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1 | 11/9/2018 10:30:44 | @bardsong | Shantastic | I see that tomorrow's #rombklove is on unlikeable heroines. I have thoughts. So many thoughts. It's a good thing I… https://t.co/6JMgrTFlJM | 1060759068195807232 |
2 | 11/9/2018 12:05:08 | @CrankyOtter | CrankyOtter | #RomBkLove 9: Unlikeable Hero/ine Sketchy romance heroes becoming likeable is a common trope. The prompt is for un… https://t.co/zXsmrYW4Vg | 1060782825249689600 |
3 | 11/9/2018 12:12:52 | @CrankyOtter | CrankyOtter | #RomBkLove 9: 2/2 I literally don’t remember starts-bad heroines I’d recommend as I like ‘em now or hated ‘em. Tr… https://t.co/2ozlBhlbKS | 1060784770169425920 |
4 | 11/9/2018 12:18:58 | @CrankyOtter | CrankyOtter | #RomBkLove 9: extra detail In contrast to yesterday’s caveat, Grace Burrowes is ALL OVER the Consent Issue. Her h… https://t.co/d2d1jY7TtX | 1060786304483577856 |
5 | 11/9/2018 12:22:48 | @e_savova | Ellie Reads | It's Unlikable Heroines day for #rombklove and I can't wait to meet and celebrate all the badass women in romance w… https://t.co/4y1BPfW7V7 | 1060787271941656576 |
6 | 11/9/2018 12:43:13 | @bookish_yogi | Rachel Burton | #RomBkLove Day 9 Unlikeable Heroines: the only heroine I can think of that I consistently disliked and never warmed… https://t.co/QitSlKjAnt | 1060792409586630658 |
7 | 11/9/2018 12:43:49 | @bookish_yogi | Rachel Burton | I do love that book but I have issues with it #RomBkLove | 1060792561177108481 |
8 | 11/9/2018 13:27:30 | @GeriReads | Geri Reads stories with HEA! | #RomBkLove Day 9: Unlikable Heroines. I have several titles for this prompt but Not Another Family Wedding by jacki… https://t.co/YZYm45z3OU | 1060803553449644032 |
9 | 11/9/2018 13:40:40 | @GeriReads | Geri Reads stories with HEA! | How can I explain that I actually liked all my unlikable heroines. 😂😂😂 #RomBkLove | 1060806866379268096 |
10 | 11/9/2018 13:47:55 | @GeriReads | Geri Reads stories with HEA! | And this got me thinking, and y'all are welcome to chime in with your thoughts here, what makes a heroine unlikable… https://t.co/1o0ZhGJggt | 1060808690771550208 |
11 | 11/9/2018 13:47:56 | @GeriReads | Geri Reads stories with HEA! | It also makes me wonder why unlikability is something that we only attribute to our heroines and not our heroes? #RomBkLove | 1060808696165363712 |
12 | 11/9/2018 13:48:33 | @MiaMcAndrewsAu1 | MiaMcAndrews | Haven't been able to think of any titles for the last few days of #RomBkLove, but I'm loving seeing what other peop… https://t.co/GbBP505vbK | 1060808852214595585 |
13 | 11/9/2018 15:29:41 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | By far the best unlikeable heroine I’ve read in recent memory is Eluned from Fair, Bright & Terrible by Elizabeth K… https://t.co/bs7gTZdR2F | 1060834301372063744 |
14 | 11/9/2018 15:33:14 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | #RomBkLove The traits that make a heroine “unlikable” are the same ones people love in heroes and make them call hi… https://t.co/ee91BoCLk6 | 1060835195014860800 |
15 | 11/9/2018 15:33:30 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Sabine from Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole. She’s selfish, greedy, vain, a thief, and will do whatever it tak… https://t.co/1i444iArPt | 1060835263579066368 |
16 | 11/9/2018 15:33:49 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | @GeriReads All of this is why I picked this prompt. Heroines get a lot more grief for having sexual pasts, emotion… https://t.co/xqgvw4eP9c | 1060835340116738048 |
17 | 11/9/2018 15:33:53 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Joan from Burn Down the Night by Molly O’Keefe. Girl is a hot damn mess and she knows it. #RomBkLove | 1060835358898831360 |
18 | 11/9/2018 15:34:33 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Raven from Drawn Together by Lauren Dane. She seriously screws up in a previous book in the series, owns her shit,… https://t.co/ElknJmRHa5 | 1060835525794451456 |
19 | 11/9/2018 15:34:57 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove Day 9: Unlikable Heroines. Rom readers are hardest on them. Which hard-to-love heroines are faves? https://t.co/8jyq9GWoRI | 1060835627099475968 |
20 | 11/9/2018 15:35:10 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Keeley from The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter. The Red Queen. Princess of Petty. Vicious, violent, uber powerful… https://t.co/fVUCssv9Hk | 1060835681776353280 |
21 | 11/9/2018 15:35:41 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Emma from A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole. She’s weak and afraid but likes herself most of the time. Watchin… https://t.co/guWQr3f7bV | 1060835809887219712 |
22 | 11/9/2018 15:36:07 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Nadia from Viking’s Flame by Holley Trent. Prickly, cranky, fighty. She’s awesome. #RomBkLove | 1060835922273550337 |
23 | 11/9/2018 15:36:17 | @GrowlyCub | GC | #RomBkLove my fave unlikeable heroine is Serena from JoBev's Forbidden | 1060835960680787969 |
24 | 11/9/2018 15:36:33 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Aryal from Kinked by Thea Harrison. Bitchy. Rude. Tough. Has an ego equal to her male counterparts. Centuries old a… https://t.co/37KG7UHHNJ | 1060836029932978176 |
25 | 11/9/2018 15:37:21 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Lila from Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole. I love love love her. And the biggest reason why is a massive spoiler. But… https://t.co/OosbydeLry | 1060836232496844800 |
26 | 11/9/2018 15:38:07 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | #RomBkLove A bunch of Cole’s heroines make my list. Her heroes are…fine. Most of them are alpha dicks at times but… https://t.co/cjO0fZ7ttr | 1060836424973512705 |
27 | 11/9/2018 15:38:51 | @mektastic | Meka | I shy away from books with the phrase 'unlikeable heroines' because I have trouble reading unlikeable if there isn'… https://t.co/22Mj3F1EYU | 1060836608553840641 |
28 | 11/9/2018 15:39:48 | @mektastic | Meka | I am also willing to be wrong. I have a very difficult time reading books where I kind of want to yell at everyone.… https://t.co/j7E4jo3V28 | 1060836847180427264 |
29 | 11/9/2018 15:40:59 | @alexisdaria | Alexis Daria 💕🇵🇷 | #RomBkLove Day 8: I like light paranormal romance with elements like mythology, mermaids, witches, or superheroes.… https://t.co/UnDopKFrJZ | 1060837143734562816 |
30 | 11/9/2018 15:44:15 | @e_savova | Ellie Reads | Starting off with Olivia from A Conspiracy of Whispers by Ada Harper - prickly, independent, undercover assassin in… https://t.co/ePG7795dSa | 1060837965927235584 |
31 | 11/9/2018 15:45:10 | @JanetETennessee | Janet Webb | "@GeriReads: How can I explain that I actually liked all my unlikable heroines. 😂😂😂 #RomBkLove" I understand that @GrowlyCub | 1060838198694346757 |
32 | 11/9/2018 15:45:31 | @mektastic | Meka | My other question that I want to pose is what makes a heroine 'Unlikeable'? Is it because she defies stereotypes of… https://t.co/EdKVoX9uVR | 1060838284618678272 |
33 | 11/9/2018 15:47:00 | @mektastic | Meka | @GeriReads Haha, I didn't see what you wrote before I wrote my questions. Sorry. For me, an unlikeable heroine is s… https://t.co/KP3nWIVvyy | 1060838659245527041 |
34 | 11/9/2018 15:48:05 | @mektastic | Meka | @GeriReads I find that I have to give the litmus test of 'would I yell at the hero for doing this?' and if my answe… https://t.co/n0LjKHbaVY | 1060838931225169920 |
35 | 11/9/2018 15:48:58 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | @anacoqui @GeriReads Or if they are sweet and perfect, they are called a Mary Sue and still criticized. I'm very cu… https://t.co/t221Hag90F | 1060839156077772800 |
36 | 11/9/2018 15:51:03 | @mektastic | Meka | @GeriReads I think I deal with recognizing internalized mysogyny that I've had to confront while reading books and… https://t.co/hoqcwm2Vbz | 1060839679048638465 |
37 | 11/9/2018 15:54:38 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/2tbr7mFZCp | 1060840579775508485 |
38 | 11/9/2018 15:55:35 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @GeriReads Unlikeable to me means prickly and/or having a forceful/demanding personality. It doesn't actually make… https://t.co/xJBukHkZCr | 1060840820033544192 |
39 | 11/9/2018 15:58:16 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/vIV1FKe4MO | 1060841496860078080 |
40 | 11/9/2018 15:58:22 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | I'm over on #RomBkLove talking about a subject I feel passionately about, on zero sleep. This is probably a mistake. 😂 | 1060841520926986240 |
41 | 11/9/2018 15:58:51 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/9Tzp5OUW3X | 1060841641643257856 |
42 | 11/9/2018 15:59:16 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/o9Rb6JKXUy | 1060841745892757504 |
43 | 11/9/2018 16:00:53 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | @lillie_80 That is what one of these heroines would do! :) #RomBkLove | 1060842153746804736 |
44 | 11/9/2018 16:01:19 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/f6irSDAMDO | 1060842262555430913 |
45 | 11/9/2018 16:02:56 | @bentchbites | H[ustling]. Bentham 👑 | #RomBkLove Day 9: Unlikeable Heroine. • Y’all already know I’ll rec Love Your Frenemies today bec it’s the best! LO… https://t.co/7TIBna2SVo | 1060842668861915137 |
46 | 11/9/2018 16:03:50 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @GeriReads I'm a hero-centric reader but I think internalized misogyny plays a major role. That's said, if I real… https://t.co/4UcReAMySd | 1060842896071393280 |
47 | 11/9/2018 16:04:26 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | And when I say I'm passionate about it, I have the T-shirt! #RomBkLove https://t.co/ta3lywYjLa | 1060843045439094785 |
48 | 11/9/2018 16:06:44 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove This is part of why I love Lauren Dane’s Raven. She makes her play for a hero she has history with in… https://t.co/V8qJAqzNoN | 1060843627147153408 |
49 | 11/9/2018 16:06:59 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @lillie_80 @anacoqui @GeriReads I'm not sure I see a Mary Sue as the same thing as a cinnamon roll. Mary Sue's to m… https://t.co/BIcjZs5Tb4 | 1060843690124427264 |
50 | 11/9/2018 16:07:12 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | Yes. yes, yes. #RomBkLove https://t.co/aXu18hIUG3 | 1060843742331129858 |
51 | 11/9/2018 16:07:19 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/HfvfWRpvyq | 1060843772773314560 |
52 | 11/9/2018 16:08:13 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | Hear hear #RomBkLove https://t.co/SG3OqKke7Y | 1060843996845494273 |
53 | 11/9/2018 16:09:39 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/1Y3ESTZjPx | 1060844359640326144 |
54 | 11/9/2018 16:10:08 | @racblog | Brie | And I want goodreads reviews to stop pissing me off! LOL /end #RomBkLove | 1060844481136783361 |
55 | 11/9/2018 16:20:36 | @awutheringlife | Carolina | Today's #RomBkLove discussion is all about unlikable heroines. There have been very few heroines I've found unlikab… https://t.co/ReHPzGCUxJ | 1060847115092586497 |
56 | 11/9/2018 16:21:20 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @lillie_80 @GeriReads @e_savova @anacoqui The problem is that there's no universal definition. Heck, Romancelandia… https://t.co/Hpfk6vEGcS | 1060847298807091200 |
57 | 11/9/2018 16:23:13 | @ThereseBeharrie | Therese Beharrie | THIS! I can think of heroines who aren't traditionally likeable. I can't, however, think of one heroine *I* haven't… https://t.co/4WKMqeRlxU | 1060847773229170689 |
58 | 11/9/2018 16:24:34 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @mektastic @GeriReads @e_savova @lillie_80 @anacoqui Maybe. Perfection can be boring for me. Mary Sue equals "bland… https://t.co/sHEEriKnpb | 1060848111482884096 |
59 | 11/9/2018 16:25:21 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | @GeriReads @e_savova @Kaetrin67 @anacoqui Absolutely. I want the full spectrum oh heroines, from sweet as pie to bitchy as hell. #RomBkLove | 1060848308892119044 |
60 | 11/9/2018 16:25:34 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @GeriReads @lillie_80 @e_savova @anacoqui Agree. #RomBkLove | 1060848364353347585 |
61 | 11/9/2018 16:26:46 | @ThereseBeharrie | Therese Beharrie | If I don't like a character, it's because they're racist or sexist or just terrible in some way. Never because they… https://t.co/JTkqMw4X0j | 1060848665600909315 |
62 | 11/9/2018 16:26:55 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @lillie_80 @GeriReads @e_savova @anacoqui Oh me too. I'm for all types of heroines except ones who are so badly wri… https://t.co/HiebHN1k85 | 1060848705220227073 |
63 | 11/9/2018 16:28:36 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/sYe4xSlTID | 1060849127859347456 |
64 | 11/9/2018 16:29:02 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @lillie_80 @GeriReads @e_savova @anacoqui *And doormats. I can't do doormat heroines. #RomBkLove | 1060849236005203968 |
65 | 11/9/2018 16:30:36 | @evie_dunmore | Evie Dunmore | #RomBkLove Unlikeable heroines - when well written, I find every character can be compelling, even if they would no… https://t.co/pysQdgcjaI | 1060849633780490240 |
66 | 11/9/2018 16:31:01 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove another “unlikable” Heroine I love. https://t.co/9ndQaIMQP0 | 1060849737283309568 |
67 | 11/9/2018 16:31:03 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | @Kaetrin67 @GeriReads @e_savova @anacoqui Eh, some of my favorites have started out as being seen as doormats then… https://t.co/QgX5TV9b83 | 1060849746099744768 |
68 | 11/9/2018 16:31:13 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @anacoqui She was just completely unlikeable to me! LOL. I actively wanted Rhett to leave her and find love with so… https://t.co/UEk8skQGdY | 1060849786776018945 |
69 | 11/9/2018 16:33:08 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @GeriReads @lillie_80 @mektastic @e_savova @anacoqui No way is Kate Daniels a Mary Sue!! #IWillDieOnThisHill #RomBkLove | 1060850269255159808 |
70 | 11/9/2018 16:33:48 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/sJ58e5JpmJ | 1060850436872245250 |
71 | 11/9/2018 16:33:56 | @minavesguerra | Mina V. Esguerra | #RomBkLove Day 9: Unlikable Heroine Sliding into this day's theme with a rec for one of my titles. I took a previo… https://t.co/Xp0KnzYZdC | 1060850469365379072 |
72 | 11/9/2018 16:34:00 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/pjN8dMwP6z | 1060850488743223296 |
73 | 11/9/2018 16:34:13 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/bdKlRi8UB8 | 1060850539972435968 |
74 | 11/9/2018 16:34:22 | @Kaetrin67 | Kaetrin | @lillie_80 @GeriReads @e_savova @anacoqui That's ok. But if they're a doormat all the way through I get stabby. #RomBkLove | 1060850577947549697 |
75 | 11/9/2018 16:34:27 | @mektastic | Meka | Me as today's #RomBkLove started: (hesitantly) "I don't know how I feel about unlikeable heroines. Maybe something… https://t.co/T2XCXAGgPf | 1060850599250382848 |
76 | 11/9/2018 16:34:31 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/YwhqATtJ3Q | 1060850615394426881 |
77 | 11/9/2018 16:35:43 | @kateclayborn | Kate Clayborn | re-upping this thread in honor of today's #RomBkLove, bc it says most of what I want to say about "unlikeable" hero… https://t.co/kwL1Zt2iFD | 1060850921230557184 |
78 | 11/9/2018 16:35:47 | @lillie_80 | Lillie | I'll fight over Sienna. While she's not my #1 Singh heroine, she is fabulous. #RomBkLove https://t.co/4TqOSQm06H | 1060850936804007936 |
79 | 11/9/2018 16:36:09 | @SandrAntonelli | Dr Sandra Antonelli | @Kaetrin67 @anacoqui Well, Kaetrin, you know my thoughts on GWTW as romance with an HFN... I find Scarlett’s ‘tomor… https://t.co/ypZuQ2OUW2 | 1060851026830344193 |
80 | 11/9/2018 16:40:44 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | @RhodaBaxter wrote a very interesting vulnerable other-woman heroine in Belonging. She is drowning her grief in dri… https://t.co/oFvEtRhzRC | 1060852180566097921 |
81 | 11/9/2018 16:41:19 | @mostlybree | Bree (&🐕) | This is why this conversation is so complicated! I mean I have NEVER forgotten the review that said "I guess I just… https://t.co/xJas3xdSHX | 1060852330067906560 |
82 | 11/9/2018 16:41:33 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/DKamFFRtL6 | 1060852389224288258 |
83 | 11/9/2018 16:41:58 | @bentchbites | H[ustling]. Bentham 👑 | @awutheringlife Noting all of these recs down! #rombklove https://t.co/KTwTugee5l | 1060852492164952065 |
84 | 11/9/2018 16:43:42 | @angelajames | Angela James | @lillie_80 Yeah she is! #RomBkLove | 1060852930163736576 |
85 | 11/9/2018 16:44:19 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/gXqWYsSDmj | 1060853083360686080 |
86 | 11/9/2018 16:44:25 | @SandrAntonelli | Dr Sandra Antonelli | Does Too Stupid to Live (TSTL) count as unlikable because, holy crap, I have a list of those heroines... #RomBkLove Love | 1060853107981148161 |
87 | 11/9/2018 16:45:50 | @angelajames | Angela James | @anacoqui @GeriReads Kate Daniels is an unlikable heroine? NUH-UH! #RomBkLove | 1060853465314979841 |
88 | 11/9/2018 16:46:50 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | @SandrAntonelli TSTL is another of those terms that men rarely get called in romance. Yet it is often applied to he… https://t.co/siguWylZoD | 1060853719091290112 |
89 | 11/9/2018 16:47:42 | @SandrAntonelli | Dr Sandra Antonelli | @anacoqui I can apply TSTL to heroes too. #RomBkLove | 1060853933353033730 |
90 | 11/9/2018 16:49:46 | @SandrAntonelli | Dr Sandra Antonelli | @anacoqui You are right; TSTL is usually applied to females, even when the hero is stupid. #RomBkLove | 1060854455816511488 |
91 | 11/9/2018 16:51:37 | @bentchbites | H[ustling]. Bentham 👑 | And I would like to add that Kimmy's that type of person I would not like v much in the real world, even if i love… https://t.co/hq81kjH166 | 1060854919484194818 |
92 | 11/9/2018 16:51:41 | @angelajames | Angela James | Today's #RomBkLove topic is unlikable heroines. When I say I don't like a heroine it's generally bcuz author has wr… https://t.co/oh4S5XaVnE | 1060854939512201217 |
93 | 11/9/2018 16:53:49 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | #RomBkLove https://t.co/qusaJeTarc | 1060855472968925184 |
94 | 11/9/2018 16:55:03 | @awutheringlife | Carolina | And that's it for now! I have to head to work. I might come back and continue this thread in between classes. #RomBkLove | 1060855782747574273 |
95 | 11/9/2018 16:58:31 | @mostlybree | Bree (&🐕) | So later today I'm going to post my list of TOTALLY LOVEABLE (but frequently misunderstood) heroines. #RomBkLove | 1060856658040107008 |
96 | 11/9/2018 17:00:29 | @anacoqui | Ana Coqui | @angelajames @GeriReads Just the way terms like TSTL and Mary Sue get weaponized against heroines all the time. #RomBkLove | 1060857153014194177 |
97 | 11/9/2018 17:01:49 | @SandrAntonelli | Dr Sandra Antonelli | Where are you @AinsliePaton, I’m up late and #RomBkLove is all about unlikable heroines! Enjoy your holiday. | 1060857488143114240 |
98 | 11/9/2018 17:03:27 | @angelajames | Angela James | @anacoqui @SandrAntonelli I'm pretty equal opportunity with TSTL but I'm also more likely to dislike heroes in gene… https://t.co/LffkFAwCRO | 1060857899008880641 |
99 | 11/9/2018 17:03:53 | @Author_DLWhite | Breasted Boobily | I don’t read much contemporary romance. I think black / indie romance is FULL of what people would call #unlikeable… https://t.co/8fJ0D479dR | 1060858008534691840 |
100 | 11/9/2018 17:04:25 | @kj_charles | KJ Charles | Kimmy is a *really* unlikable heroine. She's not misunderstood, or traumatised, or nice deep down. She's proper fla… https://t.co/8lIkxrq3qJ | 1060858142681153536 |