Welcome to another wonderful Mug Monday, everyone! I trust all, if not most of you have navigated your way into 2019 safely? If not, don´t worry. I haven´t recovered myself.
I feel like I haven´t slept in ages. In fact- I haven´t. It all started the January 1st.
Pink eye, sinus infection, the flu, repeat. 2019 has started very cruel but you know what? It´ll all pass… Not like the romance genre.
I made a tragic discovery while I was sofa bound.
Romance is a dying genre.
How I´ve come to this conclusion? Because every romance I´ve managed to read since mid – December has been a floppy, luke warm 3 star read. Most of the romance reads I´ve read in 2018 hardly lived up to my romance standards. What does this tell us? That romance writers are either not working their magic, or they´re in a romance funk themselves, or they´ve written off romances.
This isn NOT a good sign. It´s only January and I´m already bitching. We´ve all got 11 more months ahead of us. I don´t want to nag for 11 more months.
Let´s see if the stack of new books can make me fall in love with the romance genre again ( stack of mystery romance purchases to be revealed ), Fingers crossed.

Now, as for the rest of my apocalyptic Monday… I´ve started my new reading log. Oh yes- This bitch is going double weird this time. Journals aren´t enough. I am now the proud owner of a journal where I can keep track of ALL my 2019 reads. Space for 100 books should be enough for 2019, right? I sure hope so.
Oh, I nearly forgot! Mug Monday wouldn´t be Mug Monday without a mug pic. A wonderful Christmas gift from my younger brother. ❤ I´m not so sure about the bestie part ( as I´m sure he´d rather die of shame than call me his bestie ). We are close enough where I can be considered a sidekick , though. * sigh *
I guess that´s it for today, my dear bookish padawans. I shall now retire back to the sofa and hope that I´ll survive January…. somehow.
Feel hugged,
Aww, sorry to hear you are sick 😦 My GP is a big believer of ginger. Like, literally whatever it is, i should take ginger. Can’t hurt, right? 😀
Unfortunately can’t help you with the romance thing, cuz i haven’t read any lately and what i’d read before… well… meh?! 😀
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Hahaha. Ginger truly is the thing that helps 🙂 I´m a firm believer in ginger ale when having the stomach bug. And making ginger teas and ginger pads ( soak ginger on a cotton pad and cover eyes ). You´re absolutely right! Ginger can´t hurt ( it can only burn like a mofo and you end up screaming because you´ve temporarily blind. Can´t recommend the ginger pads )
Yeah, looks like romance is becoming overrated. * sigh *
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I hope you feel better! I’m sure there are still some good romance books out there, but we may have to go search for them
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