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Romantic books recommendations help urgently needed I am not kidding about the urgent part.

#21 User is offline   Gabriele 

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Posted 17 July 2017 - 04:50 PM

There should be something on this site: http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ ;)
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Posted 17 July 2017 - 04:53 PM

View PostMaark Abbott, on 17 July 2017 - 01:51 PM, said:

Bakker. The Inchoroi are a race of lovers, after all.


As someone who has read the Prince of Nothing series, and the first book of the Aspect Emperor series.

View PostHoosierDaddy, on 17 July 2017 - 02:03 PM, said:

Les Miserables



View PostSeduce Goose, on 17 July 2017 - 02:12 PM, said:

Stephen King's "Misery".



View PostVengeance, on 17 July 2017 - 02:41 PM, said:

Karma sutra.. Obvious benefits



View PostVengeance, on 17 July 2017 - 03:43 PM, said:

50 shades of Grey...


Riiiight

Passing these by,

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View PostAndorion, on 17 July 2017 - 12:39 PM, said:

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View PostAbyss, on 17 July 2017 - 05:01 AM, said:

TWILIGHT, obviously.




It is my eternal regret and shame that I have read that entire series.



AS IT SHOULD BE.



View PostMaark Abbott, on 17 July 2017 - 01:51 PM, said:

Bakker. The Inchoroi are a race of lovers, after all.



Extra points for shouting out 'Who are the Dunyain?!?" at intimate moments.



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Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Brilliant author, uses language beautifully, incorporates just a hint of the supernatural, books are not overlong, and always feature a love story, sometimes tragic, sometimes wonderful.

You will read THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, you will adore it, you will give it to her to read, and then you will get all the thank you sex.



You're welcome.


Looks pretty good.

Lets see
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Posted 17 July 2017 - 05:12 PM

Bram Stokers Dracula.
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Posted 17 July 2017 - 06:11 PM

Les Mis does have a great romance story, though....

Oh well.

It's also 1400 pages.
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Posted 17 July 2017 - 07:20 PM

Just one question: did you already finish your brother's "classics" challenge??
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Posted 17 July 2017 - 08:05 PM

View PostAndorion, on 17 July 2017 - 12:39 PM, said:

View Postworry, on 17 July 2017 - 04:11 AM, said:

I have read The Time Traveler's Wife and found it very enjoyable. I didn't think of it as a "romance novel" in the genre sense, but probably that's through my ignorance. It's definitely a love story (albeit a sci-fi love story) and probably will suit your gf's request.


This one is a definite candidate as the premise is very unusual.

View PostSeduce Goose, on 17 July 2017 - 04:44 AM, said:

I got you, fam. Just buy the whole collection.

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Ah PNR. Urban fantasy's drunk horny cousin


Small correction there.


View PostGabriele, on 17 July 2017 - 04:50 PM, said:

There should be something on this site: http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ ;)


I second this. If it HAS to be from the romance section, just sort their reviews by grade and pick one that sounds the least cringy to you. Their reviews are usually pretty spot on. I mean, I don't even ever touch romance, but I love reading their F and worse reviews.

Fun fact, I once sent my D&D GM one of those for the lulz, because it was some stupig dragon/prince romance nonsense and that turned out to also be our next ingame plot, whoops.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 12:23 AM

I'm completely blanking on the name, but I was once given by my parents' friends who have a vast SFF library a romance book of some sort. It was about a Celtic (I think Welsh) noble and his lady love who was set up by her jealous mother- or sister-in-law to be abducted by bandits and taken to the other side of Britain, etc. And in the end there's a mention of the whole thing being a legend for modern-day. and some very light fantasy elements woven in.

Anyways, there was little cringe, and I think that passes for a romance book. But I have 0 recollection of what the name was.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 03:23 AM

View Postworry, on 17 July 2017 - 07:20 PM, said:

Just one question: did you already finish your brother's "classics" challenge??


Halfway into that. Its going quite well.
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 04:53 AM

So, shortlist is

A Walk to Remember

Remains of the Day

Night Circus

Shadow of the Wind

Time Travellers Wife
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 03:21 PM

View PostAndorion, on 19 July 2017 - 04:53 AM, said:

So, shortlist is

A Walk to Remember

Remains of the Day

Night Circus

Shadow of the Wind

Time Travellers Wife


Three of those became bad movies and thus should be removed from consideration.
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 04:31 PM

View PostAbyss, on 19 July 2017 - 03:21 PM, said:

View PostAndorion, on 19 July 2017 - 04:53 AM, said:

So, shortlist is

A Walk to Remember

Remains of the Day

Night Circus

Shadow of the Wind

Time Travellers Wife


Three of those became bad movies and thus should be removed from consideration.


Yeah, and HOWARD'S END is nine times superior to REMAINS OF THE DAY anyways, if we are hunting Merchant/Ivory joints.

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Posted 19 July 2017 - 04:33 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 19 July 2017 - 04:31 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 19 July 2017 - 03:21 PM, said:

View PostAndorion, on 19 July 2017 - 04:53 AM, said:

So, shortlist is

A Walk to Remember

Remains of the Day

Night Circus

Shadow of the Wind

Time Travellers Wife


Three of those became bad movies and thus should be removed from consideration.


Yeah, and HOWARD'S END is nine times superior to REMAINS OF THE DAY anyways, if we are hunting Merchant/Ivory joints.


Eh, I don't really care about films. Books are far easier to get through for me.

BTW QT, your recommendations have not been forgotten. I have taken that supernatural crime thriller series and squirrelled it away as future light reading.
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 04:50 PM

I'm going to add my voice to those calling for Zafon. Shadow of the Wind is excellent, and it's a good time to get into the series since the fourth and final book is set to be translated and released next year. I've recommended it to several friends at this point (with vastly varying tastes) and I've never had someone put it aside.

Now I want to reread them too, damnit.

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Posted 19 July 2017 - 06:58 PM

All Nicholas Sparks's books qualify (I think. Again I have only seen the movies and "The Notebook" is a good movie)

Certain parts of "Parades End" might qualify as romance. I didn't read the books but saw the TV series.

Also, maybe the Bronte sisters if you haven't read them.

There are several Manga's focused on Romance
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 07:05 PM

View Postnacht, on 19 July 2017 - 06:58 PM, said:

All Nicholas Sparks's books qualify (I think. Again I have only seen the movies and "The Notebook" is a good movie)

Certain parts of "Parades End" might qualify as romance. I didn't read the books but saw the TV series.

Also, maybe the Bronte sisters if you haven't read them.

There are several Manga's focused on Romance










Regarding Bronte, I have read and enjoyed Wuthering Heights, but it was less romance and more where how romance can turn into tragedy.
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 08:35 PM

View PostAndorion, on 19 July 2017 - 07:05 PM, said:

View Postnacht, on 19 July 2017 - 06:58 PM, said:

All Nicholas Sparks's books qualify (I think. Again I have only seen the movies and "The Notebook" is a good movie)

Certain parts of "Parades End" might qualify as romance. I didn't read the books but saw the TV series.

Also, maybe the Bronte sisters if you haven't read them.

There are several Manga's focused on Romance










Regarding Bronte, I have read and enjoyed Wuthering Heights, but it was less romance and more where how romance can turn into tragedy.


All romance ends in disappointment or tragedy.
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