JanineConversationsauthor discovery / Best of 2021 / comfort reading / Covid / diversity / DNF / enemies to lovers / genre critique / grumpy / sunshine / LGBTQIA+ / low-angst / statistics / tropes / year in review59 Comments

Janine: I’ve noticed that my reading habits change a little from year to year. Some years I read more or fewer books than usual. Some years I discover new favorite authors. At times a genre shifts in a direction that isn’t as likely to engage me while another becomes more ... more >

JaynePublishing Newscomfort reading / dogs / Library / reading experiences9 Comments

A “lonely” dog named Sting now has people to read to him. After his owner posted on social media that no one had signed up to read to Sting one evening, the post went viral and Sting is now going to have plenty of company. The post went viral, netting ... more >

JanetLetters of Opinioncatharsis / comfort reading / genre criticism27 Comments

After my post on the HEA and HFN, I got to thinking about “comfort reading.” We talk a lot about comfort reading in Romance, even though I suspect we don’t share a universal definition for the term. For example, a recent blog post by Alison Flood in The Guardian, suggested ... more >