That pop?

[jmc_bks]

That pop you heard a half hour ago?  Was my head exploding.  

A while back I asked for paranormal recs for a friend, and received many suggestions (thank you all!).  Today, she mentioned how glad she was to find someone who reads the same stuff she does.  Because Another Friend offered her a romance but romance is just porn and she wants plot.

Hello?  Plot not porn?  From a woman who *loves* LKH?

I was so flabbergasted (and she was on her way out the door when she made the comment) that I didn't have time to do anything but splutter. 

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I haven't given her any Singh to read, will do so next. But I've given her two Marjorie Liu books, which she loved.

I think in her mind, romance is strictly defined as Harlequin categories and old style bodice rippers, so the idea that she's read and liked it does not compute.

See, I liked Jason and Asher...now I'm just icked by the thought of them.