You all know the cliché of the trashy paperback romance novels that fall open to the well-thumbed sex scenes, but is it really true? Or does it contain approximately as much realism as the trashy paperback romance novels themselves?
Hypothesis: Sex scenes are not the leading cause of broken spines in trashy paperback romance novels.
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And I skimmed pretty heavily, but it seemed to be (c) all a malicious lie. And it was older than I am -- published in 1983, IIRC. Very odd.
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*adores all statistics and pie charts*
*loves categories chosen for analysis*
here by way of friendsfriendsfriends list :-) so glad I came and saw.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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*signs up for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Adverbs*
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mayhap? You are the BEST EVER and win at LIFE. *loves*
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1) The "free items" pie chart is the best.
2) When I see "VSB," I think "Victoria's Secret Boobies." Which would be a great reason to read trashy romance novels, IMO.
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Actually there was one book where you had to follow at least five steps which I didn't fully comprehend in order to determine whether you had won a chance to win a vacation in Hawaii, but that was a complete anomaly and it didn't involve actual free items, anyway.
I keep thinking of some kind of twisted version of Vacation Bible School. Complete with Secret Boobies!
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