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QC is the "girliest nerdiest" webcomic
maddness:
GoBrandiRanger ... I often see something I want to reply to and then realize it's too old. Disappointing. Sometimes I don't pay attention to the date and end only realize til after. It happens.
And since I'm replying anyway ...
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--- Quote from: GroupieLady on 15 Nov 2010, 23:32 ---... Like L.K. Hamilton, all her readers are girls or gay men...
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as a straight man, I'll say that her early stuff was ok. My wife and I quit reading when kinky sex overwhelmed the last few shreads of plot
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I had my husband read Guilty Pleasures and he got in to the series.
When I started reading the Anita Blake series I was sucked in by the vampires, werewolves, zombies and a kick ass heroine. I've loved monsters since I was a mini-insomniac watching black and white horror movies at 2 am. Quickest way to get me to read something is to throw something supernatural in the mix. Then it became all about Anita sexing up anything supernatural, often against her will under the influence of a supernatural "disease" of sorts, and the plots became weak prop-ups for her sexcapades. If I want porn, I'll watch it, if I want erotic literature, I'll look for an author that actually knows how to write it. Boring sex scenes with anemic plot points sprinkled in between do nothing for me.
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I never cared for sports or other athletic pursuits, I was in to books from the minute I could read and though I'm particularly partial to sci-fi, fantasy, romance and mystery, I'll read pretty much anything as long as I enjoy the writing. I once read the biography of Haile Selassie I because I wand curious about Rastafari. Hell, I read those books that were like encyclopedias for diseases, the ones with all the pictures? I was a weird kid.
I don't really know what being a tomboy has to do with romance novels, I know several women who are sporty, not girly and enjoy romance novels. Most people tend to go "Romance novels, Ugh. Bodice rippers, porn for housewives!" without every really giving the genre a fair chance. Sure some of it is schlock, but you'll find that in pretty much any genre. There are some really good writers in the genre and a variety of sub-genres for people with differing interests. I tend to prefer sci-fi/fantasy and suspense/mystery. I recently picked up a really interesting steampunk romance titled The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook that was very well written and had excellent world building.
Wraith11B:
Guess I'm sucked in too... :mrgreen:
As a straight guy that used to read LKH, I felt rather similar. Now I don't even bother with her books, because I know I could write better than she does--much like how Tom Clancy started to write because he felt he could write a better techno-thriller, I know I could write a better preternatural thriller.
Elysiana:
I guess I should explain my tomboy remark a little bit more thoroughly...
I suppose you could say I'm borderline misogynist. I can't stand girly stuff or girly girls. They make me throw up a little in my mouth. I don't like pink (hot pink is sometimes okay) and I hate that it's the "girl" color. I think most girls need to grow some balls, including myself sometimes.
Therefore, romance novels, ew.
Kugai:
Romance novels are the trashy Soap Operas of the print world.
Barbara Cartland has a lot to answer for.
maddness:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 05 Jan 2011, 18:46 ---Barbara Cartland has a lot to answer for.
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Wow, now that's bringing it old school!
Is she still alive? I don't even know.
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