judepage123
New Member
I am new to this site, and one of the reasons I joined was because I had trouble finding people with similar interests as me on the other forum I was using.
It is a bit hard to describe my taste in fiction. It could almost be summed up by the word "gothic". But that word now seems to have many connotations that I do not find appealing at all. I am not at all interested in anything to do with Vampires or anything excessively paranormal, for example.
I like some gothic literature from the Romantic Period, for example, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe. But I have mostly been reading stuff that is not that old, but follows after that tradition. My favorite authors right now are Daphne Du Maurier, Victoria Holt, and Phyllis Whitney. (I have heard that Mary Stewart, Dorothy Eden, and Anya Seton could fall into the same broad category. I have not read anything by any of them yet, but I plan to.)
I am also interested in certain novels that could be called "gothic", but are not the typical "gothic romance". Examples of these that I have read and enjoyed are Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates, First Love (also by JCO), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. I have recently discovered Angela Carter and believe I will like her once I finish something by her.
I think one of my problems in relating is the fact that most of what I read isn't within-the-last-few-years-contemporary. I have heard that newer authors like Susanna Kearsley and Kate Morton follow after the more classic gothic tradition. But I don't have the money to buy new books (electronic or physical), and I never find their stuff in the used store I always go to.
I would like to find people with similar taste in books. I need someone to talk to because I drive my boyfriend crazy sometimes with my book talk. I would also be interested in learning about different authors which I might like. Thanks for reading!
p.s. I also love Medieval literature. One example: Beroul, The Romance of Tristan. I also like Thomas Hardy for some reason, though he is so different and definitely not "romantic".
It is a bit hard to describe my taste in fiction. It could almost be summed up by the word "gothic". But that word now seems to have many connotations that I do not find appealing at all. I am not at all interested in anything to do with Vampires or anything excessively paranormal, for example.
I like some gothic literature from the Romantic Period, for example, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe. But I have mostly been reading stuff that is not that old, but follows after that tradition. My favorite authors right now are Daphne Du Maurier, Victoria Holt, and Phyllis Whitney. (I have heard that Mary Stewart, Dorothy Eden, and Anya Seton could fall into the same broad category. I have not read anything by any of them yet, but I plan to.)
I am also interested in certain novels that could be called "gothic", but are not the typical "gothic romance". Examples of these that I have read and enjoyed are Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates, First Love (also by JCO), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. I have recently discovered Angela Carter and believe I will like her once I finish something by her.
I think one of my problems in relating is the fact that most of what I read isn't within-the-last-few-years-contemporary. I have heard that newer authors like Susanna Kearsley and Kate Morton follow after the more classic gothic tradition. But I don't have the money to buy new books (electronic or physical), and I never find their stuff in the used store I always go to.
I would like to find people with similar taste in books. I need someone to talk to because I drive my boyfriend crazy sometimes with my book talk. I would also be interested in learning about different authors which I might like. Thanks for reading!
p.s. I also love Medieval literature. One example: Beroul, The Romance of Tristan. I also like Thomas Hardy for some reason, though he is so different and definitely not "romantic".