![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These authors (the good ones) have just as much capacity for symbolism and social commentary as the latest Booker Prize winner. In fact, the truly great romance novelists are better authors than many of the critically acclaimed, award-winning authors of general fiction that I have read. What chaps my hide the most is the assumption by most literary snobs that romance novelists write trite drivel. And I DO enjoy excellent literary fiction. I have just as much (or more) capacity for deep, intellectual thought as the next person. I am more intelligent than the average bear. Then, I feel irritation at myself and anyone who would judge my reading choices. I don't tell everyone, because I don't want them to think I am simple-minded because I just like reading about love stories and happy endings. I am often reall embarrassed to be a lover of romance novels. ![]()
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