I couldn’t choose, so we’re having two – my fave romantic melodrama is
The Shadow of the Moon, by M M Kaye. Sweeping historical backdrop! Falling in love with superior officer’s wife! Secretly (and not so secretly) protecting her! Military men restraining themselves from love because it cannot be is totally my cup of tea (see also Crash Landing On You 😄).
My favourite romantic comedy is Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. It’s very funny and sweet and has my favourite romance trope of all time – the pretend engagement. Even my husband liked this book.
Just flicking through past posts and saw this and HAVE to reply!
Shadow of the Moon has been my favourite book forever, and I also enjoyed Far Pavilions by the same author. I wish they had made SOM into a film, it would have been fabulous, but who would you choose to play Alex Randall? They miscast Far Pavilions so badly when they made that into a film!
Also a huge fan of Georgette Heyer. One of her books would have made a fantastic Kdrama, the one where the family are extremely grand but desperately in debt because of the father’s gambling, and they manage to get the beautiful older daughter engaged to the most eligible rich Duke in the neighbourhood. However, older daughter loves a soldier, so youngest daughter visits the Duke at night with her maid and asks him if he wouldn’t mind swapping her sister with her? He is amused and agrees and of course falls in love with her. But she is young and naive and her Mother has told her not to impose her person on her husband as he has a beautiful mistress and she has to pretend she doesn’t know anything about it. The mistress and an enemy of the duke conspire to cause the young bride’s social downfall, and she gets into a lot of scrapes, but she is fun and lively. It would convert very well into a Korean drama, I feel sure! Anyway, it is rare to find someone who shares one’s literary tastes so exactly!
It’s rare for me to find someone who’s even heard of Shadow of the Moon! I also like the Far Pavilions too (and Trade Wind by the same author, although some of it is now Exceptionally Problematic) – as a book at least. Casting can really make or break an adaptation, can’t it?
I would watch that kdrama! I know the book you mean but I cannot for the life of me remember what it’s called….Obviously this calls for some re-reading 😎
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beffels
August 24, 2020 at 5:48 PM
Day 20 – favourite romance book
I couldn’t choose, so we’re having two – my fave romantic melodrama is
The Shadow of the Moon, by M M Kaye. Sweeping historical backdrop! Falling in love with superior officer’s wife! Secretly (and not so secretly) protecting her! Military men restraining themselves from love because it cannot be is totally my cup of tea (see also Crash Landing On You 😄).
My favourite romantic comedy is Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. It’s very funny and sweet and has my favourite romance trope of all time – the pretend engagement. Even my husband liked this book.
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Sifimoyo
November 16, 2020 at 1:29 AM
Just flicking through past posts and saw this and HAVE to reply!
Shadow of the Moon has been my favourite book forever, and I also enjoyed Far Pavilions by the same author. I wish they had made SOM into a film, it would have been fabulous, but who would you choose to play Alex Randall? They miscast Far Pavilions so badly when they made that into a film!
Also a huge fan of Georgette Heyer. One of her books would have made a fantastic Kdrama, the one where the family are extremely grand but desperately in debt because of the father’s gambling, and they manage to get the beautiful older daughter engaged to the most eligible rich Duke in the neighbourhood. However, older daughter loves a soldier, so youngest daughter visits the Duke at night with her maid and asks him if he wouldn’t mind swapping her sister with her? He is amused and agrees and of course falls in love with her. But she is young and naive and her Mother has told her not to impose her person on her husband as he has a beautiful mistress and she has to pretend she doesn’t know anything about it. The mistress and an enemy of the duke conspire to cause the young bride’s social downfall, and she gets into a lot of scrapes, but she is fun and lively. It would convert very well into a Korean drama, I feel sure! Anyway, it is rare to find someone who shares one’s literary tastes so exactly!
beffels
November 16, 2020 at 2:20 AM
It’s rare for me to find someone who’s even heard of Shadow of the Moon! I also like the Far Pavilions too (and Trade Wind by the same author, although some of it is now Exceptionally Problematic) – as a book at least. Casting can really make or break an adaptation, can’t it?
I would watch that kdrama! I know the book you mean but I cannot for the life of me remember what it’s called….Obviously this calls for some re-reading 😎