Ever wondered who your Perfect Regency Hero might be? Carolyn Jewel is here to help.
My results? The Brooding Duke, which reads in part, ” chances are good he'll win you in a card game, take your virginity later that night then put you to work as his valet.”
AWESOME!
Graceful curtsey to Elizabeth for the link!
If you have a Sony Reader AND a Sony store near you, you can trade in your old unit for a $50 credit, PLUS the Sony WiFi PRS t1BC is on sale for $99.00 until December 24, 2011.
Graceful curtsey to Lisa for the link!
Samhain has launched Retro Romance, old out-of-print titles brought back digitally. There are five launch titles from authors Debra Mullins, Karen Kay, Kate Donovan, Sharon DaVita, and Patricia Hagan. Have you read these books or these authors? Any recommendations?
I'm running in circles trying to figure out my opinion on this one: Superheroines Urge You to Self Examine Your Breasts in some PSAs from Mozambique.
The comments are as divided as my opinion on this one. The campaign walks an interesting line. On one hand: attention getting for something that's important. On the other, very sexualized and comics are very male-oriented already.
Yet again, some breast lumps are found by men who are fondling their wives or girlfriends, so awareness of both genders is a good thing.
What do you think of the ads?
Graceful curtsey to James L for the link.
ETA: Last call! No, not for the bar. The bar around here is always open. Last call for proposals for the Romance Area for the Popular Culture Association's 2012 Annual Conference, which is being held in Boston from April 11 – 14, 2012. So if you've got a paper with feisty Lacanian analysis of the preponderance of raven tresses and violet eyes in romance, that would be a great opportunity. (Seriously, academics talking romance is brain-splodey awesome).
Genius Gentleman! Yay!
You are so right about the romance area panels at PCA. Way too many years ago I was there presenting a paper & ended up at one of the romance fiction panel (i’m not sure if it was an official Area then) because the sci fi one I wanted to go to was too far away. I don’t remember the topics, but I do remember being so wonderfully entertained as a romance reader & an academic. . . . Now I really hope I’m able to go to PCA this year.
I get a different result every time I do the quiz. Perhaps I should stop changing my answers. 😉
Kasey
Current romance: on a Betty Neels kick & am reading all of the ones I own, interspersed with classic regency by Karen Lynn.
Reading Rec: classified as fiction but has a bit of romance & I believe everyone should read it—The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
If it’s any consolation, I believe just having red hair is making the first move, so you only have to do #2 & #3.
Genius Gentleman. Both in the quiz and in real life 😉
The beast. Which makes sense, because I used to have a fierce crush on the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. I was always unsatisfied with the transformation into the prince at the end.
Prideful Hunk. Lucky I’m a traditionalist….
I got The Genius Gentleman, which perfectly describes my husband. Love it! Thanks!
I did say I fight dirty. And that goes for your little dog, too.
Maniacal laugh. Maniacal laugh.