I’m going to second this. I did it, and while sales haven’t exactly been stellar. It’s wonderful to be able to point to something and say “I did that.”

Your Gramma is amazing. You’re lucky to have had her in your life. Even when she passes, you’ll still always have her love, the time you had together and everything she did that made you who you are. <Hugs and Blessings>

What an amazing story she lived. I’m glad you shared it with us. Hugs for your difficult days ahead.

I wasn’t sure that I would post it. She’s dying rn and I’m going to skip my class tomorrow so I can drive down to say goodbye. She will turn 88 on Dec 28th.

I don’t how to explain how reading and romance novels affected my life. Reading them changed the course of my life, I think. I’m the daughter of an immigrant and was in ESL classes most of my time in school. Reading them awakened my love of history (lover of Regency Period novels), it also provided goals and context…

Kindly read the 4,000+ word history I just spent months writing explaining why that is a gross oversimplification before you comment.

Growing up, I remember my mother devouring every single Kathleen Woodiwiss, Danielle Steele, Debbie Macomber (even Sidney Sheldon) book as soon as they were released. We must have had hundreds of those paperbacks in our house. This was the same woman, btw, who went through our entire set of Encyclopedia Britannica…