Hey there! I hope you are doing well. I am really sorry for the radio silence over the last few days. I wish I could put the blame on my work or the weather (which has been really oppressive, the past few days). Unfortunately, I was only procrastinating. However, here I am with my next post and here's hoping that you like this one, as well.
I wasn't sure about what to write for this post if I am being completely honest with you. It wasn't that I had nothing to write about, it was the fact that I had too much to write. I decided to go with the flow and write about whatever came to mind first. So I decided, I will go with one of my not-so-guilty pleasures for this one.
What would you say is your guilty pleasure? For me, it is reading cheesy romance novels, in the middle of the night. All my life, I have been a cynic at heart. However, I love going to bed with a cheesy romance as the next person. I normally go for the thirty to forty-five minutes reads that are available on the Harlequin website. But I don't mind reading a paperback as well.
Before going any further, let me tell you how I got into reading romances. You see my aunt has this bookcase that is filled with old and new Mills and Boon books. There was a time when I would stand in front of that bookcase and try to figure out what those titles meant. One evening, several years later, she handed me two books from that bookshelf. I don't remember what the titles were but one was about an illicit affair of an Italian aristocrat and the other was about a Bollywood power couple's disintegrating marriage. The thing about these novels that I love is that you know very well what the ending will be, you even possess some idea about how that Happily Ever After will happen. However, you can't put it down till you are done with it.
Once I was done with those two, I realised these can work as good stress busters after a long day at college. I soon induced my sister into this late night tradition of mine and we would have so much fun trying to predict what would happen, based on the first chapter. My aunt kept borrowing us her books and there were times when we'd keep the books with us, for going back to.
The best thing about these books is you don't really have to put too much effort in understanding what's going on. You just read them to feel good, relaxed and finally have a good night's sleep. So yes, that is one of my most favourite guilty pleasures. Reading Mills and Boon/Harlequin books in the middle of the night.
It's been a good six years (maybe more) since I started this ritual. And now I only read to see how predictable the stories are. There will often be a storyline that's so intriguing or even heart touching that it stays for a long time after you've read them. That's also one of the reasons why I feel like I can't stop giving up on the ritual even when it gets monotonous.
So what is your guilty pleasure? Have you read one of these books? What's the one story that stayed with you? Drop in for a chat and we can talk all about what keeps us sane when everything goes wrong. For me it'll always be a good book and the smell of filter coffee.
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Love,
Dia.
This month will be extra-special because I'll be talking about something that's very close to my heart. So please stay tuned for more tid-bits about this and that.
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