tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post114038974831728359..comments2024-01-30T00:27:08.622-08:00Comments on Damned Scribbling Women: Beacon from the PastKate Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1148341469621324382006-05-22T16:44:00.000-07:002006-05-22T16:44:00.000-07:00I'm down with the L.M. Montgomery gal pals--I also...I'm down with the L.M. Montgomery gal pals--I also have fun with the Travelling Pants series (yes, YA lit how I love you) and that they are modern teen characters who don't constantly stab each other in the back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1147390065332095742006-05-11T16:27:00.000-07:002006-05-11T16:27:00.000-07:00In some way, reading about a friend or a sister wh...In some way, reading about a friend or a sister who will always be there for you is just as satisfying (though in a different way) of reading about a romance to Broody McTortured Hotpants.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I would never actually find such a character attractive. But lately I've become addicted to adding "Mc" to everything and I thought I'd give it a shot here.Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1147373188644959762006-05-11T11:46:00.000-07:002006-05-11T11:46:00.000-07:00Awww that was a fun post! I'd have to say my favor...Awww that was a fun post! I'd have to say my favorite best friends in romance novels is got to be Julie Garwood's Judith and Francis Catherine from The Secret. Their friendship was absolute from an early age, it's the stuff friendships are made of! =)Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225913008564622617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1147363325667424312006-05-11T09:02:00.000-07:002006-05-11T09:02:00.000-07:00I second the Flitgirl's pick of Anne and Diana. Al...I second the Flitgirl's pick of Anne and Diana. Also, having just had the pleasure of meeting up with Flitgirl and Terri in NY I nominate them (though they are not fictional) cause Kate called it right: when you are worn out and annoyed with existence the only think that looks right is your best girlfriends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1147360821947268612006-05-11T08:20:00.000-07:002006-05-11T08:20:00.000-07:00How can anyone compare to LM Montgomery (take your...How can anyone compare to LM Montgomery (take your pick, but I nominate Anne and Diana/Phillipa/ Leslie, Emily and Ilse, and Pat and Bets)? I don't know if anyone wrote female friendship better than her.<BR/><BR/>In romance, historical authors at least tend to write more about male than female friendship, unfortunately. (All those companies of rakes, rogues, rapscalions and roues). But I'll go with Diana and Maddie in Mary Jo Putney's Dearly Beloved.Anneliese Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389340053893292833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1147358258425883612006-05-11T07:37:00.000-07:002006-05-11T07:37:00.000-07:00Ah, good times. As for the novels with good friend...Ah, good times. <BR/><BR/>As for the novels with good friends, I have to turn to the (yes, sometimes painful) Nora Roberts family series. The MacGregor Brides, anyone? Classics. What else? It seems more common in contemporaries for some reason.<BR/><BR/>On a totally unrelated note, I read the new Eloisa James. I don't know how she did it, but I didn't hate Imogen. I just don't think it's the same Imogen. She must have had a personality transplant.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248214550905214005noreply@blogger.com