A Knight in Shining Armor | 
bailedJude Deveraux is your classic historical romance author that is synonymous with the genre so the reissue of this time traveling title from the late 80's appealed to me. Sadly, this does not hold up. Instead of a strong female protagonist with a masculine name Dougless, we're treated to a whiny main character and a long winded plot line of a knight and ingenue.. In addition, the ending is terrible and convoluted. Hard pass on this one!
1. I would go back to the 1800s or maybe the 1600s.
2. The first time travel book I read was A Knight In Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux after which I fell into a rabbit hole of time travel historical romance novels. My daughters still tease me endlessly even though I read many other kinds of books now! Honestly, classics and everything! 😊
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pickI quite enjoyed this. I‘m not a big romance fan, but I do like time travel. This one got even better with an unexpected turn of events in the middle of the book. Although, I did find Dougless to be a bit flakey. I have no idea what she ever saw in Robert! I do feel like this was a tough one to find a good ending for, but I thought she did a good job with that. Cont in comments...
pickI love, love, love, love this book. It's a 1989 first edition! A romance novel at it's best with fantasy interwoven. The main character is in a dead end relationship and while at a church she gets pulled into the past, far past, a long, long, time ago. Unique, and entertaining read it in one day.
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so-soI loved this one so much when I read it about 25 years ago (it started my love for time travel romances) but it doesn‘t hold up today. Could be that audio is not the ideal format for this story. More probably it‘s the heroine, who just wants a man so badly. Still, I eventually got sucked into the story and listened til the end.
pickThis was given to me by a woman who owned a used book store in Little Rock, AR. She hands me this and says, “Free of charge. It‘s my favorite book in the whole store. I think you‘ll really like it.” She was correct! I couldn‘t put it down. This book will take you through time and bring you to a wonderful love story.
Thank god my current read is on my Kindle and I can manage with one hand or else I‘d be getting no reading done. This little booger is extra cuddly today. 😻 #catsoflitsy
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This one is not particularly "deep" or meaningful, but it is one of my favorite romance books. I also really love her Velvet series. When Offspring was in high school and wanted to try a romance book, this is the author I recommended to her. Offspring will tell you that Remembrance is better. (I'll tag it in the comments.) I disagree. When it comes to books it's definitely not "like mother like daughter." ?
Sometimes an American girl needs to read some smut about a hot English knight from the 16th century 😍
pickSO SO GOOD! I‘ve had insane things going on lately at home and this was the exact story that I needed to keep me going. A time-travel historical #romantsy by one of THE BEST.
What I loved most was how the author detailed the 1500‘s foods, cleanliness, medical care, entertainment, hygiene. The narrative included what we *think* about the 1500‘s vs what her research actually suggested and it was fascinating! The audio with Steve West is perfection.
“Different. A good story finally.
A wonderful ending - Do not peep ahead.”
This is scribbled in the front cover of my current read from the library (tagged above). So fun to find notes like this!! 📖🙌🏻😍
(I‘m also listening to the audio narrated by Steve West 💯✔️)
so-soThis was an enjoyable story, despite the fact that the heroine was a wishy-washy doormat and the hero was a shameless womanizer.
I can't say that I liked the ending very much.
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I am #crazyinlove with Jude Devereaux. The tagged book and the Velvet series are my faves.
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“Nicholas was trying to concentrate on the letter to his mother, a letter that was probably the most important document he would ever write.”
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bailedI'm sorry, everyone I talk to says they really liked this book but I honestly just can't get past the weakness and stupidity of the main female character. She just really turned me off from the entire book. Just couldn't do it.
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🌹 Looking forward to finishing this book and moving on through my TBR pile 📚
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Unlike the lovely ladies on Heaving Bosoms, I really love this book, but listening to them discuss it is still loads of fun. If you love romance novels and banter, and haven't checked out the Heaving Bosoms Podcast, you are missing out!
pickRead this today between naps. My first “real” job was as a classroom aide, (this was in the mid-90s) and the teacher in that classroom always lent me books. This was one of my favorites from her, and a week or so ago I thought of it for the first time in years. It‘s was as lovely as I‘d remembered.
24/100 for the year, K for #litsyatoz, time travel for #pop2018, classic of genre fiction for #readharder
Today's escape is from the #NPR100swoonworthy romance book list. #romantsy This has been on my TBR forever. Thank goodness for used book stores!
pickLoved loved loved this book!
My view earlier today, and I didn't have my book.... but I have it now! Plan on reading all evening. I highly recommend this book. Halfway through and it's so much fun!
After reading two apocalyptic books, I need something light hearted and fun!
#seasonsreadings2016 #day12 #inthemoodforlove Just a handful of my many, many romance novels, including my favorite of all time, A Knight in Shining Armor. Old-school Jude Deveraux is the best! #romantsy #catchup
pickOh man. So enjoyable. Great on audio! I laughed. I cried. I read this for my book club. The person who picked this wanted to read romance, which I was very excited about. I enjoyed the first half of the book more, which takes place in the "present" (1988 in this book). There's quite a lot of sweeping romantic language (like the above) that I loved because it really worked for the story. It wasn't trite or forced. #Romance
#PhotoADayNov16 Coffee is my #ReadingCompanion for today while I #ShopSmall for #SmallBusinessSaturday . I've managed to do most of my holiday shopping! I've been walking around town listening to my book club's pick - A Knight In Shining Armor. I'm enjoying it so far!
pickIf you love time travel and romantic stories then this is for you! ❤️
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