Since I have a position now at the local library, I spend a lot of time shelving books that come in and I'm putting a lot of Romance Novels, here's a cover of one:
I have a lot of guff/issues with Romance Novels, to which it seems oxymoronic (more moronic than oxy) to even add romance to the title of the genre.
Even bringing it up to my coworker, she's with me when I say there's nothing romantic about such books, there isn't a healthy form of intimacy that is portrayed in the books and none of it is really realistic...yeah, I'm sure finding mutual attraction, a bit of wham bam thank you ma'am and you're good to go, but...hmmm...
Romance novels to me equate to emotional pornography
Romance novels will continue to be made
Romance novels will continue to sell fake intimacy/fake romance
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I am a romantic, I like to the please the senses of the one I am with; whether that comes from cooking a homecooked meal or even just being with my SO. I believe in love and even though I've been burned by love in the past I know I will love again/be loved and fall in love, again.
Yet these books sell fake intimacy and fake romance, a flash in the pan compared to what could be a white hot flame that burns strong...tell me ladies, which would rather have?
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1 comments:
I found your blog while searching for romance novels. I must say that I disagree with you a bit.
To me romance novels are not supposed to be real.
We read books to get away from the stresses of everyday life and when you read a book it just takes you to a place where your troubles are gone and you're in a fantasy where everything is perfect.
Romance novels take you there and you get to live out a fantasy where the strong, ridiculously handsome hero sweeps you off your feet and you live happily ever after.
So it is fake but I think many people want that... to get away and leave their troubles behind, even if it's for just 20 chapters.
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