Haha the sheep-raddling scene sounds a little like the sheep-cleaning scene in the 2015 Far From the Madding Crowd (I’m not even sure that was in Hardy's book but…similar vibes)!
I came to romance reading later on and I tend to avoid older books because of the datedness you mention (so many controlling alpha dudes framed as attractive ugh). This one sounds so good though! I’ll have to seek it out.
yeah some of the older romances can be ROUGH and to be fair, I never know how much of my positive feelings are due to nostalgia for a book that I read as a kid and really loved (for example: Judith McNaught, who has some truly problematic books that are nonetheless beloved TO ME because of all my memories associated with reading them for the first time)
I have seen The Long, Long Trailer but it was ages ago. I remember it being pretty enjoyable, especially a ridiculous scene where a salad is being prepared in the trailer WHILE IT IS MOVING!
Haha the sheep-raddling scene sounds a little like the sheep-cleaning scene in the 2015 Far From the Madding Crowd (I’m not even sure that was in Hardy's book but…similar vibes)!
I came to romance reading later on and I tend to avoid older books because of the datedness you mention (so many controlling alpha dudes framed as attractive ugh). This one sounds so good though! I’ll have to seek it out.
yeah some of the older romances can be ROUGH and to be fair, I never know how much of my positive feelings are due to nostalgia for a book that I read as a kid and really loved (for example: Judith McNaught, who has some truly problematic books that are nonetheless beloved TO ME because of all my memories associated with reading them for the first time)
I have seen The Long, Long Trailer but it was ages ago. I remember it being pretty enjoyable, especially a ridiculous scene where a salad is being prepared in the trailer WHILE IT IS MOVING!
haha yes! an iconic scene!
I stopped reading, because I decided I need to read this book and did not want spoilers! My library has it to BORROW NOW. Yes!!!!
hope you enjoy!
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oh yay!
Racing to read this book! I would totally listen to you do a podcast of book deep dives!
WOULD you, hmmmm . . . I should get on that ;)