These books are so frail and crumbly they probably wouldn't survive another reading, but the longer a book has been in my possession, the harder I find it to let it go. They've been with me so long - decades - it'd be like throwing out family photos.
I'm thinking about the recent romantasy turn in fantasy/romance novels and how the Cantata books may have fit, say, 10 years ago. But in that time I grew old and then decided I didn't want to force spiciness onto my novels and removed most of it.
I still think one of the spiciest scenes is when they are reading books together and...not a single piece of clothing was discarded. 😉
Slow burn indeed. Mind you, I enjoy reading #romantasy every now and again. I'm just not sure I'm the right person to be writing it. Spiciness is just too much work and I'd rather be focusing on other things!
There's a fair bit of romance in Cantata of the Fourfold Realms but most of it is low-key and organically building up.
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Dunno what a kumquat is. Never tasted papaya.
Reading is brilliant, whatever day or time thereof. Stephen King over here ATM.
Shower foam? Had a Radox muscle relaxant bath myself last night, slept like a baby afterwards.
Best wishes to you and yours 😊
I almost wanted to say "Bah Humbug" for today's #3GoodThings, given I'm hobbling about on a walking cane today and am likely to need it for a few more days until my spine calms TF down. But, let's do it anyway.
The weather's nice. Not too hot, not too cold.
Kumquats and a mini papaya granola bowl for brunch was lovely.
My blood sugars behaving after I cut down my insulin dosage as an experiment.
💙📚 The Popular Library PBs with artwork by the amazing William Teason
(There are other editions, and I have some, but this is the complete set of the ones with this font) A labor of love that was finally completed w the help of a very generous, lovely author 🖤
💙📚
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, VARIOUS EDITIONS
(Centipede Press, Folio, a BAM w a glow-in-the-dark cover, 2 rare vintage paperbacks, Penguin Horror w into by GDT, a tie-in to that awful 90s movie)
If you've got some, share them! I love seeing different ones!