Julie Garwood Blurb

I've read most of Julie Garwood's books, mainly the ones about knights, lairds and cowboys. I haven't read the more modern ones yet because I have a penchant for the more romantically out of this world situations. Lol.

I think that it goes without saying that I appreciate her writings and enjoy them for light reading material however, as I sped through her books in a relatively short time, voraciously digesting one after the other I noticed how you could tell which books were written at roughly the same time because certain words and/or phrases are found repeatedly within their pages. Phrases such as 'God how she please him' were especially prevalent.

Another thing I noted, which, upon reading up about it found that most readers notice it too, that her characters, particularly the females ones are very quirky, strong willed and sometimes a bit confusing. They are whirlwinds of mischief and passion, usually having trim waists, flowing hair and fiery eyes and their husbands having strong thighs, broad shoulders, the experience of the world and a reputation that sent fear into the hearts of their enemies.

Her stories sometimes, are also predictable because she has found this certain formula for story telling that manages to work its wonders each time but she balances this predictability with little plot-lets, twists and turns along the way to the magically happy ending.

Over all I think that Garwood is indeed a great romance writer, her books are made for those days when you just want to relax with a good book and not think so hard about what's going to happen next or about how to take all the info in. Her novels are truly light read must haves that leave you with a tingly happy sappy feeling after you turn the last page.


Cheers,
Koko

Koko onboard! :)

Hello everyone!

My name is Koko. I'm the newest addition to Pumpkin's bookshelf because as you may have already guessed the task of reviewing books can be quite tiresome so I've been enlisted to provide more reviews and a different perspective on things.

I'm a sporadic reader. Sometimes I read a lot, other times not at all.

I've read most of the Julie Garwood books, except the ones that are set in modern times because I have a thing for knights, pirates and to a lesser extent cowboys. Lol. :)

That's it for now. :D

Cheers,
Koko

[VIDEO] Julie Garwood's Fire and Ice

My Most Read Romance Author

I've been reading pocket books ever since I was about eight years old. Of course, the books I read then were vastly different from what I read now. Back then, my range of books was limited to Sweet Valley High and The Adventures of TinTin. I read during recess and lunch and in the school bus. I was the quiet one (though my friends now would dispute that vehemently) with my nose always in a book. By the time I was in Grade 7, I'd gone through probably half the books in our library but it wasn't until I was in my first year in high school that I got introduced to Julie Garwood.

I was introduced to Julie Garwood by my seatmate when she noticed that I loved to read. She was the one who introduced me to Sidney Sheldon too, but that's for another blog entry. In any case, she leant me an old (older than us, anyway) copy of The Lion's Lady and said that she thought I might enjoy it. Up until that time, I had never read a romance novel in my life. My book selections leaned more towards Runa by J. Alison James and The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. So surprisingly (or perhaps not so much) I did enjoy that first Julie Garwood read, so much so that I now have my own collection of Julie Garwood paperbacks. After reading The Lion's Lady, I scoured our school library for any Julie Garwood books. This was how I found my favorite Garwood book of all-time: Ransom. Again, let's reserve discussion of Ransom for another time.

I was rereading one of my Garwood books when I realized that I didn't know much about my so-called favorite romance author. So I went to her website and was promptly amazed by it. I think (and this is only my thoughts) that it's a recreation of her study. I have to say, the garden just outside the study should prove to be a nice, relaxing place to read.

Let me end this blog entry by directing you to the wikipedia entry about Julie Garwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Garwood), which I found to be an interesting though short read. (: