Comments on: Top 10 Lies of the Romance Novel Hero and Heroine http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/ Book Reviews, Philosophy, Academic Life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: carolyn jean http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2254 carolyn jean Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:49:57 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2254 Oh, these are great! My fave is #5. Grrr! Yet, I have sort of used it! I love your little quiz, too! I could do it for the books I know, but it was really fun! Oh, these are great! My fave is #5. Grrr! Yet, I have sort of used it!

I love your little quiz, too! I could do it for the books I know, but it was really fun!

]]> By: willaful http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2250 willaful Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:49:40 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2250 How about "forcing this woman whom I think is a thief/whore/thieving whore/whorish thief to marry me and be the mother of my children is a perfectly logical plan." And its correlary, "I have to sleep with him/marry him/live in an fabulous house filled with servants with him - I have no choice!" How about “forcing this woman whom I think is a thief/whore/thieving whore/whorish thief to marry me and be the mother of my children is a perfectly logical plan.”

And its correlary, “I have to sleep with him/marry him/live in an fabulous house filled with servants with him – I have no choice!”

]]> By: Jessica http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2248 Jessica Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2248 Wait, how did this thread become a meditation on whether a were-raccoon would make a good hero, hmmmmmmmm????? I nominate these two for inclusion in the list: <b>Maya M.</b> wrote: <blockquote> ‘i actually prefer the lowlander…’ </blockquote> <b>Margie</b> wrote: <blockquote>- I don’t care that you’re not a virgin (historical&HQ Presents)</blockquote> Thanks ladies! <b>Tumperkin</b> wrote: <blockquote>I love #3. It’s so utterly ludicrous/ not based on the way real people think AT ALL and it’s so prevalent, esp in categories.</blockquote> I know! This one was in Mayberry's Anything For You, a book I really liked (if I started ruling our romances based on h/h self-deceit, I would have a piss poor selection left over). It's even more bizarre when friends/siblings collaborate in the deceit by responding with something like, "What a great idea!!" Wait, how did this thread become a meditation on whether a were-raccoon would make a good hero, hmmmmmmmm?????

I nominate these two for inclusion in the list:

Maya M. wrote:

‘i actually prefer the lowlander…’

Margie wrote:

- I don’t care that you’re not a virgin (historical&HQ Presents)

Thanks ladies!
Tumperkin wrote:

I love #3. It’s so utterly ludicrous/ not based on the way real people think AT ALL and it’s so prevalent, esp in categories.

I know! This one was in Mayberry’s Anything For You, a book I really liked (if I started ruling our romances based on h/h self-deceit, I would have a piss poor selection left over).

It’s even more bizarre when friends/siblings collaborate in the deceit by responding with something like, “What a great idea!!”

]]> By: Tumperkin http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2247 Tumperkin Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:20:55 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2247 *snorts* I love #3. It's so utterly ludicrous/ not based on the way real people think AT ALL and it's so prevalent, esp in categories. You can link #3 to #9 with (d) a burning obsession which I need to slake by having sex with X in order to get X OUT OF MY SYSTEM. *snorts*

I love #3. It’s so utterly ludicrous/ not based on the way real people think AT ALL and it’s so prevalent, esp in categories.

You can link #3 to #9 with (d) a burning obsession which I need to slake by having sex with X in order to get X OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

]]> By: Kate http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2244 Kate Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:07:46 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2244 Tangentially, I was home recently and stopped the car in the middle of the road to watch a huge-ass raccoon wriggling its way up a tree in the broad daylight - seriously thought it was real-life's first spotting of an ROUS, very strange and awkward. It sort of spoils my idea of raccoons in romances. A were-raccoon, however...that's a different kettle of fish. Crystal, I'd be the first to buy your book of "This isn’t love. It’s just (a) a fling [contemp], or (b) an arrangement [historical or Harlequin Presents], or (c) Fate [paranormal]." Tangentially, I was home recently and stopped the car in the middle of the road to watch a huge-ass raccoon wriggling its way up a tree in the broad daylight – seriously thought it was real-life’s first spotting of an ROUS, very strange and awkward. It sort of spoils my idea of raccoons in romances. A were-raccoon, however…that’s a different kettle of fish.

Crystal, I’d be the first to buy your book of “This isn’t love. It’s just (a) a fling [contemp], or (b) an arrangement [historical or Harlequin Presents], or (c) Fate [paranormal].”

]]> By: Maya M. http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2243 Maya M. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:45:47 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2243 Raccoons - so cute as babies, in cartoons, and when at a safe movie-distance playing innocent woodland-creatures. So not cute when tossing your garbage can, hissing from your attic, and generally acting like obese, smelly, non-intimidated and aggressive vandals. But oh, the potential for inclusion as novel characters... Raccoons – so cute as babies, in cartoons, and when at a safe movie-distance playing innocent woodland-creatures. So not cute when tossing your garbage can, hissing from your attic, and generally acting like obese, smelly, non-intimidated and aggressive vandals.

But oh, the potential for inclusion as novel characters…

]]> By: Nicola O. http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2242 Nicola O. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:45:21 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2242 Those little eye-mask markings are so sexy, aren't they? Puts you in mind of bandits.... highwaymen... pirates... blindfolds... <snickers> Those little eye-mask markings are so sexy, aren’t they? Puts you in mind of bandits…. highwaymen… pirates… blindfolds…

<snickers>

]]> By: Margie http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2241 Margie Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:29:32 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2241 Oh, and Maya I could not stop laughing about the were-raccoon comment. So many great images...someone should get on that. Oh, and Maya I could not stop laughing about the were-raccoon comment. So many great images…someone should get on that.

]]> By: Margie http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2240 Margie Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2240 I love #5. Thanks Jessica. I especially love when the heroine comes up with the the most insane explanations for why the hero keeps showing up/beating up other suitors/snarling at her, because it can't be attraction! Some others to consider: - I don't care that you're not a virgin (historical&HQ Presents) - I'm not trying to reform him...because that never works. - I feel perfectly fulfilled without a man/2.5 kids. - She deserves to be treated this way because her father wronged me/a woman in my past hurt me/no one loved me as a child/I'm 100 years old and have grown cold inside. I love #5. Thanks Jessica. I especially love when the heroine comes up with the the most insane explanations for why the hero keeps showing up/beating up other suitors/snarling at her, because it can’t be attraction!

Some others to consider:

- I don’t care that you’re not a virgin (historical&HQ Presents)
- I’m not trying to reform him…because that never works.
- I feel perfectly fulfilled without a man/2.5 kids.
- She deserves to be treated this way because her father wronged me/a woman in my past hurt me/no one loved me as a child/I’m 100 years old and have grown cold inside.

]]> By: loonigrrl http://www.readreactreview.com/2009/04/18/top-10-lies-of-the-romance-novel-hero-and-heroine/#comment-2239 loonigrrl Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:26:12 +0000 http://www.racyromancereviews.com/?p=2597#comment-2239 This list is great- #5 is my favorite :) This list is great- #5 is my favorite :)

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