"The Love Story is - for women - success, failure, education, and the only adventure, all in one."
Films & TV Shows that Deliver "Romance Novel" Feelings?North and South (2004 BBC Miniseries) gives me the same feeling that I get from a romance novel, and that’s definitely a huge part of why I enjo…
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"I love you madly, as Barbara Cartland would say." Glitterland, Crusie, and Disneyland. Rather than questioning to what degree do romance novels present…
Is a romance defined by the text or by a reader's response to it?
Are romance readers...better than everyone?
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When Your Lover Rips Your Father’s Heart OutListen now (74 min) | Dame Jodie Slaughter, Feather Fetish Understander, and I recently discussed how The Savage and The Swan speaks the unspoken, what…
Cold(breath) Comfort Reads: January 2023Listen now (25 min) | Starting the year off with some cozy re-reads, comfort reads, and short reads to combat the wintery weather and get through winter…
Anais Nin, writer of “Female Erotica”?Listen now (71 min) | We need to talk about Anais Nin and her erotic short story collection Delta of Venus. Did Anais Nin write "female erotica"? Is…
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Shelf Love: romance novel discourse