I've moved to #WhatchaReading ? I read the Testimony by "Laura London" which I somehow missed when they were digitized. I might have liked it more then, but I found it mostly vibes and the vibes were dated and a bit overly purple. There is some relevant political commentary though--MMC is a reporter and child of immigrants who goes to jail for refusing to reveal a source.
azteclady@willaful I am one of those old genre romance readers who nonetheless managed to miss all of Laura London's books--and now I don't think I could read them, because of I fear that, by their very nature (category style, written in the 1970s and 1980s), I'd not just not enjoy them, but likely dislike them intensely.
May have to rethink this stance...at some point, when I'm a bit less terribly behind in my TBR coridlleras.
@herhandsmyhands They have some really lovely qualities.
@willaful I wish Lucynka put more of her content as blog posts; she has some lovely threads on Bluesky about her pulp proto/early genre romance (like from the 1920s to 1940s), and is publishing some of those orphan works herself. Good not just as scholarship but as a reader who cares about the genre.
SkavauHi, sorry to butt in - I keep seeing this community pop up in recent posts. Lemm.ee, the instance this is hosted on is going to shut down at the end of the month. Just curious if you're aware.