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Kate Cuthbert is a Canadian living in the land of Aus(tralia). She has lived on three continents, racked up student debts on two, finished two degrees, swam with dolphins, had 3 concussions, and drunk a Masse Bier. She reads way more than is good for her, worships her dogs, and co-runs a reading group for lovers of romance fiction in Brisbane. She likes thunderstorms, hot showers, cold swimming pools, watermelon but not watermelon flavouring, wearing lipstick, dancing, singing, driving too fast, the smell of book stores, ice hockey goalies, the sound car tires make in underground parking lots, cooking, baking, not doing the dishes, travelling, angry music, castles, stories with happy endings, people who cry on TV, semi-colons, cobblestones, and Hallowee'en. She doesn't like drivers who don't acknowledge when you let them in, beetroot, liver, racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, xenophobia, McDonalds, spiders, indecision, being called ma'am, reality television, impoliteness, the colour purple, and txt spk.
| Favorite Romance Authors |
All-Time Favorite Romance Authors
Julia Quinn
Best Discovery/Buried Treasure Authors
Lynsay Sands
My Biggest Glom
Lisa Kleypas
Sandra Hill |
| Favorites by Sub-Genre |
Contemporary:
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Body Checkby Deidre Martin
European Historical:
Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
Mistress by Amanda Quick
Alternate Reality:
Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward
Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong |
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What I'm a sucker for in a book: Alphas in Beta clothing, teacher/instructor heros, characters who argue with each other, villain-heroes, and best-friend-turning-into-something-more romances.
What I don't particularly care for in a book: American historicals and previously-married-characters-getting-back-together romances.
What drives me absolutely nuts in a book: Surprise werewolves, secret babies, vampires with French accents, meek heroines, TSTL characters, and weak or ineffectual villains.
| Favorite Romance Novels |
Absolute Favorites
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Favorite Classic
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Favorite Short Story
A Dozen Kisses(The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown) by Mia Ryan |
| Favorites by Plot Type |
Suspense:
Open Season by Linda Howard
Out of Control by Suzanne Brockmann
Funny:
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Girl Most Likely by Rebecca Sparrow
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| Favorites by Mood |
Comfort Reads:
Anything by Amanda Quick
Guilty Pleasure:
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
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Favorite Hero
Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorite Heroine
Penelope Featherinton, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Rachel Morgan, Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
Favorite Couple
Jaenelle and Daemon, Anne Bishop's Black Jewel trilogy
Hades and Lina, Goddess of Spring by P.C. Cast
Best Villain
Sebastien, Viscount St. Vincent, It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas |
Worst Books
Black Silk by Judith Ivory
Authors I Have Given Up On
Laurell K. Hamilton
Authors Others Love That I Don't
Katie MacAllister |
Favorite Author
Michael Ondaatje
Arundhati Roy
Barbara Kingsolver
Favorite Book
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Favorite Classic Novel
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Fantasy
Next series by Jasper Fforde |
Favorite YA Book
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton
Favorite Set of Connected Books
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
Book Most Often Reread
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence |
