Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, in case you are unfamiliar, is a website that is well known in the romance community- (Here is a link to their website- )ĭuring my teen years I was more apt to read Stephen King or Dean Koontz than romance. As I scrolled through all the books available, I noticed this one, and because I was already in a pretty defensive mood that day, I added it to my TBR pile. My sweet and thoughtful, DH, got me a subscription to Scribd for Mother’s Day, and since then I’ve been like a kid in a candy store. I don’t know how I missed this book when it was first published, but I did. With insider advice for writing romances, fun games to discover your inner Viking warrior, and interviews with famous romance authors, Beyond Heaving Bosoms shows that while some romance novels are silly - maybe even tawdry - they can also be intelligent, savvy, feminist, and fabulous, just like their readers!īeyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell- The Smart Bitches Guide to Romance Novels is a 2009 Touchstone publication. Are romance novels really candy-coated porn or vehicles by which we understand our sexual and gender politics? Romance novel cover requirements: man titty, camel toe, flowers, long hair, animals, and the O-face The heroine's irresistible Magic Hoo Hoo and the hero's untamable Wang of Mighty Lovin' Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan - the creators of the wildly popular blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books - have no shame! They look at the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of romance novels and tackle the hard issues and questions: Meanwhile, romance continues to be the bestselling fiction genre. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. We have a 'special place' where we store them. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore.

Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell