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"Hi I'm a newbie on here, I recently read a book called 'last dance with Valentino' by daisy Waugh, I absolutely loved it & wondered if anyone could recommend other books like it? I love that era!"

Could you say a little bit about what you liked about the book? I looked it up, but the book page didn't have a lot of information.

It's a romance set in the 20's, it's a fiction about rudolph Valentino who was a silent movie star. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any books set in this era

Oh, have you read The Great Gatsby? Or would you rather something written now and set then?

No I haven't read that, I don't mind when it's written. Thank you

There's a chick lit novel called Twenties Girl where there's a ghost from the Twenties. It's a cute fluffy read. Set in current times though.

does it have to be a romance? i think that's where i am having difficulty. is it the time period you like best, or the famous-character element, or the romance? or something altogether different?

karen wrote: "does it have to be a romance? i think that's where i am having difficulty. is it the time period you like best, or the famous-character element, or the romance? or something altogether different?"

Ooo, thank you for asking this. I was wondering as well. I started to go off on my Hemingway/Cather rant, but then I realized neither of them have the celebrity element, so I wasn't sure.

well, because i have a few ideas, but they are maybe a little bit later in time and don't really include romantic elements; the ones i can think of specifically about the twenties aren't romantic at all... there is Loving Frank, which involves romance and a "famous" lead character, but it is a little earlier than the 20's. not much earlier, though...

Yeah, I was thinking of books from a little later, too. Like, Lauren Bacall's memoir is supposed to be great, and I really loved Lana Turner's memoir Lana: the Lady the Legend the Truth because wow! What a title, amiright? Anyway, Lana Turner was loony tunes, but the book has loads of celebrity gossip as I recall. But, I do love memoirs, and I will admit that not everyone does.

hemingway would probably be good, though, for muscular romance.

Yeah, A Farewell to Arms is good for romance, but it is set in war, so it is not very glamorous. [Book:Sun Also Rises] is good for dissipation, but not as good for romance.

I was even thinking Woolf. What do you think about that? But, even though she is a '20s gal, I do not think that is what people read her for.

it depends - she is so heady and densely woven.

vicky - what do you like as far as pacing or writing-density? do you want something that is fast-paced and full of action, or something that is more meditative?

this is why we use our appeal factors to help make better matches!!

Yay for appeal factors! Where is the thread where you explain them?

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

Vicky wrote: "It's a romance set in the 20's, it's a fiction about rudolph Valentino who was a silent movie star. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any books set in this era"

Clive Barker's "Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story" might appeal to you. It's not exactly set in that era, but it does have ghosts from that era.

this novel is set in hollywood, pre-talkies, not your typical romance, but lots of romance in it. very touching and atypical story The Age of Dreaming