Category Archives: romance
Jane Austen quotes what all of us females are thinking…if in their place in their time
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” #JaneAusten in Persuasion #classicromancebookquotes
Tell it, girl. Ode to the woman who knows “she can handle it”.
Hero’s Journey-Top 10 Monomyths that Inspire to Read More Classics or Relish in the Hero’s moments of fortune as well as misfortune and overcoming adversary!
- Harry from Harry Potter Series by Rowling
- Sophie from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Messenger
- Frodo from Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
- Katniss from The Hunger Games Series by Collins
- Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans by Cooper
- Will from Ranger’s Apprentice Series by Flannagan
- Mathias from Redwall Series by Jacques
- Yelena from Poison Study by Snyder
- Thomas from Mazerunner by Dashner
- Bilbo from The Hobbit by Tolkien
Top 10 Classic Romances that Inspire to Love a Character and Mimic Them
- Austen’s Pride and Prejudice-Elizabeth or “Lizzie” Bennet
- Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree- Fancy Day
- Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet-Romeo Montague
- Thackeray’s Vanity Fair- Becky Sharp
- Cooper’s Last of the Mohicans-Hawkeye
- Christie’s Death on the Nile-Jacqueline de Bellefort
- Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo-Edmond Dantes or “Monte Cristo”
- Austen’s Persuasion- Anne Elliot
- Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express-the group as a whole
- Austen’s Northanger Abbey- Isabella and James
(Because, who doesn’t like the master of disguise)
(Because we all want love in some form or fashion and do not want anyone to stand in our way)
(Because we all have something worth fighting for)
(Because we all have the ability to be vile and presumptuous and seemingly unaware if we want to actually admit it to ourselves)
(Because wow, there is power in numbers)
(Because sometimes the side story romance is better than the main one and well, Miss Austen, I wish now I could ask to have it written for me.)
Top 10 Period Romance Movies that Inspire to Read the Book (and think “I wish I’d read it first!”) (and “Wow! Look at what all they left out!”)
- Pride and Prejudice
- Romeo and Juliet
- Tuck Everlasting
- The Notebook
- North and South
- Under the Greenwood Tree
- Anna Katerina
- Jane Eyre
- Wuthering Heights
- Sense and Sensibility
Vampire YA Reads List
- Paranormally by Kiersten White
- Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
- Vampire Crush by A.M.Robinson
- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
- Revenants by Amy Plum
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
- The Eternal Kiss Anthology by Rachel Caine and other authors
- Immortal: Love Stories With a Bite by Rachel Vincent
- Call of the Vampire by Gayla Twist
- Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis
- Evermore by Alyson Noel
- Vampirates by Justin Somper
- Romeo and Juliet and Vampires by
- Unholy Alliance by Lacy Yager
- Vampire Academy by Rachel Mead
- Intertwined by Gena Showater
- Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith ( the early books)
- Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
- Prom Nights from Hell Anthology by Meg Cabot and other authors
- Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters by Tig Thomas
- Crush by Chrissy Peebles
- Night World by L.J. Smith
- Kisses from Hell by Kristin Cast and other authors
- Devour by Andrea Heltsley
- Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff
- Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
- Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi
- Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine
- My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking
- The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Next to read for me:
- Moth by Karen Mahoney
- Brocken Wings by Danielle Ogier
- Turned by Morgan Rice
