romance novels

Review: Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell

by Keira 10.30.2011

Genre: Non-Fiction look at Romance Novels Who is Sarah Wendell? She’s one of two romance bloggers behind Smart Bitches <3 Trashy Books. She knows her stuff. You should listen to her. She’s funny too! Who Should Read This Book? Non-romance readers wanting to know what’s the big deal about this genre. Who’s in the Book? [...]

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Review: Defining Twilight by Brian Leaf, M.A.

by Keira 09.29.2011

I’ve said before about how romance novels will improve your vocabulary and that they were responsible for my high SAT scores. Now it’s time to show how that’s possible… Brian Leaf is brilliant. He takes Twilight and pulls from it the words most likely to be seen on a standardized test. The book is very [...]

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Review: Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell

by Zarabeth Golden 09.16.2011

By: Zarabeth, guest reviewer Miranda’s Big Mistake is a contemporary romance set in London. Our lead female, Miranda, goes through a series of what turn out to be unfortunate relationships all while “the one” sits quietly on the sidelines attempting to be supportive. Our supporting female, Bev, is a very interesting character as well with [...]

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6 Ways to Orgasm According to Romance Novels

by Keira 08.04.2011

Based on the title of this post, you can probably tell its NSFW (Not Safe for Work), but it’s a whole lot of fun! So drop by on break time or after hours and say hello then. When it comes to romances there are six main types of orgasms. It’s not unheard to see all [...]

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Pirate Romance: Separating Myth from Truth

by Keira 06.27.2011

What is pirate, privateer, or buccaneer romance? While pirate romance seems pretty self explanatory the truth of the matter is that modern romantic notions of pirates are far from fact. When we think of a pirate, I am sure many of you will conjure up an image of the deliciously sexy and adventurous Jack Sparrow [...]

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Babies, Kids, and Adult Children: What’s your take?

by Keira 06.21.2011

Offspring in romance is one of those things that really get readers up in arms. We either love them or hate them. Few ride the middle and think they’re okay if the story warrants their appearance. In general I hate them. No, seriously, I do, despite that I’ve given a few of them 5 Stars. [...]

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20 Ways to Know You Read Too Much Romance

by Keira 06.19.2011

Before I begin, thanks Susan for your 5 tells – they’re hilarious! Now, when it comes to our favorite literature is it possible to ever read too much of it? What are some of the tells of overindulgence in romance? Let’s take a look! You Know You Read Too Much Romance When… Most of your [...]

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Review: The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

by Keira 06.09.2011

I have wanted to read this book for a while. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I finally did read this book! As I closed the book, I was gushing. There were so many aspects of this story that I liked, it’s hard to find any to point out as negatives, but [...]