The pro and cons, to be or not to be...

[elisa_rolle]

When wondering why and if I have to continue with this blog, I received an email like this one:

"Greetings and respect from a gay leatherman who finds your reviews truly excellent

Dear Signora Rolle,

I wish to express my sincere thank you and my profound respect for your wonderful and discerning reviews. I use your reviews to select what M/M fiction I

Comments

[girlofavalon]

Keep that in mind, always *hugs*

[elisa_rolle]

Yes, I will. I would have not post it if not that again and again there is the question if gay men read romance. They do! and they want to have a place where to find it.

[girlofavalon]

The idea that gay men don't read romance is nothing but a form of prejudice. They do, and you're completely right... Moreover, they want to have a place to find respectfully written M/M romance.

[elisa_rolle]

Yes, exactly. And in the end, I'm probably reading half book written by women and half by men. And sometime it's really difficult to find a difference. I'd like to arrive to a time when no one will "search" the difference.

[elisa_rolle]

Thank you Kirby. I'm probably tired myself, not of this, never of this, and everything seems to strike near home.

[kika_k]

Scusa se non sono molto presente nel commentare ma credimi tu fai un gran lavoro qui che è molto apprezzato.

ciao

[elisa_rolle]

Grazie. Lo so che ho molti amici, ma alcune volte mi sento come se qualcuno mi "accusasse" di non c'entrare niente. Poi mi passa, ma al momento fa un po' male.

[kika_k]

Ma scusa io credo che tu sia una delle poche/i che gestisce una mole di recensioni così grande e lo fai molto bene. Io non giro molto gli altri blog o siti di questo genere ma non credo ce ne siano molto altri così completi e dettagliati.

[elisa_rolle]

c'è una polemica in corso sulle lettrici donne (e soprattutto etero) di gay romance; una parte delle opinioni pensa che stiamo "svilendo" il genere. Non è sempre facile stare zitti e far finta di niente.

[josephine_myles]

Please do continue! I may not comment often, but I read most of your reviews and have promised myself to read many of the books you've recommended.

I also love all the beautiful cover artwork you post - I end up noticing bad covers too often, so it's wonderful to see so much quality artwork on your blog.

[elisa_rolle]

I love everything that is beautiful. And thank you for your kind comment.

[elisa_rolle]

I shouldn't read Afro-American fiction since I'm not Afro-American, I shouldn't read French poet since I'm not French ;-) with that theory I should read only fiction that I don't like!