I don’t get it. How are these books put into categories?
2006 RITA for Best Long Historical Romance Finalists
A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley (never read her)
This Rake of Mine by Elizabeth Boyle (have but way didn’t like this book, hoping reading the first one would improve it, haven’t done that yet)
The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle (sssssssssqqqqqqqqeeeeeeee)
The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll (never read her)
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase (have tbr)
Sin and Sensibility by Suzanne Enoch (only read one book by her and it was boring as hell haven’t tried again)
The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie (oh liked… good book)
To Pleasure a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries (sssssqqqqqqqqeeeeeeeeeee… LOVE this book, one of my faves of the series and has two of my favorite secondary characters)
here is where I go wtf?
2006 RITA for Best Short Historical Romance Finalists
When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander (never read her – but how is this SHORT?)
The King’s Mistress by Terri Brisbin (good book)
Abbie’s Outlaw by Victoria Bylin (sqqqqqqeeeeeeeee western! And a good book)
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas (::taps foot:: VERY good book but what the fuck? How is this a short historical?)
Highlander in Love by Julia London (didn’t read – but short?)
To Love a Thief by Julie Ann Long (tbr – again short?)
The Texan’s Reward by Jodi Thomas (ssqqqqqqqqqqeeeeeeeee another western – uh but don’t read her)
His Secondhand Wife by Cheryl St.John (do I even need to sqqqeeee again here?)
Lets break it down:
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas – nom for SHORT
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Avon (October 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0060562498
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces. (View shipping rates and policies)
When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander – nom for SHORT
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon (June 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0060593199
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.0 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces. (View shipping rates and policies)
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase – nom for LONG
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley (March 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0425201503
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces. (View shipping rates and policies)
What the fuck? Mr. Impossible is the shortest of the three but nominated in the long category. What am I missing? And really His Secondhand Wife, Abby’s Outlaw and The King’s Mistress are all three excellent books and show that HH has some great talent in their ranks. They deserve to be judged against other books like them, shorter stories that are told well are hard to do. It doesn’t seem right to judge them against a 400 page Lisa Kleypas novel.
when talking about length, i believe they go by word count not page count.
Other than that i can see what your saying, i wouldnt think 300-400 pgs would be considered short.
Yeah, it goes by word count. So most likely Mr. Impossible had smaller font and stuff than IHOA. The cut-off is like 95,000 words, I think.
hmmm
Still seems odd… doesn’t it?
I just noticed my clock is like way off on my blog. LOL wonder what time zone it is set on.