Apart from being a well known author, McNaught also worked as the first female executive producer for the CBS radio station. They have been translated into more than 30 foreign languages. She has more than 40 million printed copies of her novels that are sold in more than 8 countries worldwide.
McNaught was born on in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. She is particularly known for writing down the highly successful Westmoreland Saga series. But that’s my thing.Judith McNaught is a New York Times Bestselling author from America who is famous for writing a number of popular novels based on the romance and historical fiction genres. It sounds crazy - to people who don’t feel and think the same way - I’m sure. And sometimes, I can’t reconcile their faces to the expressions they make in the book. There are enough varied voices in my head, thank you very much.Īnyway, when I see the characters’ faces on the cover, they will forever be the characters in my head. Sidebar: It’s the same logic (?) I apply for my not wanting audio books. As I read the book, these characters’ faces may change or stay the same, but that is my prerogative. I want the author to tell me what they look like, and then it’ll be up to me to sort of cast them in my head. There’s really just one reason for that: I don’t want to know what the characters look like. However, when it comes to authors I’m not familiar with but whose plots I find intriguing, I always second guess my decision to buy a book with people in basic romance novel poses. Not that I don’t buy my favorite romance authors’ books if they have people in them (romance novel poses or not) because I still do. I don’t know what this says about me, but I definitely preferred these. These were different: flowery, and still very definitely skewed toward the female market, but gone were the people. (See image above) I didn’t care about the cover aside from the words ‘Judith McNaught.’Īnd then years later, when I was able to con my father to buy me books instead of the weird stuff he usually buys for me when he comes home from a trip, I came across a few McNaught books from Booksale. You know the ones: the dark-haired, swarthy, muscular men in half-open shirts, and the buxom yet slender, usually blonde women. I used to save up my allowance just to be able to go there and binge-rent (is that a thing?).Īnyway, back to the Judith McNaught books. They rented out paperbacks for 5 pesos for three days. But, and I love the fact that we had this in my town, there was this book rental shop. I think I was in elementary school and didn’t have the money to buy the books.
I remember a few years back, I was mad for Judith McNaught books. It’s as if the lack of color lends more legitimacy to what’s inside. The drier the subject matter is, the less colorful it is. You just know it’s a sexy romance novel.Īnd then there are the text books. It’s a lot like how romance novels used to have these bare-chested, oily men with flowing locks (hello, Fabio) and slender yet well-endowed women spilling out of their lovely low-cut dresses. To me, there is something about a well-designed book cover that speaks to the care and involvement of the author.
0 kommentar(er)
