Quiz: NewsBeast vs. Harlequin Romance
When it came to the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Tina
Brown, the editor of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, truly flooded the
zone. In the week of the wedding, the two publications featured an
account from Brown herself of the big day; an interactive feature
detailing Kate’s trajectory from commoner to princess; assessments of
Kate’s dress, her sister Pippa’s dress, the hats, and the possibility
that Prince Harry and Pippa might hook up; and a piece from a sex
researcher analyzing what Kate and William’s balcony kiss revealed about
their love life. Below, we’ve printed quotes from Newsweek and Beast
articles interspersed with quotes from best-selling bodice-rippers. See
if you can tell which is which. (Names have been replaced with
pronouns.)
1) There were flowers everywhere, beautiful spring flowers in sculptured
urns on the marble floors and in crystal vases on all the white linen
tablecloths.
2) The glimmering veiled bride, driven slowly on her mystical journey.
… The tall, virile prince in the scarlet military uniform who awaits
her at the altar.
3) He looked seven feet tall, dressed as he was in full regimentals, his
scarlet coat and its gold facings immaculate.
4) The veil was a light dust of snow over the glow of her face.
5) All those years when he seemed unable to commit to her had nothing to
do with his love for her and everything to do with his fears.
6) She had taken stock of his strengths and weaknesses and decided he
was worth the effort. Somehow she’d calmed him down, fulfilled all his
needs.
7) Even in his crisp captain’s uniform … there’s a roguish hint of
dishevelment about his hair.
8) Her slender waistline was emphasized by the gown’s narrow bodice.
9) Even in her demure silk gown, a hint of full bosom rose enticingly
above the modest neckline.
10) For a long moment, their gazes held, locked in a long and silent
question as if words were no longer necessary.
11) Her gaze was level and demure, secure in the long years of his
affection. He returned it with a look that said, I trust.
12) You just succumb. You just roll over.
13) Does he always finish that fast?
Answers: 1) Julie Garwood, Mercy 2) Tina Brown, Newsweek 3) Mary Balogh,
Slightly Married 4) Tina Brown, Newsweek 5) Allison Pearson, Newsweek 6)
Jackie Collins, Thrill 7) Tina Brown, Newsweek 8) Robin Givhan, The
Daily Beast 9) Kat Martin, The Devil’s Necklace 10) Liz Carlyle, Wicked
All Day 11) Tina Brown, Newsweek 12) Tina Brown, Newsweek 13) Debby
Herbenick, The Daily Beast
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. AND BASTARDIZED. This is interesting, to say the least. And because I refuse to admit that it was...
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I can’t get over it. Winner. (I scored 8/13. The secret reader of Bodice Rippers in me is indignant.)
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