The romance readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to love in the stacks

224 Pages·2000·0.55 MB·English

by  Ann Bouricius

The Romance Readers' Advisory : The
title:
Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks
author: Bouricius, Ann.
ALA Editions of the American Library
publisher:
Association
isbn10 | asin: 0838907792
print isbn13: 9780838907795
ebook isbn13: 9780585335483
language: English
Love stories, American--Bibliography--
Methodology, Love stories, English--
Bibliography--Methodology, Libraries--
subject
Special collections--Love stories, Love
stories--Stories, plots, etc, Love stories--
Appreciation, Reading interests.
publication date: 2000
lcc: Z1231.L68B68 2000eb
ddc: 016.813/085
Love stories, American--Bibliography--
Methodology, Love stories, English--
Bibliography--Methodology, Libraries--
subject:
Special collections--Love stories, Love
stories--Stories, plots, etc, Love stories--
Appreciation, Reading interests.
Page i
The Romance Readers' Advisory
Page ii
ALA READERS' ADVISORY SERIES
The Short Story Readers' Advisory:
A Guide to the Best
Page iii
The Romance Readers' Advisory
The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks
Ann Bouricius
Page iv
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bouricius, Ann
The romance readers' advisory : the librarian's guide to love in the
stacks / Ann Bouricius.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8389-0779-2
1. Love stories, AmericanBibliographyMethodology. 2. Love
stories, EnglishBibliographyMethodology. 3. LibrariesSpecial
collectionsLove stories. 4. Love storiesStories, plots, etc.
5. Love storiesAppreciation. 6. Reading interests. I. Title.
Z1231.L68 B68 2000
[PS374.L6]
016.813'085dc21 99-057295
Copyright © 2000 by the American Library Association. All rights
reserved except those which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108
of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
Printed in the United States of America
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Page v
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 1
A Tour of the Romance Genre: No More Heaving Bosoms
The Popularity of Romances 1
What Are Romances? They're Not about Sex 3
They're Not All Alike; or, Formula Is Not a Four-Letter 6
Word
Romances Have Heroines and Heroes 9
Harlequin Is Not a Generic Term 11
Category Lines in Romance 13
Regency v. Regency Historical Romance: What's in a 16
Name?
Inspirational Romance 18
Romantic Suspense: Will He Kiss Me or Kill Me? 18
The Paranormal: Witches and Ghosts and Vampires! Oh 19
My!
A Word about Anthologies 19
Never Judge a Book by Its Cover 20
A Word about Those Titles 22

Page vi
2 23
Romance Writers: Not a Pink Boa in Sight
By Any Other Name: A Word about Pseudonyms 27
3 29
Readers of Romance: A Box of Bon-Bons, a Good
Romance, and Thou
Romance Readers Are Loyal 29
Romance Readers and Proud 31
A True Story about a Librarian, a Stroke Survivor, and a 35
Romance
4 36
Romance v. "Real" Books: The Controversy Lives On
A Four-Step Program 37
Why Collection Development by Donation Is Not a 38
Good Thing
To Catalog or Not to Catalog 41
But Where Shall We Put Them? 43
Collection Maintenance 46
5 49
Romance Readers' Advisory: How to Be Romance-Reader
Friendly
How Much Sex Do You Like? 51
The Romance Reference Collection 57
More Than Valentine's Day 58