Booking it... I Swear!

Nothing risqué, nothing gained. ~Alexander Woollcott

Time to Book it Through Thursday:

Do you have “issues” with too much profanity or overly explicit (ahem) “romantic” scenes in books? Or do you take them in stride? Have issues like these ever caused you to close a book? Or do you go looking for more exactly like them? (grin)

Too much? Well, yeah, I have a problem with that. I remember, many, many, many moons ago, I went to see "Eddie Murphy: Raw" at the theater. I loved Eddie Murphy, and he was just off his "Beverly Hills Copy" success.

I walked out of the theater -- because, though there were funny moments, mostly it was him cussing. I don't have uber-delicate eardrums, and have been known to curse occasionally myself (though, if I am THAT angry, you'd better run and hide), but I don't appreciate profanity as punctuation.

About the (ahem) "romantic scenes"... To be honest, they get a little boring after awhile and I skip them. One of the few authors whose "romantic scenes" I'll read through is Nora Roberts because -- (A) She knows how to build up some amazing sexual tension (her characters don't just leap into bed on the first page) so by the time they finally do have a "romantic scene" you're as ready for it as they are, and (B) Her scenes are written emotionally more than physically. Yes, you know what is going on, but she doesn't walk you through everything (he put his hand here, she put her leg there, insert tab A into slot B).

There is one author, who I will not name because if you can't say something nice... but I've stopped reading her work. She was one of the few historical authors I really enjoyed, and I picked up her books with great excitement. Until the last three or four... because they somehow became all about how to get your H/H to have s...er a "romantic scene" in as many strange places as possible. Her books ended up being 2/3 "romantic scenes" and the plot suffered for it.

OTOH, I don't read a lot of "sweet" books because I often wonder if the H/H feel anything for each other. In my experience, even the sweetest, most moral folks at least kissed each other before they got married... and sometimes, I'm willing to bet, those kisses got a little ... hot.

Hmmm.... I had a lot to say. I'll stop now. Because, I'm afraid I could go on. And on. And On. *G*

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