Why do you read romance novels?

Answer 1

I started reading them because I was taking 6 really tough English courses in the same semester, and there was just so much of "Urn Burial" or "The Compleat Angler" that I could read before I HAD to take a break. There was an incredible workload of reading, analyzing, and paper writing. So I'd work at the esoteric English prose and poetry from the 15th century, then crack a harlequin, enjoy some mindless drivel for a half hour and then go back to the serious studying.

Almost all "romances" are fluff, but everyone needs some mind candy now and again, it's just a matter of how you get it - you can get it playing video games, watching movies, watching t.v. (shudder) or sitting in chat rooms telling people you're a nubile 19 year old blonde when you're actually a 56 year old 350 lb. truck driver missing most of his teeth. It's all a matter of preference on how you get your escapism.

I aced all my tough courses that semester and harlequin romances saved my sanity. I never read as many after that semester although the semester that I took pscyhopharmacology and a couple of other pretty technical courses I went to the library fairly frequently and came out with armloads of mind candy again.

Answer 2

Personally, I do not read them. However, my daughter, a sophomore in college, has been a voracious reader of romance novels for several years. She is a very good student, high intelligence [and I don't say that just because I'm her mom LOL], and a history major with an interest in museum studies. I have questioned her love of romance novels many times over the past years. Her answer is always the same: they are predictable. In a world filled with uncertainty, she wants to know that there is a place she can escape to where the woman are always beautiful, the men always strong and the ending always happy. Plus, she can peel through several of the novels in one weekend, giving her a respite from the grind of required school reading.

So, if you too are a lover of romance, read on with pride! You are in good company.

Answer 3

I read somehwere that women read romance novels because they're aren't having a romance. The women that are in love don't read them. I don't exactly think it's true because I have seen my mom readin some love books before. However, I have loved reading romance books in the past, and then a couple of weeks ago I danced with my crush. After that, the books were history. Who knows? Maybe there is some truth to what I've read.

Answer 4

The closest I got to a romance novel was Tom Jones by Fielding. Read it, you'll like it.

Answer 5

No, i do no longer think of so. except that's a classic novel which includes long previous with the Wind or Wuthering Heights, that are truly actual worth the time to study as they are classic styles of literature. Midsummer night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet (a staggering political assertion appropriate to the type gadget and discrimination against immigrants and communities) are additionally worth finding at.

Answer 6

Because my life is romantic enough. So I read it to get a sense of what it feels like to be in passionate love with a handsome man.

Answer 7

I read them when I want something easy to read or want to get away from the pressures of home, work just life in general. It is escape for me!!!! I don't have to think about anything just read the words!!!

Answer 8

Because they are very interesting and sometimes some of us can relate, or wish that there was a true love out there like in the books.

Answer 9

For the naughty parts of course. Sometimes I just read the naughty parts.

Answer 10

Because every once in awhile, they appeal to a cheesy, dreamy/romantic side of me that I don't acknowledge very often.