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Just as an FYI, my LJ reading, let alone commenting, is really hit-or-miss right now. I'm always an inveterate lurker, but I'm hardly on at all lately. So if I'm not around, it's me, not you; and I hope I don't miss out on anything interesting until I can bring my head up for air at the end of the semester. ♥

Random bits of EEEEEE! - my story Cheating the Other Guy (Teyla, Sam, gen) has been PODFICCED!!! (read by

general_jinjur).

And I really was supposed to spend today working on an assignment for art class, but instead I read Georgette Heyer's The Foundling because after the first chapter, I just couldn't stop. Why didn't anyone ever tell me Regency romance could be this much fun? OMG! I desperately want fic, but the handful I can find are Gilly/Gideon, which makes me very sad, because HARRIET, woe! Breaking up established couples or having them cheat on each other does not work at all for me when the couple hits my sweet spots. Why does no one write about the introverts-in-love sweet mess of Gilly/Harry? Where is the wee adorable kidfic with wee Gilly, Gideon and Harry having wee adorable adventures? Don't let that shy exterior fool you -- I am sure Harry ruled the boys when she was a little girl! I wants some Gilly & Gideon cousins-being-dorks fic too. The book was so sweet and fun, and the fic seems to be mostly gloomy pining and whatnot. *is sad*

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If you like her subverting tropes (although, considering she created the genre that led to the tropes, I'm not sure we can call it that), also try Cotillion. < evil grin > I love Cotillion; you'll see why if you read it.

Thank you! ^_^ *takes note*

The funny thing is, it doesn't seem like the subverted tropes are the ones that got picked up! I wish they had! I could read books about shy bookworms becoming friends and then falling love until the cows come home. :D (That's my big romance kink, really ... well, okay, one of them: nerd love -- people who attracted to each other intellectually and THEN fall in love after discovering that they have awesome conversations about stuff! I also like not being able to pick out the romantic love interest right off the bat, which was one of the things I really liked about this book -- the girl who *should* have been the romantic partner actually wasn't.)

Edited 2009-09-16 06:51 (UTC)