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Fiction

libodem

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4. I don't think they do very often

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 11:15 AM

Feb 2014

I'm female and I can't stand the predictable formula. One series I have loved that is similar to romance is Janet Evonovich's Stephanie Plum series. She is a bounty hunter and her predicaments are hilarious.

I have heard that soap operas and romance novels are semi-equivalent to why men like porn. So men are visual and like the no imagination in your face frank exposure while women like the more subtle situational tease of an opportunity that puts partners together. I don't know if I'm explaining this well? Hope it makes sense.

I think they would bore the average man.

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Do men read romance novels? [View all] matt819 Feb 2014 OP

My father did in his early forties. What is YA? n/t JimDandy Feb 2014 #1

Yes, adults read YA (Young Adult) novels. SheilaT Feb 2014 #2

Survey of One getting old in mke Feb 2014 #3

I don't think they do very often libodem Feb 2014 #4

Female here, and I don't read "romance" novels. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #5

This article says YES mainer Mar 2014 #6