The article discusses the popularity of Amish romance novels by Beverly Lewis, Cindy Woodsmall, Wanda Brunstetter, and others, and attributes it to a desire among readers for love stories centered around chastity, modesty, and fidelity.Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition...
This is like claiming no one should write a guy protagonist in a romance novel because romance novels are aimed at females. Edit: Yes, I'm triggered by the line "it doesn't make sense to have female protagonists" in what you are assuming is a male oriented genre. Have you considered ...
Most of the readers of erotic novels that responded to our survey are heterosexual women in committed relationships. They are highly educated, from a broad age span, describe themselves as avid readers and like to share their reading experiences with others. Distraction and feelings of ease were ...
Women all over were openly declaring their love for the trilogy, spawning themed parties and sex toys. How awesome is it for a book to do that? 5. Because It's OK to Feel Our Feelings If there's one thing that romance novels have, it's an abundance of feelings. Heartbreak, elation,...
We can attribute some of the dislike of romance to old-fashioned sexism. Anything considered to be the purview of women, from Beatlemania to harlequin novels, comes under suspicion. And also takes on a tint of shame. Romance as a genre is certainly one of the few in which women command ...
i don’t like romance novels and don’t like most romantic comedies, precisely because they are so often unrealistic and cheesy. outlander impressed me, especially the wedding episode. this is a brilliant analysis, but i do think the author is stretching when she comments on the bodies of ...
Seeing someone reading the book in public always made for a mixture of excitement and embarrassment, like the secret was finally out that women — and older women at that — had long-looming bondage desires and didn’t care who knew it. This was a book very plainly about sex, and unlike...
I dream of a life of leisure, with nothing to do but flirt with rakes and dance at balls. I’d undoubtedly hate it in practice. I like being busy and useful. But I can have that in a book, and then walk away, back to my real life. “There’s no real ending. It’s just the...
Women’s Fiction examples: The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan The Helpby Kathryn Stockett Contemporary Fiction This genre is so broad that it involves almost all genres set in the present. Plots revolve around a character’s everyday life such as work, politics, relationships, and the struggles of ...
about women. Of all time. Ever. But I was a literature snob and scoffed at her suggestion. Like many a romance heroine, I resisted before finally surrendering to the pleasure to be found in those colorful mass-market paperbacks where the rogues are dashing, the heroines are daring, and tru...