Single, White Booklover Seeks Same

I have been reading a lot of romance novels lately. Ones with plots focusing on love and lust at first sight. Finding life mates and knowing that is the person you are meant to be with the rest of your life.

But lately, reading about people falling in love has been a little harder. I am currently single and have been for so long that people no longer ask me if I am seeing someone (except my ever-optimistic great-grandmother). So reading about love, in its many forms, is just a little bit difficult. And sometimes, does it ever suck.

I love to read books that mirror things in real life. Jeffrey Archer's HONOR AMONG THIEVES came out during the Clinton administration and had tons of references to American pop and political culture. It was very entertaining to see a reference to Clinton's haircut on Air Force One only months after it happened.

Granted, it's kind of creepy in other cases. Many of Dean Koontz's books are set in Southern-Central California. I remember reading one of his books during a vacation to visit family in Newport Beach and driving down a highway one night. As I looked out the window, I realized I was on the same stretch of highway where a body was dumped out of a car in the book (it was either LIGHTNING or HIDEAWAY, I can't remember).

On the bright side, when I do finally meet that tall, handsome stranger with mysterious eyes and a hidden heart of gold, I will know exactly what to do!

Nicole