false 5660117 2 <b>The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name...</b> We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a "special place" where we store them. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. Meanwhile, romance continues to be the bestselling fiction genre. Ever. So what's with all the shame? Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan -- the creators of the wildly popular blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books -- have no shame! They look at the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of romance novels and tackle the hard issues and questions: -- The heroine's irresistible Magic Hoo Hoo and the hero's untamable Wang of Mighty Lovin' -- Sexual trends. Simultaneous orgasms. Hymens. And is anal really the new oral? -- Romance novel cover requirements: man titty, camel toe, flowers, long hair, animals, and the O-face -- Are romance novels really candy-coated porn or vehicles by which we understand our sexual and gender politics? With insider advice for writing romances, fun games to discover your inner Viking warrior, and interviews with famous romance authors, <I>Beyond Heaving Bosoms</i> shows that while some romance novels are silly -- maybe even tawdry -- they can also be intelligent, savvy, feminist, and fabulous, just like their readers! 5831642 14 4 2009 Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels total:182|5:69|4:75|3:36|2:2|1:0| 182 757 428 83 5 4 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 00:14:43 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 02:49:41 -0700 2009
This is an awesome book for romance novel fans or readers The Smart Bitches, which would be a huge overlap.

For critics of the genre and people who just don't get it, I imagine it's educational and might make them come away with a be...more...]]> 4 6 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 22:39:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 22:14:24 -0700 2009
The bad news is that these are not blog posts but a book. And the book has a bit of a multiple personality.

There are games.
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Also, I don't really care what parts were boring, because you get the feel that the authors know and love the genre as much as you do (or the person that forced you to read the book doe...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:42:52 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:44:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 16:28:53 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:18:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:19:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:52:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 20:44:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:45:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:14:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:14:58 -0700 2009
In the fifth chapter of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (which you should go read), the author take time to define the novel as “in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 22:42:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 22:50:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:39:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:49:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 12 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:40:15 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:37:27 -0700 2009 Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels is a hilarious and intelligent examination of the romance genre. It includes a brief history of the genre. An overview of commonly used tropes, plots, and cliches'. A comparison of Old Skool vs. New School, complete with flowchart. An...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:47:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 12:18:14 -0700 2009
I don't think this is necessarily a book for peop...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 10:26:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 12:42:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 07:32:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:10:00 -0700 2009 1
A lot of this book is a very tongue-and-cheek look at the romance genre of the last 20 years or so, including many of the tried and true tropes of the genre - such as the innocent (and 99.9% of the time v...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 16:51:33 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 20:34:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 29 10:58:43 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 10:58:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 06:54:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:08:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:13:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 22:16:54 -0700 2009 Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels. This is the beloved child of Sarah Wendell and Candy...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 04:16:16 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 02:15:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 10:53:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 10:00:12 -0700 2009 more...]]>