While reading Fforde’s very disappointing book, my sister gave me a romance book she had been given for Christmas. My sister doesn’t read romance, but she knows that I do. Since Fforde wasn’t holding my attention, I began reading the romance book. A Noble Heart, by Sara Blayne, is a historical romance about childhood friends falling in love. There’s amnesia, intrigue, duels and so much more.
If you like romances, this is a great hour and a half read. If you don’t like romances, you probably stopped reading this a long time ago. So I can call you pretentious reading snobs. I’m just kidding.
I know romances aren’t for everyone, but I do think everyone needs a kind of book to read that they don’t have to think about. Does that make sense? The books aren’t badly written, they’re just easy reads. They don’t get complex or involved or anything that requires too much mental muscle. They provide a great break for me when I need to relax between reading Milton or Melville. If you ever need a break from the riggors of reading classics, read romances. You still get your reading fix without overwhelming your brain.
