amused1

Barbara was quite a character and could be tough as nails. I remember placing orders with her on the phone way back in the day when I worked for a small regional book chain. During that period I read pretty much every gay novel we carried, the good the bad and the ugly. That helped warm her up to me as she would quiz me on what I'd read and suggest what I should read. I read well over 300 gay works during that 2 year period. So many of the books posters are mentioning are distant, pleasant reminders of days gone by.

In the early 80s I read "The Movie Lover", a nicely written, romanic-ish, escapist novel with some lol dialog. Still remember a line "... whose voice on warm summer nights could call bats from miles around." I doubt its in print any more.