I belong to a cheap bookbuying club that discounts all kinds of books. It lets you pick from a few different genres, and every day you have the option of selecting anywhere from 5 to 7 options. I've found some excellent reads there. But if you've even hinted that you can handle a romance novel, you will automatically receive every Billionaire Boyfriend book on the list.
The titles are hilarious. The latest is called Her Bachelor Cowboy Billionaire, about a young woman and an old guy. Guess which one is rich? The thing that gets me is, who'd want a billionaire, anyway? I mean, sure, Warren Buffett is giving away most of his money before he dies. I'd love to have a conversation with him about that. But the rest of them? How ruthless do you have to be to end up a billionaire? Most of them start out with wealthy parents, like Elon Musk. But there must be a few self made ones out there, stepping on more than a few necks to propel themselves upward on their journey to extreme wealth.
Currently, there are 3, 381 billionairs dashing around the planet in their private jets, or preparing themselves for their journey to Mars. If you had a billion invested at 8% interest, you'd make thirty million a year. And yet, what are these people doing with their money?
Happily there's another good one, Yvon Chouinard, who founded the Patagonia company 52 years ago, is giving all 3 billion to a special trust and creating a foundation to help combat climate change and protect nature. Now, that's a guy to fall in love with.
Please, Bookbub, no more billionaire love stories. You're making me throw up in my mouth. Now, a down-on-his-luck cowboy who just gave his last dollar to a food bank? That guy's dateable. Signing off, this is Judith, leaning just a little more to the left.
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