tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post2567181037368654322..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: From Foreign Climes!Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-50566794855321398372008-06-18T01:29:00.000-07:002008-06-18T01:29:00.000-07:00Jennie, the foreign covers ARE fun, aren't they? I...Jennie, the foreign covers ARE fun, aren't they? Interesting to see the different cultural takes on the story. And I love your response to the embarrassed to be seen reading romance question! Makes me want to mount the barricades! ;-) <BR/><BR/>Hey, Terri, lovely to see you here! Just about to check out your Scottish post now. How interesting that the Russian cover is a Western romance diddled upAnna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-15969455079646240332008-06-16T19:56:00.000-07:002008-06-16T19:56:00.000-07:00Anna -- I love to see the foreign releases -- the...Anna --<BR/><BR/> I love to see the foreign releases -- the titles and covers can be very interesting...<BR/><BR/> I think that Russian one is actually an old Zebra cover of a romance set in frontier America...I can almost see the book...if I find it on my shelf, I'll let you know which one...<BR/><BR/> Enjoy the world-wide fun!<BR/><BR/> Terri <BR/><BR/>www.terribrisbin.comTerri Brisbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866839874585980451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-90629698808760471892008-06-14T21:10:00.000-07:002008-06-14T21:10:00.000-07:00What a fun post, Anna! I loved all the foreign cov...What a fun post, Anna! I loved all the foreign covers.<BR/><BR/>And in answer to your question--I'm never embarrassed to be reading a romance novel in public, no matter what the cover looks like. I'm completely defiant about it. If someone objects to passion and ultimate love, then they've obviously got bigger problems then a clinch cover shot.Jennie Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391854333105140789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-28700017227913116802008-06-13T22:13:00.000-07:002008-06-13T22:13:00.000-07:00Thanks, Kimmy! Thought they might make some pretty...Thanks, Kimmy! Thought they might make some pretty pictures for a blog ;-)Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-69497862153551357192008-06-13T21:29:00.000-07:002008-06-13T21:29:00.000-07:00I love the covers they are great.I love the covers they are great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-55333957489627719702008-06-13T20:44:00.000-07:002008-06-13T20:44:00.000-07:00Hey, how does Greg Preston turn into Michelle Doug...Hey, how does Greg Preston turn into Michelle Douglas? Michelle, lovely to hear from you. Annie West, my CP, just adores the Russian cover because it is so fairytale. I think it's mighty pretty! I LOVE the Anne Gracie covers. I think they do the symbolic object thing really well.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-49115133978737290392008-06-13T18:22:00.000-07:002008-06-13T18:22:00.000-07:00Hi Ahha, you're Russian cover made me giggle. I th...Hi Ahha, you're Russian cover made me giggle. I thought it a cross between Heidi, The Sound of Music and the covers of all my childhood fairy tale books- none of which bring to mind your particular brand of Regency Noir. Such a pretty picture to go with the title of 'Winning the High-Class Prostitute'. I loved it!<BR/><BR/>Have to admit, I like a nice clinch on the cover. Having said that though,Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586192358963827660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-74053491154536447312008-06-13T17:33:00.000-07:002008-06-13T17:33:00.000-07:00Actually I really like the new Julia Quinn cover, ...Actually I really like the new Julia Quinn cover, THE LOST DUKE OF WYNDHAM. I think that's really romantic and it makes me think of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy for some reason. Nice colors too.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-21922545335027061332008-06-13T17:30:00.000-07:002008-06-13T17:30:00.000-07:00Pat, I've got to say for all the gorgeous hims on ...Pat, I've got to say for all the gorgeous hims on his own and hers on her own and houses and horse and lockets and bits of bodies, my favorite is still a really romantic clinch! I think we must look at romance novels the same way!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-77353737072068869022008-06-13T17:25:00.000-07:002008-06-13T17:25:00.000-07:00Hello, Ms. "Ahha,"Love this particular take on you...Hello, Ms. "Ahha,"<BR/><BR/>Love this particular take on your<BR/>name! It certainly is different.<BR/>I tend to like the heroine and <BR/>hero together in a lovely embrace.<BR/>Isn't that what the story is about?<BR/>Bringing them together, after<BR/>working out their point of conflict?<BR/><BR/>Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-69272802169245535052008-06-13T17:03:00.000-07:002008-06-13T17:03:00.000-07:00Hiya Fedora! Yes, I must say I respond really stro...Hiya Fedora! Yes, I must say I respond really strongly to beautiful colors in a cover - which is why those German ones are so striking, I think, especially the latest one. There were a couple of Candice Hearns with beautiful gowns on the front that I thought were stunning. And Christine has already mentioned the lovely Liz Carlyles. I love the really mysterious clinch ones they do for some of theAnna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-52288911962169224942008-06-13T16:48:00.000-07:002008-06-13T16:48:00.000-07:00Hi, Anna! You've gotten a collection of very fine...Hi, Anna! You've gotten a collection of very fine covers! I really like rich colors and gorgeous gowns for historicals. The clinch covers are classic, of course, and I usually enjoy those, but it does still make me giggle when the guy is gratuitously half-naked and the woman's gown is falling off her gorgeously bare shoulder :) On the more contemporary stories, I do like those bare chest withFedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-60115681630688300222008-06-13T16:15:00.000-07:002008-06-13T16:15:00.000-07:00Jane, they're terrifically sexy, aren't they? Than...Jane, they're terrifically sexy, aren't they? Thank you. Especially that new one. I was so happy when I saw it. As Aunty Cindy points out, we authors have very little say in what we get. <BR/><BR/>Cindy, as always, lovely to see you. Thanks for popping by to say hello. I think your cover for THE WILD SIGHT is fantastic. So atmospheric. Sort of romantic and creepy at the same time. Wow!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-69693114501225064082008-06-13T16:04:00.000-07:002008-06-13T16:04:00.000-07:00Late to the party but just had to pop by and say, ...Late to the party but just had to pop by and say, Fo I LURVE all your covers! The colors are so lush, and that edition of Tempt the Devil with those lavendars is esp. YUMMY!<BR/><BR/>Madame Wells, I have said before but will say again The Dangerous Duke is one of THE MOST GORGEOUS covers I've ever seen! Yes, that even includes MINE, which I do LURVE, but yours is like an elegant painting!<BR/><BRLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-4513766639467982362008-06-13T15:07:00.000-07:002008-06-13T15:07:00.000-07:00Wow, your foreign covers are gorgeous. I love the...Wow, your foreign covers are gorgeous. I love the cinch covers, but my favorite are the shadowy silhouettes, popular on covers of romantic suspenses. I enjooy the torso covers, too.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040629694490652973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-55254023342954134572008-06-13T13:36:00.000-07:002008-06-13T13:36:00.000-07:00Becky, thanks for popping by and also thanks for c...Becky, thanks for popping by and also thanks for checking out my US covers. They're SOOO romantic, aren't they? <BR/><BR/>Estella, I must admit a really stunning cover has drawn me to pick up a book in a bookshop. Especially if it's a book by a writer I don't know. As you say, if you read a lot of romance, you have autobuys and honestly, they could come out in a paperbag and I'd still buy them. Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-53806030927893291992008-06-13T13:29:00.000-07:002008-06-13T13:29:00.000-07:00Your covers are very colorful.I don't have a favor...Your covers are very colorful.<BR/>I don't have a favorite type of cover. Covers are not the reason I buy a book, the author is.Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199693275287344161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-85123366275722084242008-06-13T13:06:00.000-07:002008-06-13T13:06:00.000-07:00Hi,I like the bit of somebody covers. I'm partial...Hi,<BR/>I like the bit of somebody covers. I'm partial to torsos or behinds. And I like cool colors that make a mood!! My pet peeve, like everyone else seems to be, is when what you can see doesn't match the story. I hate a blond cover model for a book about a redhead darn it. What is up with that! Currently, I feel like paranormals are getting my favorite covers but that changes. :) You Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272412368357048322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-9429634471742822622008-06-13T12:08:00.000-07:002008-06-13T12:08:00.000-07:00PJ, I'm with you! I hate it when they don't look l...PJ, I'm with you! I hate it when they don't look like they come from the book I'm reading. It tends to make me feel undervalued as a reader! And I don't like it when there's an incident that has absolutely nothing to do with the story. I remember a story that was firmly set in Regency London featuring a naked (well, implied naked!) hero and heroine on the front under a waterfall. Um, in Hyde ParkAnna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-41685978027233802912008-06-13T12:06:00.000-07:002008-06-13T12:06:00.000-07:00Hey, Helen, thanks for popping over from the Bandi...Hey, Helen, thanks for popping over from the Banditas to check out my blog. I must admit I have a very soft spot for a clinch cover. That's always said 'romance' to me. <BR/><BR/>Hi Tiffany! Always great to see you. I should get the US cover soon. I'll put it up on the website then and you can check it out!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-70494481336503231382008-06-13T12:03:00.000-07:002008-06-13T12:03:00.000-07:00Christine, thanks for your comment. I agree about ...Christine, thanks for your comment. I agree about your Dangerous Duke cover. It's beautiful. One of the prettiest I've ever seen. I remember the Liz Carlyle ones (I own most of them!). They were spectacular. You're right about just a face on the cover. Some of those are lovely, aren't they?Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-76695323837588680952008-06-13T12:01:00.000-07:002008-06-13T12:01:00.000-07:00Annie, always lovely to see you. Thanks for poppin...Annie, always lovely to see you. Thanks for popping by. Actually I've seen that Korean cover and I think it's gorgeous. But I think you've been pretty lucky with your covers - the two Sheikh ones are gorgeous. And you're right - it is such a thrill to think of people all over the world picking up our books, isn't it?Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-39925318970876411902008-06-13T07:12:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:12:00.000-07:00Those are great covers, Anna. I love the rich, vi...Those are great covers, Anna. I love the rich, vibrant colors! <BR/><BR/>I like a variety of covers, some with clinches and others without. Like Helen, what drives me around the bend is when the h/h on the cover are the direct opposite of their description in the story. <BR/><BR/>I think Elizabeth Hoyt has a beautiful cover for Taste of Temptation and I love Donna MacMeans's cover for The pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-9088815659373706282008-06-13T05:50:00.000-07:002008-06-13T05:50:00.000-07:00Look at the covers--there much diff from the ones ...Look at the covers--there much diff from the ones I'm used to for you books, but not so diff from some other authors in NA publications... when do you get your for NA?Tiffany Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991564840502713121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-31844405671525985612008-06-13T02:32:00.000-07:002008-06-13T02:32:00.000-07:00Anna the covers are beautiful I like covers that s...Anna the covers are beautiful <BR/>I like covers that show the hero and heroine on them for the most and I am not at all ashamed to be seen reading some of the hot and steamy ones in public.<BR/>The only thing that I don't like much is when the hero or heroine is pictured on the cover with different coloured hair than they have in the book, but other than that I think that most covers are very Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.com