tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post4794629505346306477..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Abby Green: My Romance InfluencesLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-50394165623000917782014-07-01T14:26:48.578-07:002014-07-01T14:26:48.578-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jan VanEngenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352051823518943852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-86912125368329723092014-07-01T08:39:31.936-07:002014-07-01T08:39:31.936-07:00Love the vintage covers too, I find them far more ...Love the vintage covers too, I find them far more evocative ;). <br />I haven't read any Essie Summers, must look her up :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564445440284120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-48252567285266535502014-07-01T08:09:50.250-07:002014-07-01T08:09:50.250-07:00I am trying to remember my first author crush and ...I am trying to remember my first author crush and keep coming back to Dr.Suess and Edward Lear. As I got older I read books that were considered too old for me But when it came to romance it was Essie Summers who took me away. I read and enjoyed Anne Mather, Ann Hampson, Roberta Leigh but it was Essie that touched my soul. She was the only one that ever wrote about a heroine having come from a jagandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811120171718546494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-75106076347268667312014-07-01T07:54:25.963-07:002014-07-01T07:54:25.963-07:00love the vintage bookslove the vintage booksdstoutholcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715837468307132294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-57518360320798824972014-07-01T03:45:11.084-07:002014-07-01T03:45:11.084-07:00Hi Jan, oh yes, loved Enid Blyton and her wonderfu...Hi Jan, oh yes, loved Enid Blyton and her wonderful boarding school series too! The name Alicia always fascinated me as I used to wonder how to pronounce it. And this is coming from a country with Sineads and Siobhains! Also loved Roberta Leigh, must go back and re-read some of hers. Wouldn't it be great to be starting out with all of these again and discovering fantastic worlds for the firstAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564445440284120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-54144239962195599582014-07-01T03:22:11.593-07:002014-07-01T03:22:11.593-07:00I can't believe how many books we have read. L...I can't believe how many books we have read. Loved those Ladybird books. Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sidney Sheldon, Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, yes. Also Robert Ludlum . I was into Enid Blyton books of the St. Clare books. As for Mills and boon still have my very first one by Roberta Leigh Too young to love 1976. Love my Carole Mortimer and Penny Jordan over the decades and Emma Darcy hookedJan VanEngenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352051823518943852noreply@blogger.com