Happy (Anti) Valentine's Day!

Chocolates, roses, cards.  Romance books, romance movies, romance whatever.  Yup, Valentine's Day has come again.  Depending on how you're feeling in your relationship or lack thereof, you're either loving or hating Cupid's holiday.

In the past, I've written about library items to help all the lovebirds out there, but what about all the lonelyhearts?  Well, this post is written for all of you down on love.  If you're looking for something that won't have you gagging on lovey-dovey couples that can't stop smooching, here are some books and movies that might appeal to you:

Books

• 1984 (George Orwell)  You don't need an enemy when you have a partner who betrays you when imprisoned and begs for you to be tortured instead of them. Very romantic.
• Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)  Love?  What's love?  In this futuristic society, there's no love, sex is recreational, babies are grown inside bottles, and everybody takes happy drugs.
• The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)  Guy loves woman, woman marries someone else for money, guy gets rich and buys big house to lure woman away, and it's ends bad.  Really bad.

Movies

• Fatal Attraction  Don't cheat because the person you cheat with may be seriously psycho.  Poor bunny.
• Revolutionary Road  Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are definitely not feeling the love in this movie.  They're not crazy about each other and they both hate their lives.
• The War of the Roses  What can be more anti-romantic than a couple divorcing?  Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas fight to the end.  The very bitter end. 

To all you lonelyhearts out there, know that you're not alone.  Take comfort that Valentine's Day is almost over and you have 364 days to make the next one hopefully better.

Sending you good, positive vibes this Valentine's Day from the perch.