No poop, dope-smoking amateur detective

Women want men who are financially secure, committed and ready to make babies. This is the conclusion of two Canadian researchers who analyzed 15,019 Harlequin romance novels to see if they match theories of evolutionary psychology. The Guardian says these two educated people speculated that Harlequin titles: would be heavy on words such as baby, father… Continue reading No poop, dope-smoking amateur detective

Romance in the 90s

[Note: this post is not about sex for nonagenarians. If that’s the sort of thing you’re looking for, try Google.] For most of the 1990s, I was in junior high and high school. Being an independent, intelligent girl (read: a chubby girl with braces and a feathered mullet courtesy of Super Cuts), Barnes & Noble… Continue reading Romance in the 90s

Save the contemporary . . . again

There’s a new contest running over at Save the Contemporary, courtesy of Smart Bitches and Dear Author. They only run these contests for books they really love. I’ve just read the review on Smart Bitches for Julie James’ Something About You, where Sarah gave it an A-. Pretty impressive! If you’re interested in contemporaries, or… Continue reading Save the contemporary . . . again