I have been asked for some suggestions for books (on the theme of love) to go on the Valentine's day reading list.
I can think of the obvious - Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones diary - but can anyone think of some relatively obscure ones which will make me look boffin-like and brainy?
Ta
2007-02-07 03:36:01 · 8 answers · asked by megtownson 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
it isn't obscure but, The Time Traveler's Wife is great
also maybe edgar allen's annabell lee
2007-02-07 03:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tryst. It's an old one, written in the 30's I think by Elswyth Thane. A young girl's father is going to do research for a book, so they rent a large home outside London. The previous occupants have a room upstairs they keep locked - the man that lived there was on assignment for England and was lost on a mission.
Of course, the girl gets in and the man is drawn back to his home after he has crossed over. They grow to love one another.
I read it a long time ago and thought then it was movie material. I ordered it again (special because it's not the easiest to find), read it and cried. I don't think I can take it a third time, even when I know what's going to happen!
I would love to see it updated only because she is young and he's in his early 30's I think, but that wasn't so odd back then.
If anyone is looking for some paranormal type romance books, I've also enjoyed Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series.
We are Darkness. We are Shadow.
We are the Rulers of the Night.
We, alone, stand between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. We are the Guardians.
The Soulless Keepers.
Our souls were cast out so that we would not forewarn the Daimons we pursue. By the time they see us coming, it's too late.
The Daimons and Apollites know us. They fear us. We are death to all those who prey upon the humans.
Neither Human, nor Apollite, we exist beyond the realm of the Living, beyond the realm of the Dead.
We are the Dark-Hunters.
And we are eternal.
And yes, those I've read so far I would put in the romance category. Yikes, I went a little overboard, didn't I?
2007-02-10 20:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Zhivago- Boris Pastenak- a man torn between 2 women, not strictly a Harlequin-type romance or a Barbara Cartland, but it is a classic, should make you look brainy!!
Poetry- Sonnets from the Portugese- Browning
The French Lieutenants Woman- John Fowler
Tender is the Night- F Scott Fitzgerald
2007-02-07 12:30:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Locket by Richard Paul Evans
The Inheritance by Alcott
The Bridges of Madison County
Romeo and Juliet
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
A Walk to Remember by Sparks
Bookends by Higgs
A Gown of Spanish Lace by Oke
Maggie's Miracle by Kingsbury
2007-02-07 13:21:10 · answer #4 · answered by Puff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two more obvious ones: Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.
I'd also add The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
2007-02-07 12:12:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time travelers wife, by Audrey Neffenegger althought the characters have sex alot, its a good read about how love stands the test of time.
2007-02-07 12:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks
"The Groom's Stand-In" by Gina Wilkins
"Wedding Willies" by Victoria Pade
"Both Sides of Time" "Out of Time" "Prisoner of Time" and "For all Time" by Caroline B. Cooney
2007-02-10 13:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by megastarr92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Awakening by Kate Chopin is my favorite, and I'm a guy who hate almost all "romance" novels.
This one is excellent and very sad. It's also pretty short.
READ IT!
2007-02-07 11:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by Dale D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋