It’s been a good few days. I have been in the company of old friends lately – boy, do they know how to take your mind out of the dregs… I finally gave in and allowed myself to go to this specific area of the public library, and check out a few Harlequins - Penny Jordan, Anne Mather, Leigh Michaels… honestly, walang kakupas-kupas.
For the longest time, I thought I am over this genre. They tided me over high school angst and became pretty much obsolete when I found my bebe. Still, some innate coping mechanism must have activated at the back of my mind and egged me to go to the romance novels section to reconnect with these trusty ladies. I sure am glad I did.
It has been depressing lately what with the job-hunting still not bearing any fruit – but it sure helped bring up my spirits, losing myself again in the corny and predictable world of paperback romance. I can’t even believe these books still have the power to elicit some mild waterworks from me! :D Pathetic, but I really don’t give a shit, right?!
From my first taste of the genre (Barbara Cartland, Sweet Dreams, Sweet Valley High series, Mills & Boon) to my senior year in high school (Judith McNaught, Iris Johansen, Jude Deveraux, Janet Dailey, Tami Hoag, Judith Krantz, Jayne Ann Krentz, Fern Michaels, LaVyrle Spencer, Nora Roberts, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and bits of Harlequin and Silhoutte thrown in), to today, I guess it’s safe to say, the starry-eyed, hopeless romantic in me, will never outgrow these ‘friends’.
Posted by Meeya on June 16, 2009 at 11:36 PM
amen. uy, mag-twilight ka na parang awa mo na, hahaha! para naman magkaroon ka ng “new friends”