Hello. My name is Linda. . .

. . .and I'm a romance novel addict!

I'm actually an addict when it comes to a lot of things. The size of my ass will give you a big clue that I'm a food junkie! But I also have issues with scrapbooking, rubber stamping, dvds, and jewelry is my latest vice.

My biggest addiction, however, is romance novels. Borders is my crack house! I stop there at least twice a month and drop anywhere from $25 - $50. Oh how I hate when I buy the same book too! I've done that at least five times in the past few years.

I've not counted how many I own, but "shitload" seems to be the closest mathmatical figure I could put on it. The bookshelf pictured here at the left holds my "keeper collection"--novels I love and must keep. As you can see, my shelving unit is packed. All these shelves are at least two deep in books. (Methinks I just need to get another shelving unit!?!) As well as this bookshelf, see those boxes and books hidden in the corner? They are also FULL of books that I have read but deemed not worth keeping but still can't seem to get out of the house! Then, there's the TBR (to be read) pile on the end table by my bed. There are about 20-30 in the pile at any given time.

But I'm here to tell you that romance novels have been the biggest factor in keeping my sex life alive and well after almost 20 years of marriage. I constantly tell my husband that he is lucky to have a wife like me (in oh-so many ways, right girls?! LOL) but mostly because I still have a strong libido! A lot of my friends complain about their husbands wanting sex all the time and their not being interested. I'm just the opposite, thanks to the romance novel! (There are actually times I've marked pages and FORCED John to read them!) Men really could learn a thing or two about a woman by picking up a romance novel and reading it. It's like a car manual on romance and a woman's mind!

These novels are more than just the sex too. Reading a good romance novel can give you that "spark" feeling you and your significant other had when you first were dating. I love that. That ache in the chest, tingle in your gut kinda thing. After 20 years, that's barely a memory for me! LOL