Also, She's A Big Star Fan, So Her Sensibilities Are Sound

Booksquare had some thoughts to add to my recent item about the Book Babes discovery of romance novels, but her thoughts were too big for my comments section. You should read her excellent commentary, which I think puts a lot more thought into the issue than my own slapdash commentary.

It’s sad that the Bookbabes don’t have a clue from bodice rippers, but, uh, we grew up in a household where thrillers and suspense were the mother’s choice of reading. At least one sister prefers mystery to other fiction. We have a critique partner who devoured science fiction in her formative years. And we mixed romance with every other type of fiction we could touch. Women have traditionally read broadly. Perhaps the ‘Babes haven’t, but they shouldn’t pretend to speak for the gender.

Then look at her commentary on the NYT story that got the whole ball rolling.