tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post5116684154492209943..comments2024-03-02T14:54:21.802-05:00Comments on The happily ever after . . .: How I became a Romance Addict . . .Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00420773211895134710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-85456746926074113252008-09-17T11:41:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:41:00.000-04:00I was 12 when I read my first novel (family didn't...I was 12 when I read my first novel (family didn't read fiction). I read the Silver Brumby about a pack of wild horses in outback Australia and yes, it did have a romance. Just a horse one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-85263637733295097482008-01-05T13:43:00.000-05:002008-01-05T13:43:00.000-05:00I have always read, in fact my mother said as soon...I have always read, in fact my mother said as soon as i could sit i would be found with a book in my hands and if she gave it to me upside down i knew instantly. I was ab le to read Enid Blyton by the time i was four and Dickens at eight an i have probably read every genre that exists. I became fascinated with paranormal, when i first read 'The highlander' books by Karen Marie Moning, i think it was also at this time i became addicted to killa abs- then i found the warden on amazon and i was totally hooked, i have become a total book whore, i already had an extensive library but it has since become a take over bid! Which isnt easy since GB bookstores do not stock paranormal romance books, its a case of Amazon or the states! Good job im an information junkie too the web is my God, i doubt as i would have such a large collection had i not been able to surf as i do!! The books have also made huge changes in my life, they not only introduced me to new worlds, but created a whole network of fantastic freinds, who i couldnt bear to be without!! All of us are united in our addiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-42639635880785464782008-01-03T17:02:00.000-05:002008-01-03T17:02:00.000-05:00I love these stories!! You guys are making me feel...I love these stories!! <BR/><BR/>You guys are making me feel like a virgin! Well... a virgin romance reader, anyway! lolChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420773211895134710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-59486499031431057222008-01-02T15:01:00.000-05:002008-01-02T15:01:00.000-05:00I've been a book reader most of my reading life! I...I've been a book reader most of my reading life! I loved my local and school libraries.<BR/><BR/>I found my love of campfire ghost stories translated to books and movies. They made up a great deal of my reading even into high school.<BR/><BR/>Romance novels became big for me after high school when I started working in a nursing home at age 18. They had this library of donated books...filled with what I suppose are Regency/Historical romances (I think that's what they're called...lol). Y'know the ones...London, Bath...England setting...where the young, unconnected girl somehow gets transplanted into the ton, falls in love, etc...and usually marries the rich guy.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I devoured those that summer. I went off to college not long after that, and just didn't have time for too much fiction. I left school and ended up at the same nursing home, and found how much I really did miss those books, and I began to read a little more romance novels.<BR/><BR/>About 2 years ago, I found Dark Prince by Christine Feehan at Target....there's been no going back! It was those books that made me concentrate on romance novels because they meshed my love of the paranormal (especially vampires)and romance together so well!<BR/><BR/>I found Dark Lover the summer before Lover Awakened came out. It's really J.R. Wards books that made look online for info and discovered boards...I've been a cellie ever since!dd03https://www.blogger.com/profile/08448240779285846010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-31526568434452131502008-01-02T12:29:00.000-05:002008-01-02T12:29:00.000-05:00Hey Christine! Happy, Happy New Year! I love you...Hey Christine! Happy, Happy New Year! I love your blog!<BR/><BR/>I started reading romance when I was 13 (I think). I was bored one summer and my mother told me to go read one of the Harlequins that she had lined up on her headboard. She was in the HR book club or something so got 6 in the mail every month. Needless to say I mowed through them that summer and have been addicted to reading ever since. I did take a long break from reading in general (about 9 years) after my kids were born but now I can't seem to get enough of it! Now I read everything; historicals, contemporary's and parnaormals.<BR/>I really need to read Meyer's books! :)<BR/>TracyTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-21054046673595000932008-01-01T13:15:00.000-05:002008-01-01T13:15:00.000-05:00Hi Christine. Happy New Year! Best wishes on your ...Hi Christine. Happy New Year! Best wishes on your blog *MUAH*<BR/><BR/>My very first romance novel was probably when I was around 15. I saw a book cover on my Mothers book shelf and I hid and read it under the covers with a flashlight. Low and behold it was a Johanna Lindsey book Silver Angel.... hence years later I confessed that I read it. That was my first taste of the HEA.<BR/><BR/>I read historicals for years after. Then I moved on to Contemps until one day my very good friend Dee said "here read this" and it was a Susan Sizemore Vampire series and the rest is history. I have been addicted to paranormal ever since and thats been about 2 years.<BR/><BR/>I have expanded my reading to include Erotica and I really love the non- NY published authors. Needless to say my TBR pile is over taking my house and my sanity =)Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875439470928206472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661609629555743722.post-68139779462340321402007-12-31T14:38:00.000-05:002007-12-31T14:38:00.000-05:00I was the tender age of 13 and after reading Nancy...I was the tender age of 13 and after reading Nancy Drew I moved on to the wonders of Beatrice Small,Harlequin and Loveswept books. I still have my two original Harlequins in my parents' basement.<BR/>Oh yes, Stephenie Meyer and JR Ward are like the crack of the books world. I can't wait for my next fix!KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.com