September: Family Tree Month As we close our Family Tree Month Feature, I’d like to talk about a staple of the romance genre–mismatched couples. Paula Abdul said it best when she said “opposites attract.” On that note… Now, I think… Read More ›
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The Evolution of the Bodice Ripper: A Family Tree
September: Family Tree Month Bodice Ripper (n.): a book and/or book cover that portrays the classical image of romance novels as marginally concerned with plot and majorly concerned with sex, sexual content, sexual context, and people who cannot keep their… Read More ›
Romance and the Redhead: A Family Tree
September: Family Tree Month If you ask me (most people don’t), there are three types of redheads in romance novels: 1) The Fiery Tempered Temptress/Earth Goddess 2) The Fiery Tempered Tomboy/Boy 3) The Misunderstood-Kind-Soul/Reformed-Fiery-Tempered-Soul I never said they were very… Read More ›
So You Like Katniss Everdeen…The Family Tree for a Game of Love Hunger
September: Family Tree Month Hunting for a good read with a tough heroine who loves her family and is willing to sacrifice anything? Take a look at these. Two of the most defining characteristics of Katniss Everdeen are her selflessness… Read More ›
So You Like Aaron Cross…The Family Tree of a Bourne Legacy
September: Family Tree Month The sweetest agony is finding a character you absolutely love…and then being left in the cold when the book/movie/tv show is over and you can’t seem to find another character like them. Well here’s a little… Read More ›
Branching Out: Reaching Beyond the Romance You Know
September: Family Tree Month Every once in a while it’s nice to try something new; however, most of us are happy as a lark in the genre of our choice–romance. So when you’ve read all of the books you love…it’s… Read More ›
About A Boy: The Family Tree of the Male Romance Narrative
September Romance Family Trees It’s pretty easy to find a story about love. Throw a rock and all that. What’s a little more difficult is to find a male narrative of love (written by a woman OR a man). Still…it’s… Read More ›
Growing Pains: Romance and The Young Adult Novel Tree
September Family Tree Month Once upon a time in a land filled with Captain Underpants and Junie B. Jones books, some curious children happened upon a pile of books with shiny covers and people who looked just like them. The covers promised… Read More ›
A Man In Uniform; Or, The Man and His Fruit
September Family Tree Month Once Upon A Time…a Beautiful Blog Princess was on the longest plane ride ever from Atlanta to Korea. In desperate act to save herself from mind-numbing boredom and leg cramps, she decided to distract herself with… Read More ›
