One writer’s examination of romance novel over-indulgence and the resulting effects on single, marriage-minded women who unwittingly allow the influence of fictional alpha male heroes to affect their choices in matters of love.
Joel Rosenberg is one of my favorite authors. He is known in American political circles as the “most influential person you have never heard of.” I hope I can play a small part in changing that last bit. Rush Limbaugh says of him “Rosenberg has become one of the most entertaining and thought –provoking novelists of our day. Regardless of your political views, you’ve got to read his stuff”.
Science fiction books leave a lot up to the imagination and are definitely a fun read.
The youth book series featuring Jupiter, Pete, and Bob using their celebrated crimesolving skills continues to attract the young and young at heart. Both fans and collectors across the glove vie for increasingly rare copies of the original books featuring the trio and their first sponsor Alfred Hitchcock.
When the aspiring author writes passages or entire novels whose description not only tells the story but paints the picture, it is said to be ‘purple prose.’ This pretentiousness of storytelling is bad but it has its followers. Sometimes if something is bad enough it still attracts its own audience but for different reasons.
A list of my favourite books of all time, with a break down of the plot and what makes them so good.
A brief look at the ways two Victorian novels, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, challenge the dominant views of gender.
The old west was not as romantic as people thought. It was a land of violence, scarcity and unknown danger around every corner.
