Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
When I was in high school, I was a big romance novel reader. As I got older, I read fewer and fewer, which seems quite natural. My favorite romance author was LaVyrle Spencer, and I am proud to say I have read every single book she's written. I think each reader looks for something different in whatever genre they enjoy; even within genres, there are finer differentiations in what moves one reader but not another. Spencer's books consistently offered me a very particular emotional pull that I enjoyed no matter what time period her stories took place in, what type of characters that populated them, or what ridiculous premises they were based on. Something about them...Hummingbird is one of my favorites. I think. It's been so long since I read it that I can't be sure, so now I am tempted to read it again and see if it still has the same effect on me, or if I have changed.
Do I read fewer romance novels now because I am older and wiser, because my literary standards have changed, or because I've simply become less romantic? Would I still like all my favorite LaVylre Spencer books even if I didn't enjoy more recently written romance novels? An experiment is in order, it seems.
Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
posted by Renee at 8:02 PM
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2 Comments:
This is among my favorite books of all time, too -- one of the first romances I ever read. Ranked right beside it are Twice Loved also by LaVyrle, of course, and The Rainbow Season by Lisa Gregory (Candace Camp). I can still read any of them and feel the same way I did the first time. I can't imagine how many times I've read them. A story is about feelings and these do it for me.
Jesse DuFrayne came in on a train....
It's my favorite romance book of all time. Love it! Another good one is One Summer by Karen Robards.
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