Book Club News: Invites are out!! October 19, 2011

We have officially opened up membership for our book club which starts on November 2nd! Invitations were sent out and tonight we will be putting up flyers around town to try and spread the word. We’re not quite sure what to expect as far as responses go, but we’re hoping to get at least a dozen other hopeless romantics to join. Surely, there must be a few other like-minded ladies out there looking to indulge in their love for romances!

As of right now, meetings will be held every other Wednesday from 8-10 pm. ( We think it will go over really well since part of each meeting will entail hors d’ourves and adult beverages. 😉 We’ve got a few titles picked out, but are hoping too get some new suggestions from our recruits. And as far as leading something like this goes, neither of us have any experience, so we’re hoping that we don’t end up completely failing at the task of running a book club.

No matter what happens, we’re just hoping to have fun with it! And if we can help other women have fun right along with us, then there is no doubt the book club will be a success!

Love. Betrayal. Sex. Scandal…… October 14, 2011

Who doesn’t love a great romance? Not that other genres of fiction are any less appealing, it’s just that romances are….well….just so romantic!! (And seriously, what woman in their right mind doesn’t want to snuggle up to a book when the hero is described as “a masterpiece of muscular brawn carved in marble-like flesh.”)

Actually, to be honest, I feel rather guilty/embarrassed/lazy for reading romance novels. Why, you might ask? First off, I have a BA in English and Literary Studies, and given that most romance novels are considered “trash” by anyone who’s studied classic literature, I feel like I should be reading something with some “merit”…..I can just see my old professors cringing every time I curl up with one.

Secondly, have you seen the front covers of most romance novels? Some of them hinge on soft-porn. Not that I don’t enjoy ogling the perfectly-sculpted, half-naked men, but how can I not feel guilty about reading a book when the front cover would probably send my grandma into cardiac arrest? Forget ever reading them in a public place; then you’re just asking for dirty looks.

And last but not least, it’s difficult to recommend a book when they have titles that sound like something you’d pick up in a porn shop (ahem, “The Very Virile Viking”) Sometimes I wonder why the authors don’t choose something a little more….discreet. Then again, it’s not like the content is discreet, so why tame down the title?

Regardless, I must say that I do love the occasional bodice-ripping romance…..(and by occasional, I mean all-the-time….I’m not ashamed!!!) What isn’t to love? Not to mention, there are those select few romances that are considered legit in literary circles, and so I don’t have to feel so scandalous for reading the bodice-rippers when I change it up every once in a while with one of those so-called “classics”.

~ Andie