(I still haven’t figured out how to answer the “favourite dictator” question.) 3 stars THAT is romantic, but that was from a real life article, and NOT in a romance novel, so… Yeah, this book didn’t work for me. The only thing I got out of it was the piece about men holding women’s purses in the waiting rooms of cancer centres while the ladies have treatment. Less laughs, and more…well, I think this is strictly for romance fans, to have their opinion reflected, because I doubt this will change non-believers’ minds. Sarah Wendell’s Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels: Nowhere near as entertaining as Beyond Heaving Bosoms. As for the content itself, I disagree with some of it, but as the author says, this is just how she writes, and others should feel free to do whatever works for them. Support the author by purchasing her other books instead, because this isn’t worth it. As far as I know, all the content is still on her blog, so don’t bother buying this.

Also mentions that she hoped to have a guest post (which in book format I guess would be a chapter) on BDSM, but she “ran out of time”. Also says stuff like, “On Monday I’ll be talking about…” which needs to be edited out. Which is a shame, because it needs a light copyedit, and maybe a content editor for when the author goes off on tangents. It is simply copied-and-pasted, formatted, printed, and bound.

Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet does NOT contain new material. Stacia Kane’s Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet: Everything in this book was originally published on the author’s blog. These are the books I read in April that I didn’t review because I couldn’t be stuffed. And my brain’s not good at retaining information – even with my favourite books I struggle to remember the characters’ names.

Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell