - India thread and then maybe we can post them over there.

I agree with Laura, although those books are what I call *genre busters* as they are books that could satisfy a romance reader as well as an HF reader.

Through a Glass Darkly
Now Face To Face

Gwen Bristow's got some keepers as well,

Jubilee Trail

Celia Garth

Calico Palace

Then there is Celeste de Blasis (huge books though),

The Proud Breed
Wild Swan (the first of a trilogy)
The Tiger's Woman

EC is an historical fiction author but her earlier books have a *romance* feel to them. I always drag them out when I'm in the blues,

The Champion

Lords of the White Castle

The Love Knot
The Marsh King's Daughter
The Conquest

Great! Thanks for adding all those Misfit! I've read the Karleen Koen books and they are a juicy combination of history and romance.

I am really quite fond of Katherine, by Anya Seton. Also the novels that start with Dawn's Early Light, by Elswyth Thane.

Susanna, "Katherine" is one of my favourites!

mine too!!

Yes, The Shell Seekers!!!!