LET'S TALK: Motorcycle Club Series - Why Do We Love Them?

MC Books

Why do we love books about bad ass motorcycle clubs so much? I mean, most of these guys are bad dudes. They willingly commit crimes. They are certifiable manwhores. They love to fight and drink a lot - I mean, what are we thinking loving these guys so much?

I can't speak for you, so I don't know what gets your tailpipes hot, but I think for me, it's a couple different things. First of all, these MC guys are hot in the most manly ways. They're all big and strong and confident and the alphaest of alphas. They are total badasses, and they know it. There is something so sexy about a man who knows who he is, you know? And, they are hot. Like, HOT.

Do you find it odd that we're okay with overlooking these guys faults because they look really nice in a cut and are expert dirty talkers? I do. I've read a bunch of MC series now, and in most of them, the club members do things from running guns and drugs to outright murder. So, I can't say it's only their pretty faces that appeal so much.

Maybe it's also because, when these guys meet "the one," something in them shifts, and all of a sudden, they are not the center of their whole world. That center now includes someone else. And fight it though they might, they start to change. Oh, in some series, they never go completely straight, especially if they are in a 1% club. But, we see shades of who they might be if they hadn't been part of the club life.

We see how they lay down their lives for their women. How holding their children can soften even the toughest of them all. For a hopeless romantic like me, that stuff is crack, I tell you. All of a sudden, the illegal drugs, the gun running, the manwhoring, the killing - it fades into the background, and this alpha caveman who is willing to do anything - ANYTHING - to protect his woman and keep her by his side becomes... well, a hero.

I'd love to hear from you. What do you think about MC series? Do you love them? Why? And, what MC series do I HAVE to read?

Let's Talk... Bookshelves

Recently I procured two large, new, beautiful bookshelves. They were badly needed. I had stacks and stacks of books sitting around with no home. It was sad, really. So, I brought my new shelves home, piled all my beautiful books up around me... and had absolutely no clue what to do with them. I wish I could've just waved my hands and had everything organized the way I wanted.

But, that was the question, right? How did I want them organized? By genre? By author? Did I want to keep hardbacks together? ARCs together? GAH!

So, what I ultimately decided on was to sort by age group (MG, YA, NA, etc.), then by author's last name. I put my YA books on my brandy new shelves since they're the biggest and I have more YA books than any other.

 

And, let me tell you - they are PRETTY. All the way from Jocelyn Adams to Michelle Zink, my books are now looking goooooood. 

I only have a few middle grade books. They took up less than one shelf. 

 

Then, in the darker corner that my kids are too scared to go in, is where I house my NA and Adult books. My so-called "naughty shelves." 

NA happiness

Adult steaminess

So, how do your shelves stack up? How do you have them organized? Are they organized or just sitting in piles in every room of your house? Tell me about it!