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Last year I read 52 books, a satisfying number. This year, I imagine I’ll be lucky to make half that. I’m planning to focus, at least in part, on a few big reads, like GAME OF THRONES, TREE OF SMOKE, and the Steve Jobs bio. And I’m kicking it off with the biggest fish of ‘em all, MOBY DICK,…
Grumpy McCarpsalot makes her annual visit to The Gutter as Chris once again tells everyone what’s wrong with romance (and is easily applicable to all other genres):
So yes, I read a lot. Ten to twelve books a week, on average. Not all of those are Romance, of course — I genre-hop with the best of them* and devour all sorts of non-fiction as well. But Sturgeon’s law says that ninety percent of everything is crap, and Romance is no exception. Which means that in and among the many stories that make my mind happy is… a lot of crap.
That’s right: it’s time again for my yearly whinge! The column in which I trash all the things I don’t like about the Romance genre. As usual, I won’t name titles or authors; this is about trends I dislike, rather than specific examples.
Image Carol drew for a reading of “Herbert West, Re-Animator” Monster Island Resort Podcast. Click through to hear the reading.
