![]() ![]() It was ON! I read so many books by English and Canadian authors that I started to sound different from my friends. ![]() Man, I could go through two or three books on a Saturday or Sunday and keep up with my reading from the school library. She had the early Pyramid series of books – first editions! Then I happened upon a Bantam series book at school, THE CRUEL COUNT, which I “took”. I also went through her stash of Barbara Cartlands. So I went through my parent’s closet – they had bookshelves in their closet – and one by one, pulled them down and read practically everything mom had, specifically the Harlequin Presents® and a handful of basic Harlequins®. What’s worse – I was all like, “yeah, whatever”. Let the plain women be nurses because they could not hope for better. Zarco told the heroine that she was too beautiful to be a nurse. I know I was reading a ton of books that year from my school library. Maybe, the year that I read it, my mind was finally ready. ![]() I read it again to see what made this one different than the others I had tried to read. Before, I had tried, but could not connect with the text. Next thing I knew, I was halfway through (which wasn’t much considering how lean these books were). One evening, I just picked it up and started reading. I started reading romance novels in the mid-70s, starting with this tiny tome-ette. Women’s Lib completely missed this boat.įirst romance I ever read: BRIDE OF ZARCO, Margaret Rome 1970s: No such thing as political correctness. ![]()
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