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By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:43:07 +0000

FD: Yippeee! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Another older LLG that is just fabulous is To Dream Again, although that one is fairly hard to find. Well worth digging up though. Says me

By: FD

FD — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:36:19 +0000

Wendy, just hijacking the comment thread to say thank you very much for mentioning Laura Lee Guhrke’s Breathless – I had as a used book it in my TBR and on your say so I bumped it up to be my train read of the week – except I pretty much inhaled it whole and went out and bought several of her back list in my lunch break today,
Ta very much, somehow I’d never read anything of hers before.

By: Lynne Connolly

Lynne Connolly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:53:45 +0000

Oh yeah, that thought did pass my mind. I don’t think it’s Bliss’s fault, but that line won’t include profanities, so she was a bit stuck there. But the joint, yes. OMG Addiction looms!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:01 +0000

Abby: Off the top of my head – good librarian romances include Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke (a historical) and Three Little Words by Carrie Alexander (an older Harlequin SuperRomance). The LLG is just flat-out solid, period. The Alexander is notable because the heroine works for a small, rural library in the middle-of-nowhere Michigan. I have a background in rural, small-town libraries, and Alexander hit all the right notes IMHO.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:57:18 +0000

Lynne: The “friggin” didn’t bother me so much. It could have been worse. He could have said “golly” LOL. The part that did give me pause was at that party when a big hairy deal was made over the fact that the hero’s brother was smoking ::gasp:: a joint. Really?!? A joint?!?! He’s a lead singer in a rock band! At the very least, shouldn’t he be doing lines of coke off a naked porn star’s body?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:51:31 +0000

Kristie: You are most welcome – and I can’t belive you weren’t a regular reader of the HSR line! We’ve known each other all these years – I’m impressed you’ve been so successful at tuning me out

By: Abby

Abby — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:54 +0000

I’d love to see a round up of your favorite and least favorite librarian heroines! As a fellow librarian, I’m a sucker for all books that feature librarians and libraries.

By: Lynne Connolly

Lynne Connolly — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:42:56 +0000

My grade would be with yours, Wendy, but for a different reason. Because of the nature of the line, profanities aren’t allowed, and when the hero’s bad boy brother uttered the immortal “frigging,” it made me laugh quite somewhat.
They didn’t really come across as ‘real’ rock stars. Musicians, maybe even pop stars I’d have accepted, but the old-fashioned idea of the rock star party (they really don’t do it that way any more) and the lack of profanities made me put the book down for half an hour.
I loved the heroine’s obsession with vintage clothes, and I liked the hero’s response at the end. And yes, I agree with you, the issues tended to obscure the romance a little. A B is a good grade for this book. I read it yesterday, and enjoyed the read.

By: KristieJ

KristieJ — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:15:52 +0000

Ahhhh – I’ve been waiting to hear your thoughts on this one. As you know *g* I really enjoyed this book – so much so that I’ve gone searching and buying her back list. This long into the game, it’s wonderful to find a new author with a back list!!
I have you to thank for the great little read I thought What the Librarian Did was and for leading me to a new-to-me author!!