Saturday, October 24, 2009

re-reading mini-challenge

Erika at Reading With Momma has a great mini-challenge on re-reads.

Here's her question:

What book or books do you return to read again and again and why?


I re-read pretty much anything by Susan Elizabeth Philipps. She writes awesome, wonderful, cute, cuddly, feel-good romance novels with humor. Lots of humor! And the occasional "feeling ashamed for someone else" thrown in - yes, I sometimes feel ashamed for character's actions! I admit it...

Whenever I need a quick fix of love, the happily ever after kind where trouble are overcome by the heroine and the hero and they end up together for the rest of their lives. My life doesn't hold that kind of love in store for me right now, so SEP's novels do the trick. Because trust me, German universities are not the place to look for love. All we get are 1) sissies, 2) machos, 3) metrosexuals who need more time in the bathroom than I do, or 4) gays (we all love you, but face it, you can't fill in for the "happily ever after" kind of love ;-)

What happened to the heroes?



14 comments:

Mark David said...

Haha! Sorry to hear there ain't much of a love story going on in your university. But, you're right, a nice happy-ending romance usually does the trick of putting a good smile in our faces :) Hope you're enjoying the read-a-thon! Keep going!

Chantele Sedgwick said...

I've never read anything by that author. I'll have to check it out!:) Good luck finishing the read-a-thon! We still have quite a long time before it's over! Happy Reading!;)

nomadreader said...

I haven't read any Susan Elizabeth Phillips, but I'll add her to my list. Thanks for the tip, and happy reading!

Amanda said...

Sadly, I've never even heard of that author. :(

Kate @Midnight Book Girl said...

I love Holding Out For A Hero... it is not a background song for me though, I like to blast that one!

Unknown said...

And now I have the song stuck in my head. It'll be like the soundtrack to me reading :)
Enjoy the rest of the readathon!

Never That Easy said...

I've read - and enjoyed - a lot of SEP's work, so I can definitely understand the re-reading urge.

chrisa511 said...

I haven't even heard of her!! But congrats on being reader of the hour :D

Rohit said...

lol :) Never read anything by SEP.. Hoping you are enjoying the read-a-thon.. Wishing you luck for the rest of the day..

Wendy said...

I haven't read anything by this author before...glad to know she is good :) You look like you're doing well with the event!

Anonymous said...

I haven't read anything by her before, but I will need to check out some of her books!

Happy Reading :)

Unknown said...

LOL Mark David - not all that funny ;-) But yep, a nice happy-ending helps to put the smile back on!

To you others, apparently quite a number of people haven't heard of SEP yet. You really should give her books a chance! And tell me what you think once you've read one of her books!

Never That Easy, glad I'm not the only one. It's such a feel good author for me.

Glad I could help some with the song. A good song always helps!

Erika said...

Thanks for participating in my mini challenge!

Unknown said...

Erika, I enjoyed your challenge :-)