09-17-2010, 07:31 PM
I purchased a few used books in the 80's that were written in the 60's & 70's but I never read them. I just hung on to them because I just knew someday I would get a chance to read them. I just knew I would love them. In the 90's I bought a few more of these old books for little of nothing. I actually started reading the books about 10 years ago and I loved them! I was so glad to have the foresight to buy those books when I did. Since then I have bought hundreds of these books. Friends of the Library book sales and Thrift stores provide most of my hunting grounds. Some Flea Markets/Antiques stores carry them but do get a little pricy. So with all this in mind, I guess you could say I did come to this genre fairly recently even though I owned the books for quite a while. I owe my interest in the genre to the fact that the cover art drew me into them. Otherwise I'm sure I would have never opened them up. I didn't even read romance when I started reading these books. The covers just captivated my attention. Now I even read romances. Gothic Romance has opened worlds to me that I would have missed out on. Thank you Gothic Romance Cover Artists!