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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
I repectfully disagree. I have never read for pleasure anything other than best sellers and the like. I am a graduate of a highly respected law school, and have a very demanding job. You are going to critiize me because I read romance novels? Frankly, I find people with a broad range of interests more interesting than those without. I have "train friends" who exchange romance novels - I started reading romance novels again as a way to relate to them. ....
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Dont' you miss 'better' writing? Don't you miss being challended just a little bit intellectually? Perhaps you get all that on your job, though, and simply need some mindless relaxation. We certainly all do.
I've read - do read - a little romance - but I also consider it 'light fluff' and candy for the mind for the reason that the language is typically 'easy' and the skill of the authors mediocre to poor in this respect - as well as too many clichés.
I had a period of a couple of years where I read mostly fan fiction (it's about the level of romance IMHO). Then I read a couple of books with great writing that reminded me of what I was missing out on. The best thing I can say about it is probably that I now value the craft of good writing even more.
One can't be serious all the time - but one can't be silly all the time either - that's equally boring.