tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951562957483519143.post6562245957382679216..comments2024-02-19T20:15:42.673-08:00Comments on Buried by Books: Romance and Mystery Reviews: Here We Go Again...New Adult Bandwagon RamblingBuriedbybooks http://www.blogger.com/profile/13945897945845383252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951562957483519143.post-62951651930914479632013-04-25T17:27:29.245-07:002013-04-25T17:27:29.245-07:00I hate cliffhangers. It signals either a) money gr...I hate cliffhangers. It signals either a) money grab or b) inability to finish your novel. <br /><br />I just don't feel an overwhelming need for college-set stories. And most of the books I've seen are just that. Buriedbybooks https://www.blogger.com/profile/13945897945845383252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951562957483519143.post-44956398637001633742013-04-25T17:12:59.944-07:002013-04-25T17:12:59.944-07:00@janetnorcal here: Yes! These books were always ar...@janetnorcal here: Yes! These books were always around. Broken record—Friends and Lovers by Helen MacInnes. He’s a college student, she’s been thrown out of her house by her wealthy Edinburgh family (for falling for an economic student who’s “not our kind” – hmm, is this sounding familiar?) Oh, it takes place pre-WWII. I was married at 23, had a son by 25 … <br /><br />I don’t want to sound all get off my grass – I’m open to reading self-pubbed/trad pubbed/any pubbed and I’m pretty forgiving of all sorts of errors. Or maybe I’m inured. But I’m nobody’s fool and you can’t tell me these endless cliffhanger endings aren’t a recipe to buy one two and hopefully three. And that there’s not a riff off Fifty Shades (which I liked but don’t necessarily want to read again and again). <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com