Romance isn’t everyone's genre...

Yeah, I've gotten the same look; pitying stare, whatever, and also for my choice in movies! But my attitude is that life is too short; do what I enjoy! And I enjoy entertainment, not being made to feel bad. I told the Literature Librarian once that stuff coming in listed as Women's literature was depressing; does horrible stuff have to happen for anything to make the "ratings" lists? Ah well, that's what you get for having snobs determining the "good" stuff. I'm still amazed that Star Wars was nominated for best picture Oscar way back then. And that Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won Best Picture??? I was flabbergasted.

If you get such reactions again; remind them that bigotry exists in more than just race: they should be more accepting. Most people don't realize that snubbing someone because they prefer a different type of book or movie than you think it should be is another form of bigotry.

I remember many years ago a friend of mine actually making a book cover out of a brown paper bag for a bodice ripper she was reading. The cover was a bit suggestive, like they were back in the day, and she was ashamed to be seen reading it. I'm at the age where I'll read what I want, where I want and when I want.

Hi All,

Pretty sure the only forums I’ve ever posted on have been Romance. But this thread did immediately bring to mind an incident that happened when I was at the Salvation Army store several years ago.

Our Salvation Army store closed about mid-year 2019, I really do miss it. But, I digress...

Back then there was a whole room devoted to books and magazines. I was loading up my tote when a lady came in and we said Hello. After awhile she asked me if I’d read The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown and how good it was. Replied back that I hadn’t read it but had noticed it got a lot of positive comments on Amazon.

Then since we were sharing, I said, my favorite genre is Romance.

I get a horrified expression from her and she took off running out of the book room clear across the building to get away from me. Truly, I was dumbfounded with her and when I say she was running... maybe a slight exaggeration but it was at least a fast sprint.

I was all set to give her some A+ recommendations before she went into full retreat.

Never have I come across anything like that since.

—Janie

Great stories, ladies!!! It's nice to know I'm not alone in the snub-fest.

Mari, yes, you know which site it was. I was just floored how judgmental they were. Like what they read was sooooo superior.

~Linda~

I don't want to say which forum because there are those that enjoy it and may be here, too.  However I will say it wasn't a book related one.

~Linda~    

Fair enough, Linda. 😊

—Janie