Why does it seem like there are more conservatives

[GreenPartyVoter]

reading romance novels than liberals, at least if you judged it by this message board I occasionally visit? Or is it like everything else, the conservatives are just louder? (Me, I love my romances, and I know plenty of other lefties who do too, so I know it's not that they don't appeal to anyone on this side of the politcal spectrum.)

http://www.romantictimes.com/forums.php?state=showforum&ID=374

[cheezus]

1. they're not allowed real sex

or real porn either.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Actually, *lol* I am often surprised at how many of my conservative

friends (and they are, I just don't venture into politcal discussions with them much) are rather staunch, strict Christians, yet they don't feel they are doing anything wrong by reading romances.

There are some sects out there that think even the maudlin everything is covered from the chin to the toes Bible-Thumping Christian ones are evil.


http://www.goodmorals.org/crystal.htm

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[shoelace414]

2. something I noticed about consertives

they like to make up stories that fololow what they believe and then cling to them as fact. so they believe they are romantic and long walks along the beach and stuff.. where liberals know nobody's like that.

[roenyc]

5. she is a liberal i would assume? nt

[roenyc]

3. i think its just a matter of taste.

i never liked romance novels. i enjoy a good crime novel. with some truth to it is even better. but romance novels yuck. but i am a realist. so thats me.

you may just be a romantic! hell thats nice. good for you. i would start reading it and say :yea um, sure right, this happens everyday. um, yea, OK.. this relationship should last about um, 4 months.

i am cynical. lol. thats just me. now i would probably enjoy the sexual scenes in the book depending on my mood.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. I have a fairly high standard when it comes to quality of writing so

that knocks out many authors of many genres for me.

I go through cycles, though. Romance for a while, then mystery, then sci-fi and fantasy. I pretty much read them until the formula shows through and starts to tick me off, then I switch to another form of genre fiction and start the cycle all over again. *l*

[roenyc]

23. I used to do that

when i was working in the city. I would read on the express buss (25 miles = yeah um, 2 hour ride) and i would scare the heck out of myself with horror, back then Steven king and then i would need to cleanse my head of that and go into some trash like a Jackie Collins book, she was pumping them out like crazy in the 80s. then i would go into a spiritual mode to cleanse my soul of all that trash. lol thats when i went into my Edgar Carce mode and read EVERY thing he wrote. see what a long buss ride will do for you. buy the time i got to work i was exhausted and either scared, aroused or spiritually aware. :argh:

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. *lol* You make me glad not to be a commuter *g* 2 hour rides?!

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[msgadget]

17. Another crime/mystery/thriller fan right here.

:hi:

[roenyc]

22. are you into series? you know like

a certain author? i would get into a certain detective and have to read everyone of his books. like John Sanford - and his prey series. man i read one of his books. and i had to read them all. There are 14. lol, i had to go to the used book store to find the old ones but i get hooked. and at the time i was reading a paperback a week.

and JD rob was another one. hate Nora Roberts (her other name) but love JD rob. a detective of the future. so much fun.

and i have to tell you gore is great. i read books that i could never see a movie about.

But Mystic River was one of my favorite paper backs that actually had an effect on me the way no other did. the movie was great but nothing like the book. that book had me crying and ill and moved to the point that i could not believe it was the writers first book and how lucky i was to pick it up.

i love books. Also crazy people who kill for no particular reason are always fun! tee hee.

Right now though reality is more freighting then fiction. and some of the books i am reading like "chain of command" and intelligence matters are just a bit too much to handle. so i am spending more time on line.

[msgadget]

24. You've got to balance the two

fictions - the news and mysteries. I read or listen (Audible d/l's or books on tape) them constantly and sometimes I swear I'm suffering from early Alzheimer's (too much input! too much input) but I couldn't live without the relief of a well written suspense.

The series authors I like - in addition to Sanford, of course - are Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, Patricia Cornwell, Lisa Scotolini (sp?) and more I can't think of right now. I also LOVE a good legal thriller - Scott Turrow's last one (or the one before) was really, really (really) fantastic, especially the character development. Strongly drawn characters were why Mystic River and Dolores Clairborne sucked me too. Oh, and what the heck was the name of that Denzel movie - the one with Angelina Jolie where he's a paraplegic ex-cop leading her to the solution? Well, the gore and ick in the book prevented me from seeing the movie for a looooong time and when I finally did, I watched most of it between my fingers.

[bobbieinok]

6. there's a fair amount of conservative propaganda in a lot of regency and

contemporary romances.....I read a lot of both; at times it really gets on my nerves

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Well, I can say I haven't found that in Jennifer Crusie or Janet Evanovich

*lol*

I read some contemps, but I really prefer the snarky ones.

http://curvynovels.com/reviews/WelcomeToTemptation.htm

http://curvynovels.com/reviews/StephaniePlum.htm

[CottonBear]

18. The Evanovich Plum series is not romance.

I would say it's a sexy comic mystery series. I'm a big Evanovich fan.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. No, it isn't romance but Janet got her start writing romance

which is why she has really mastered the sexual tension in the series. And why a lot of romance fans readily pick up the Steph books.

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[bobbieinok]

20. you're definitely correct about those 2....really fun books from both

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. I find them to be inspiring in my own work. :^)

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[txaslftist]

9. I'm a liberal and I read Louis L'amour...go figure. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. It's funny, as a kid I couldn't get enough of "Little House on the Prairie

but as an adult western-themed movies and novels just don't grab my attention any more.

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[msgadget]

10. That's interesting

Could it be the formula of triumphing over trials and tribulations (with a little steam thrown in for flava)?

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Could be. Romances, though fraught with conflict, have to have

that happily ever after.

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[Downtown Hound]

13. I had a Mormon roommate in college

he was 26 years old, a virgin, and a Republican Bushbot. But he sure liked his internet porn. And I'm not talking pictures of naked women or even just sex, but some of it was really twisted, bizarre sadistic fetish stuff. All that repression has got to come out somewhere. Is it any wonder why Republicans always seem to get caught being hypocrites? Even they can't live up to the rigid moral code they prescribe for others.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. "Repression's gotta come out somewhere" You said it! That

is EXACTLY what the deal is!

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[LibertyLover]

14. Romance novels

Oh dear - I'm a liberal Democrat and I read lots of romance novels - they are perfect for the commute on the metro where I want to be entertained without having to do much thinking (although the ones that have the lovely Anglo-Saxon heroine cooking potatoes bug the hell out of me). Of course I also read lots of history and poli sci books as well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Well, if you ever get tired of the "perfect" heroine

and by that I mean the ones with the 14 inch waists and boobs that float just beneath their chins, you can check out my list of more realistic gals. ;)

http://curvynovels.com/

[KG]

21. the cons have a hard time distiguishing fact from fantasy.

witness they way they worship the chimp and believe every one of his lies.

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Well that's true.. and a lot of those gals think he is so suave and

handsome.

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