Hillary

📖 Reader | Booktokker | Romance Enthusiast | 18+

[Hillary @bookishhill]

What do you mean it was a note from Spielberg to keep the movie from being too cliche? You cast Glen Powell. You put him in a white t-shirt in the rain. Who the hell did you think you were catering to if not the romance girlies??

[Hillary @bookishhill]

These are all great examples of romantic dramas, but they are NOT romances. The central storyline isn’t the romance although they do all have a romance subplot.

A romance has to have an HEA, and that’s really the only prerequisite for the genre. 🤷‍♀️

[Annait LJ @AuthorAnnait]

I guess this take is on fire 😭

But my references for this statement are:

Me Before You
Fault in our Stars
Titanic
A Walk to Remember

All are categorized as romance novels. All have tragic endings. None of that minimizes the love the characters shared.

That is all.

[Hillary @bookishhill]

The moment I realized I am, in fact, a slut for sexy hands 😮‍💨

[anna 🏹 @myelessar]

this moment right here is my roman empire

[Hillary @bookishhill]

The Shonda Rhimes effect at its worst. I’ll never forgive the show for pitting Kate and Edwina against each other instead of portraying their relationship as the strong sisterhood it was in the book.

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@tropotropotropo Greer Rivers wrote one a few years ago!

https://t.co/nrkdjr8Pta

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@aratakiwaffles See, I HATE THIS. Just let him be enamored with her. No extra meaning necessary

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@RdotSpoon I’m six eps into S2 (skipped S1) and have seen him 3 times so far

[Hillary @bookishhill]

Zero. All were married, most with children, and less than half were women.

[Lynna Sutherland @lynna_listens]

OK, let's do a survey. If you went to college, please tell me what percentage (approximately) of your professors were single, childless women (regardless of whether they taught you to hate men or not).

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@melon_reads If this is about the POV post, I think everyone’s entitled to not enjoy reading a POV. Demanding authors post the POV like actual TWs (which are necessary, IMO) is way too far though

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@aratakiwaffles Agreed 😌

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@aratakiwaffles I got you, but I want Debling to be the most perfectly suitable suitor without a single caveat. I want Pen to have that choice after years of being overlooked. Giving him a reason for wanting a wife (other than societal expectations) takes away from that

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@FringeBookHan What an entitled and absurd demand.

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@bridgerton Waiting on a season for two years and splitting it into two parts to sway subscribers to stick around for two months? I love the show but not enough to give into my disdain for Netflix now.

[Billie @Billieiswriting]

Breaking from my regular content to just post as a school teacher today.

Parents the number one thing you can do to help your kids with academic success is get them to read books.

The best books for them to read are the ones they will keep reading.
1/

[Hillary @bookishhill]

The Olivia Dade/Leno Kauffman duo never fails to genuinely charm me - At First Spite looks (and sounds) AMAZING, and I can’t wait to add it to my bookshelf!

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@OliviaWrites IT’S GORGEOUS 😍😍😍

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@anaisisreading

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@lamathews I watched the first half on a flight and never finished it, but yes.

[Hillary @bookishhill]

@OliviaWrites Health and safety first! It was so kind of you to still sign books. I hope you’re able to rest and feel better soon! 💜