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I was recently on vacation in Florida visiting the Mouse. While there, I spotted a woman reading a JR Ward book on a bus. "That's a great book," I said with enthusiasm, having finished it not long ago, to which she replied, "I normally don't read those books, but I blah blah blah..." I tuned out after her emphasis on "those."

I don't like it when men put down the books I read. But they're men, so I excuse their ignorance on their handicapping Y chromosome. (grin). When other women put down the romance genre, however, it really irks me. (Especially considering that woman was glued to her book for an entire bus ride.)

What's so wrong about liking happily-ever-after? What's wrong with people falling in love and having sex? Please, someone tell me, because I don't get it. I never cover up my romance books. I'm not embarrassed to go into a bookstore and head right to my section. I love everything about the process of falling in love, about romance, and heck yes, about sex. The new feeling in a relationship wears off as the relationship develops. But in a book it's ALWAYS new, always exciting. So why do so many women put down romance when many of them haven't even read it?

That's my question for Friday, and if anyone has an answer to it, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks to Allie and the folks at Novelspot for letting me post all week. Chow, and happy reading/writing!!

Marie
www.marieharte.com