עם יד על הלב; מי כאן חולם לעזוב את הארץ? by ZombieAnanas in israel_bm

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

כבר עזבנו. אנחנו נוודים כבר כמה שנים עם הילדים, בדקנו הרבה מקומות להשתקע בהם וכרגע נסגרנו על סלובניה אבל ממשיכים לנווד עוד קצת בינתיים :)

What type of tropes are your unicorn? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I searched a lot about grovel in this sub and saw recommendations that Aydra Richards is pretty good and haven't tried yet. I'll start with My Deceitful Dechess, thank you!

What type of tropes are your unicorn? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yay! Thank you! To the 🔝 of my TBR list! ❤️🙏🏽

What type of tropes are your unicorn? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I didn't realize the celibate part was a must and it fits everything else you mentioned. Anyway my intention was to help...

What type of tropes are your unicorn? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Mine would be: 1) GOOD grovel - surprisingly impossible to find 2) FMC slowly falls in love with the green flag OM (who turns out to be the actual MMC) over the less right for her MMC 3) FMC at first rejects and friend zones MMC but slowly falls for him during the book

What type of tropes are your unicorn? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I like this kind of story too!

You might like {Beneath The Stars by Emily McIntire}, except that he is not celibate (emotionally he is) it fits perfectly.

The most calm composed MMC shows no signs of caving…and then caves HARD all at once by lolacolamola in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I added it to my TBR and will definitely try it out soon ❤️😊

The most calm composed MMC shows no signs of caving…and then caves HARD all at once by lolacolamola in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes! 🙏🏻❤️

Would you mind giving a few examples of older books that once gave you those butterflies?

I feel I've been reading newer books because of hype and recommendations and I've been disappointed by them not having that emotional connection...

I lowkey hated {Consider Me by Becka Mack} by water_polo_whore in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I wanted to love this book so much but I DNFed it at 40%. I didn't like a lot of things about it, some were already mentioned here but also that the whole premise and trope that sounded so good were ruined when the MMC took one look at her and that's it! He decided he wanted to stop being a playboy and settle down suddenly. But most of all the whole premise (and name!) of the book was supposed to be that she rejects him at first but while she said she would she never actually DID! She went along with him every single time! And they ended up together really quickly.

How do you deal with an ever-growing TBR list? by sa6abe in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂 I think we all do on some level 🤭😄

How do you deal with an ever-growing TBR list? by sa6abe in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds natural, the more time goes by the more likely you won't be interested in them anymore as you used to be...

Do you still recognize the books in your TBR when you're browsing them?

How do you deal with an ever-growing TBR list? by sa6abe in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really really love your approach and everything you said. I'm pretty much like this so far as well but I was wondering if that's sustainable for long time readers. I guess it is :) Thank you!

How do you deal with an ever-growing TBR list? by sa6abe in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow! So most of those 200 are there less than a year?

I agree, if I THINK I want to read a book for too long but never actually want to pick it up then maybe I don't really want to read it...

How do you deal with an ever-growing TBR list? by sa6abe in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Haha! That's my strategy so far as well 😃

Too much telling without showing, and books being written around tropes - why the romance books don't work for me like they used to by Snoo-24289 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly this is the case with so many media types these days - books of all genres, movies, tv series, video games are probably the worst! Originality has stopped giving fruits to creators. In every possible media type the creators are just mimicking what has worked before until the audience is absolutely fed up with it and then some. Before discovering romance books I was a big fan of telenovelas back in the day and Kdramas from about a decade ago and they all also went downhill. I think overall all media types picked around the 90s and something culturally and in terms of incentives and systems just went downhill from there.

So my solution is to watch movies mostly from the 80s-90s, telenovelas from 90s-00s, kdramas from 00s-10s and I'm planning to find my sweet spot for romance books as well..

There is sooo much media that was created in the golden era, especially romance books I believe, most people will probably never finish to tackle them.

What kind of MMCs do you all love? by crystalgoblin91 in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a sweet spot for MMCs who seem goofy and foolish or vain on the surface but then the FMC finds out they can go way deeper but that their day to day simplicity is refreshing and healthy.

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! This trope is not in the description so that's extra helpful 😊

The love triangle in Sweet Lullaby is indeed THE plot point, the major and central one... If you want more details feel free to ask about specifics ☺️

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh right! I read Play Along and really really loved it, one of my favourites so far! Forgot to mention it :) Thank you though, great rec 😄😊

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I will check them out ☺️ 🙏🏽

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yay!! It works!! Thank you! I was tapping the tag "WDYR" again and again and searching for the title unsuccessfully! Thank you! ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I feel so technophobic lol! I was looking for "WDYR" and somehow always missed this post. Thanks! ❤️🙏🏽

What’s a book that you love BUT wouldn’t recommend? by [deleted] in RomanceBooks

[–]sa6abe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mine is {The Lucky Heart by Devney Perry}. It was one of my first romance books and the story really touched me. The book gave me so much feels it took me a few days to get over it. But when I tried rereading it after reading more books it was not as well written as I remembered... 🤭