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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2010-08-19 08:06 pm

The pro and cons, to be or not to be...

When wondering why and if I have to continue with this blog, I received an email like this one:

"Greetings and respect from a gay leatherman who finds your reviews truly excellent

Dear Signora Rolle,

I wish to express my sincere thank you and my profound respect for your wonderful and discerning reviews. I use your reviews to select what M/M fiction I will like best and you never, ever let me down.

You provide a wonderful service, taking your passion for M/M fiction and sharing it primarily wih female readers but also with gay men.

I also love the beautiful male images which you have collected.

You are a wonderful person, a wonderful and expressive writer. I both admire and respect you. Thank you so very much."

I received this email weeks ago, and also in a moment when I was a bit down. Then I read it and decided there was a reason for doing what I'm doing. Then again yesterday I wondered again; maybe I should let other people doing that, other reviewers with more experience... why a straight woman should read and review gay romances? but now, when I will wonder again, I have the above letter to give me a reason to continue.

My response to Victoria Brownworth: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1108364.html

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, exactly. And in the end, I'm probably reading half book written by women and half by men. And sometime it's really difficult to find a difference. I'd like to arrive to a time when no one will "search" the difference.

[identity profile] girlofavalon.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to arrive to a time when no one will "search" the difference.

THIS. So much!

That's one of the reasons why people like you should carry on with their doings. You're making a necessary difference.

P.S.: Would you mind PMing me your e-mail? I'd love to have more ways to be in touch.
Edited 2010-08-19 18:28 (UTC)

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Will send you a PM, but my email is pretty much everywhere ;-) And if you loose it, also the LiveJournal's email account works.