There's a contest called "Worst Romance Novel Covers of the Year".
10 terrible romance-novel-covers are chosen and posted - and then a panel of romance-novel-readers analyzes why each cover is so horrendous.
I was SNORTING reading some of these.
Wait until you see some of these creepy covers. And read all the comments.
Posted by sheila | TrackBackWhen I helped my parents pack for their move last year, my dad and I were taking care of the bookshelves. My step-mother is not exactly what you might call "academically inclined", so as we were removing the small section of her books off shelves, my dad and I actually slowed down and read the titles of the romance novels she has out loud. They were so cheesy, they could have easily been satire. EASILY. We laughed so hard for at least 20 minutes. Really hard. Like stomach-ache hard. I wish I could remember some of them. They were literally titles like The Unleashing of Lust, stuff like that.
It was kind of nice. That little moment took the edge off of my sadness about their moving away.
Posted by: Emily at May 21, 2004 01:39 PMAhh, I wish I wasn't all packed up to move already. Somewhere in my box of photos is a picture I took of a romance novel. We were in upstate, NY at some dinky little grocery store. They had a paperback rack with three books, one of which was a romance novel called Devil in a Kilt. I just may have to open the box to find that picture.
Posted by: michele at May 21, 2004 03:51 PMI have only ever read one romance novel. Found it in a laundromat and couldn't resist taking it after I read the title:
Night Thunder's Bride
OMG! I already felt bad for Night Thunder's bride. I mean, if his tribe members thought the name fit . . . you can only hope her Indian name was Glade Woman or She Who Burns Incense. It was a hilarious read.
Posted by: Liz at May 23, 2004 12:46 PM