Mrs. Foolery wants to know ARE YOU A NORA ROBERTS/JD ROBB FAN?

[Tom_Foolery]

She's addicted to her books and wants to have everyone that she's ever written.

[flamingyouth]

1. Yes, actually I am

We were just talking about her at work today. They're perfect mind candy for me, especially the J.D. Robb titles. And what woman wouldn't want to be married to Roark?! I can't remember the butler's name (it's been a while since I read one), but he is probably my favorite character!

[Bertha Venation]

3. that's it -- brain candy!

Perfect description. :) Love my brain candy, in the form of Rita Mae Brown's "Mrs. Murphy Mysteries." Light fluff is great.

[Bertha Venation]

2. I read one Roberts-as-Robb and was underwhelmed.

It was a good read, mildly entertaining, interesting. But too much sex for my taste -- and unnecessary sexist crap that a man would throw in just for titillation. Perhaps that's the point of a male (?) nom de plume. :shrug:

Give me Patricia Cornwell any day.

Please tell Mrs. F. this is in no way a judgment of her taste. To each her own. :toast:

[Tom_Foolery]

4. That's why we're DEMOCRATS...

to each her/his own.

[bain_sidhe]

7. Well, half-way through the fourth J.D. Robb

"Rapture In Death" - I have to say it's not one of her better efforts. Lapses more than usually into romance-genre sterotypes, and more gratuitous sex than the other ones I've read so far. Of course, they are "just married" - and I suspect some libido-heightening tech is being used on them as part of the mystery...

Still, it's STILL not as bad as Laurell Hamilton's vampire detective series. I read one of those and got so that I'd just roll my eyes and skip ahead whenever a sex scene started, trying to find where the actual plot picked up again.

[Misunderestimator]

8. Was going to respond but...

Bertha just said it all. I kept hoping Robb would lighten up on the Knight in Shining Armor sex as I got through the series (and I got through almost all of it). They are entertaining and easy reading for plane rides and vacations, but Cornwell... she's a master.

[bain_sidhe]

5. ME! Me! Me!

At least in her J.D. Robb persona. I "discovered" her when SFBC offered one of her books. I've bought all the ones they've offered (the last three) and started in on the older ones, three at a time. I just got three more today, which brings me up to six of the older ones. I'm not a fan of the romance genre, but I've always liked both detective and science fiction. The "Eve Dallas" series have elements of the romance genre, but I can put up with it because the detective stories are so good, plus I LOVE the character.

[cid]

6. Yes I have every book she has written under both names

:) She is one author I buy without even reading the synopsis. Tell her to hit Ebay..she can get a bunch at once there cheaper than buying new..or a used book store.