This year I have decided to keep track of all the books that I have read.  I was just wondering.... how many that would be for a year.  So I found a handy site that keeps you up to date with various inputs from other fellow readers.  It seems that they have a yearly challenge, so I set a goal of at least 300 books for  2014. 

Now, to some that would be too many,  but for me it sounded about right.  I have sleeping issues, and sometimes the nights are just too long and dark....  Well, that's a story for another day.

I was bored today and looking back at the covers of all these books.  Did I get a shock!  Normally the covers would have been someone with a gun in various poses and the title would have been some greek letter with the word conspiracy.

Well, now I am wondering where have I degenerated to all those naked chests and beautifully sculpted bodies....  Not that it's a bad thing, don't get me wrong.  But it is just so far out of my normal league it is not funny!

It seems that subconsciously I have a hankerin' for some serious lovin'.  :-)  I have never in my life read so many romances and erotica as I have this year.  Even my own sister was shocked.  "Do you actually read romances?"  she asked me the other day, a shocked expression on her face.  I was quite offended.  It was not as if I was carrying some smelly obnoxious substance at the bottom of my shoe....  I mean, I love the odd romance just as much as the next person.  You need some sweet in your life and some happy endings are not to be sneezed at.

So, now I was wondering.... Do the amount of romance you read directly correlate to the amount of romance you don't have in your life?

The more romantic and fulfilling your life is the less you feel inclined to play voyeur into someone else's life, even if they are fictional?  Do you live vicariously through others and characters in a book, if your own life is bleak and empty without the possibility of some wonderful someone just appreciating the dickens out of you?

If you know, or even have an idea or a rough guess, pop me a line.  After all your guess is a s good as mine....

Have a good one
Wondering....aloud