As a frequent Romance reader I figured this book would be a fun read and I am glad that I guessed right. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I LEARNED FROM ROMANCE NOVELS is a fast and easy read that delves into many different subjects about love and relationships. Many readers may recognize the author from her romance blog but whether you do or not this book is an interesting read. I would not use it as a guide but more of an enlightening read that uses humor and down to Earth ideas and thoughts to help readers explore many topics.
I enjoyed the fact that women can now have another reason to enjoy their romance books. The stories nowadays are nothing like the ones our mothers read and this book shows us just how much they have changed for the better. I never thought to compare some of the points brought up in this book and found it interesting to think on many of those points and how they affected me or even women in general. I enjoyed all the remarks in this book by both readers and writers. There are so many lessons and questions that I never thought to link to the books that I read. At times this book makes you laugh out loud and at other times this book actually makes you think about your relationships.
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I LEARNED FROM ROMANCE NOVELS is a fast paced and enjoyable read. It was nice to see a book that builds woman up not tear them down because of what they read. The author does a nice job of showing that it is more than okay to read romances and to be proud of it. Seeing how much books effect and intertwine in our lives was an intriguing read. I enjoyed comparing many of the ideas in this book with my own and came away with a few new ones as well.
Take a dashing hero with a heart of gold and a mullet of
awesome. Add a heroine with a bustle and the will to kick
major butt. Then include enough contrivances to keep them
fighting while getting them alone and possibly without key
pieces of clothing, and what do you have? A romance novel.
What else? Enough lessons about life, love, and everything
in between to help you with your own happily-ever-after.
Lessons like...
Romance means believing you are worthy of a happy ending
Learning to tell the prince from the frog
Real-life romance is still alive and kicking
No matter how bad it is, at least you haven\'t been kidnapped
by a Scottish duke (probably)
Straight from the heart of influential romance blogger Sarah
Wendell, this inventive gift book provides the best wisdom
about love that the romance genre has to offer. Laced with
signature witty commentary and peppered with thoughts from
bestselling romance authors (Nora Roberts, Jennifer Crusie,
Debbie Macomber, Eloisa James, Robyn Carr, and lots more)
and avid readers, these pages will reveal what every romance
reader already knows: while romances are certainly steamy,
they have more to offer than just a sexy hero. In fact, they
might have more to say about love than we give them credit for.
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