OK BOOK snobs: admit your guilty pleasure reading here.

[LynneSin]

I have this extensive collection of politically-left leaning books and hoity-toity biographies.

But I love Patricia Matthew romance novels. She wrote them back in the 70s and they were so trashy and baudy with the big throbbing virile manhood type writing in it. Usually some proper girl gets waylaid from her virginal life and thrown into some historical happening of the 1700s.

Anytime I'm feeling pissy they're just great reading and I have about 6 of her novels.

I also love re-reading Laurence Sander's "3rd Deadly Sin" when I'm suffering from really bad monthly cramps. Trust me, the book is extremely appropriate for the condition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/042510429X/qid=1136582759/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8006544-3315305?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

[Loonman]

1. Watership Down novels

Science fiction, too.

[Syncronaut Seven]

70. Novels? I thought there was just one?

Richard Adams? El-ahrairah! Say it's so!

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. The Destroyer series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir

[SiobhanClancy]

3. British police procedurals..

particularly those set in previous times...Anne Perry,for example.

[johnnie]

4. Carl Hiaasen

And it used to be the Ed McBain cop books. I think he has written about 1,254,856,099 of them.

[Richardo]

93. Hiaasen is not a guilty pleasure...he's too good.

I've read 'em all. :thumbsup:

[jonnyblitz]

5. dennis cooper , poppy z brite, j.t. leroy.."trendy" transgressive

(i take/read it all with a grain of salt) I am reading a biography on stalin right now and will read a book on postwar europe from 1945 to present after that.

[stanwyck]

6. Mysteries, and "worse"

I break up all my literary reading with mysteries. Peter Robinson. Nevada Barr. Elizabeth George. Minette Walters.
And, gasp, true crime. If you can find a really well-written true crime book, you've got a great read for a rainy afternoon.

[LynneSin]

8. You should try 3rd Deadly Sin

I just love all of the Edward X. Delaney Books from Lawrence Saunders but this is the best one.

Thing is - you know who the killer is at the beginning of the book but they're great reads just trying to find out if they'll catch the killer by the time the book ends or before there is another body!

[stanwyck]

56. Thanks for recommendation, Lynne

I'm always thankful for a tip on a good read.

[jonnyblitz]

10. cool. i need to find new mystery authors for my sister

who is on a huge mystery reading kick right now. thanks for listing those, I will write them down. I am so thankful for public librarys and inter-library loan programs.

[Patiod]

102. Mysteries.

I never turn my nose up at those who read thrillers, romances, or other "crap" because I love mysteries so much. I've already run through all of:

Donna Leon's wonderful Venetian Commassario Brunetti,
Michael Dibdin's amazing Aurelio Zen (coincidentally, another native Venetian),
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Mystery (Ok, I like Italians)
Ian Rankin's John Rebus,
Robert Crais' Elvis Cole,
PD James (which I now consider Barbara Havers novels, sorry Lynley),
Elizabeth George,
Deborah Crombie,
Walter Mosley,
Sue Grafton (A-R),
Henning Mankell
Michael Connelly,
Janet Evanovich,
Nevada Barr,
Elmore Leonard (still have a few of these to go)
Sharon McCrumb,
Barbara Neeley,
Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine,
Kathy Reichs,
Minette Walters,
GM Ford,
Tony Hillerman,
and Lisa Scottoline (mostly because she's a homegirl, and I know all the settings)

(those are just a few off the top of my head)

[anarch]

7. everything I read is totally respectable...

like:



and and http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1583940081.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[baldguy]

16. What if someone attacks you with a banana?

[anarch]

26. Now, it's quite simple

to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana;
then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him helpless.

[baldguy]

28. But what if I don't have a 16 ton weight?

[HughBeaumont]

9. The Harry Potter books, I guess.

They are what they are, but they still suck you in.

[LynneSin]

13. I use to be like that with VC Andrews books

which are probably another of my guilty pleasure reading. But I haven't bought her books in the past 5-6 years. The quality went downhill when they started doing series about 5 girls instead of just one. Plus the series pretty much would all be about the same scenario with new names. But the early series: Doppleganger, Casteels, Cutlers were some of the best.

Of course the real VC Andrews died sometime during the Casteel Series

[LostinVA]

32. So, Lynnesin likes incest fic

gigglegigglegiggle

EVERYONE read "Flowers in the Attic" when I was a freshman in college (1982). Even me.

[GalleryGod]

78. Strange movie,too

FWIW:popcorn:

[LostinVA]

30. I think they're great, actually -- from a lit perspective

[XemaSab]

65. How is that a guilty pleasure?

:shrug:



:evilgrin:

[bertha katzenengel]

"Mrs. Murphy Mysteries" - Rita Mae Brown. Pets, farm & wild animals help

to solve mysteries. They also talk among themselves, and sometimes comment on how dense the humans are, because the humans don't know they're talking.

Great light fun! Highly recommended. First in the series was Wish You Were Here.

[SiobhanClancy]

15. I LOVE Mrs.Murphy!!

and Tucker,Pewter and all the rest of the gang:) The last one I read(can't remember the name),Harry was going to re-marry her ex.

[bertha katzenengel]

22. I think that was the last one.

I know Rita Mae couldn't keep this fan base if Harry dated a woman, but I was still a little disappointed... but Boom Boom is! :rofl:

:hi:

[KamaAina]

35. Co-authored by Sneaky Pie, her gray tabby!

Seriously. The tabby's name and photo are actually on the cover. Bio, too: born "somewhere in Albemarle County, Va."

The one I found at a used bookstore is "The Tail of the Tip-Off"; UVA women's basketball is integral to the plot.

[bertha katzenengel]

43. Yep, good ol' Sneaky Pie.

The first cat she ever wrote about (AFAIK) was named Baby Jesus. :rofl:

[baldguy]

11. Star Trek novels

They're like candy. I can even go through the thickest ones in 2-3 hours.

[eyepaddle]

12. kicked for the line up!

[vikegirl]

14. V.C. Andrews

Flowers in the Attic series *hangs head in shame*

[jonnyblitz]

18. is she still writing books from the grave?

I read her initial books in the beginning when i was young.

[vikegirl]

23. I think the publishers have ghost writers try

to imitate her work. Not working.

[jonnyblitz]

31. i was wondering about that. not good eh? nt

[LostinVA]

34. Isn't it her daughter?

[CanuckAmok]

73. I have heard...

...that there never was a V.C. Andrews. It was always a ghostwritten series, but the primary ghostwriter died.

[LynneSin]

20. I'm with you gal - I have most of them up to the Logan series

I didn't like the series they did with 4 girls and I only read about 2 of the Rain series books.

But the earlier ones with Dopplegangers, Casteels and Cutlers I loved!

[vikegirl]

25. Those are the only ones I've read

The ones that rocked!

[jonnyblitz]

that was some twisted stuff, I remember the movie...

:scared:

[dryan]

21. My list....

historical romance novels
anything by Dominic Dunne - I try to figure out who everyone is!
The National Enquirer - it really perks up my day!

[LostinVA]

33. giggle

[hyphenate]

17. Does reading

some juvenile books count?

Lately, I've been tracking down the books of my childhood to re-read them to see how much I actually remember. Plus, there are some great SF and fantasy stories in the "young adult" section that I enjoy.

Most of what I read is SF, fantasy and mysteries, of which I am partial to anything involving cats. Gee--I wonder why?

[ALago1]

19. John Grisham - Particularly his earlier work

Big reader of the classics and philosophy texts, but do actually enjoy his legal thrillers from time to time. I think its because I started reading them when I was fairly young (12-13ish).

Yeah I know I just got thrown out of the intellectual club...

[hfojvt]

71. I thought his first one "Time to kill"

was better than his later ones, after he became a huge hit. Of course, I think I have only read two of his, that one and the famous one.

[Texasgal]

24. Okay LynneSin..

I have a question about the VC Andrews books. ( flowers in the attic)

Did the kids actually SLEEP together and have a child? It's been so long!

[jonnyblitz]

36. i believe they did though it's been so long since i read those

books. I know I am not lynnsin but she has a tendency to ignore people sometimes.

[Texasgal]

44. Oh.

Well thanks for answering me.... :hi:

I guess I'll just stop posting in her threads.

[jonnyblitz]

46. yeah, screw her..

:P :hi:

[LynneSin]

47. Actually I have a tendency to go home from work around 5pm

:D

[jonnyblitz]

50. right.

GOOD TRY !! :spank:

[Shell Beau]

42. Didn't they? Or was that another one of the books?

[LynneSin]

49. Yes they slept together and they had an ADOPTED child

They slept once together in "Flowers in the Attic"
They fooled around but without sex in "Petals in the Wind". In that book near the beginning she had a D&C but only because she had months of missed periods from being malnourished in the attic. In that book though she had a child with her first husband Julian Marquet (Jory) and a son with her stepfather (who didn't know she was his stepdaughter -she was plotting revenge against her mother and that child was Bart). Ultimately she married her Guardian Paul Sheffield but he died quickly afterwards.

In the 3rd book "If there be Thorns", Cathy & Chris sold everything they had from their lives in South Carolina and moved to California where they actually lived as husband & wife and had sex. They figured no one would know they were related. She taught ballet where one of her students lost her parents and Cathy ended up adopting the little girl (Cindy).

Of course Bart Jr. found out that Mom & "Dad" were brother & sister because the evil mother (now bart's grandmother) moved in next door and spilled the secrets to young Bart.

In the fourth book all the kids are grown-up. Jory is a famous ballet dancer, Bart is an asshole and fabolously rich and Cindy is kinda a slut/tease. Bart is messed up because he wants his mother to stop sleeping with her brother (which is Chris).

That's the story

[Texasgal]

52. Ahhh yes!

Now I remember!

I think I still have the books somewhere, I may just start reading the series again.

Thanks for the update, I knew if anyone knew it would be you! :)

[lumberingbear]

27. Alright, I admit it......

I enjoy "cozy mysteries".

There I said it. Smirk if you want.

That is all.:shrug:

[LostinVA]

29. "Shopaholic" and Wilbur Smith books and "People" magazine

And I am a MAJOR book "snob" -- 90% non-fiction.

[Spider Jerusalem]

37. George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series.

Historical novels set in the Victorian era, featuring a lecherous, cowardly, often unpleasant, monstrously politically incorrect (by modern standards, but probably fairly typical of the Victorian era) yet perversely likeable rogue as protagonist. For what they are they're VERY well-written; Fraser is a damned good storyteller, and he's obviously meticulously researched the history involved...there are several pages worth of appendices and footnotes relating to the historical material in each book.

[long_green]

90. Shame on you for calling Flashy a guilty pleasure

I should thrash you, what?

[Spider Jerusalem]

91. Don't you mean "damn your eyes"?

:)

[long_green]

95. That too, what?

I just got the most recent one for Xmas.

[Spider Jerusalem]

96. I just ordered the new one last week, myself.

Should be here in a few days. Looking forward to it...gotten good reviews, from what I've seen.

[TheBaldyMan]

38. anything by Wilbur Smith n/t

[caty]

39. I have discovered books by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child...

Starting with "The Cabinet of Curiosities". Then "Still Life with Crows", "Brimstone", and now "Dance of Death". Four separate stories with a continuing sub-plot line and main character. The kind of books you just can't put down.

[PatsFan2004]

101. Agreed. This continuing subplot makes the series even more

interesting. I also like the books by the authors done separately like Tyrannosaur Canyon.

[gpandas]

40. travis mcgee...

detective series by john mcdonald

[Tikki]

41. Jacqueline Susanne.... I have read all her writings and I will...

...continue to reread them, forever....





Tikki

[LynneSin]

58. I do too

I love "The Love Machine"

[Mrs. Venation]

45. Anything By John Irving

I also really enjoy Adriana Trigianni, and I have devoured Stephen King's Dark Tower series. For humor I love Lewis Grizzard.

[LynneSin]

74. I love John Irving!!! Especially Cider House Rules

That's my favorite book of all time!

[Book Lover]

48. I don't feel guilty about anything I read!

Some would put my Harry Potter and Discworld collections in the "trashy" pile, but not by me!

[Ramsey]

51. Kushiel's Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey

These are fantasy novels set in a past fictional version of France. The heroine is an "anguisette", which is basically a very highly trained and exceptionally skilled prostitute (or courtesan) who feels pleasure in severe pain. Phedre of course ends up saving the Royal Family, the nation and the whole known world through her bravery and amazing ability to seduce every sadistic evildoer that threatens her people or the way of goodness in order to foil his or her evil plans.

Phedre is given a body guard named Joceyln who is a warrior-monk with a vow of chastity, and who is incredibly hot, not to mention deadly with various weapons. Guess how long his vow lasts into the first book?

Really well written, fast-paced and action-packed books.

[noonwitch]

98. I love those books!

Most would think that they are sick and twisted, but I was always touched by Phedre's innocence and loyalty to her loved ones, despite her thing for pain. Also, she really grows as a person over the trilogy.

I'm hoping for Jacqueline Carey to write some more about these characters. There are plenty more future storylines.

[Sugar Smack]

53. Stephen King is my FAVORITE guilty pleasure.

I have the political books, the History and philosophy, the classics, and the biographies, but I also have a huge slew of Stephen King/ Richard Bachman. I LOVE HIM.

[stanwyck]

57. he's a wonderful storyteller

Delores Claiborne got me through about 100 miles on the treadmill. And changing sheets, folding laundry, and cleaning floors are much easier with some Stephen King coming through my headphones.

[Sugar Smack]

59. I think it's amazing how people either love him or they hate him.

I know, "de gustibus non est disputandum", but I tell ya, the man has SUCH talent!! Did you know that he wrote "Cujo" completely blacked out on cocaine and booze! That blows my mind!

:wow:

[hfojvt]

72. I only sorta like him

and not everything he has done. I do not rush for the latest King book, but I have read maybe a dozen of them.

[mwdem]

62. I have the whole Stephen King collection!

I read almost everything, but I actually have the whole SK collection. My son, who is now 24 and ADD, got really interested in reading thanks to Mr. King.

[obxhead]

88. My cousin used to work for Penguin Books, so

I have almost every one of his books as well....

The Stand and the Gunslinger series. 'nuf said....

[GalleryGod]

54. The Entire "Travis McGee" detective series by John D. MacDonald

:applause: love Travis!!!!1

[babylonsister]

69. Wow! Old stuff, for me, but yes! Ah, to live on a houseboat! nt

[GalleryGod]

76. You got it!

The Owners of the Bahia Mar Marina in Ft. Lauderdale have never rented boatslip F-17.

It reads:
"Reserved for T. McGee"

[babylonsister]

79. Thank you! I never knew that. Kudos to

McDonald and Mr. Travis McGee! :toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

86. Those are such wonderful books!

My husband and I were just talking about them today.....

I was heartbroken when he died....John D. MacDonald, I mean..... :cry:



:loveya: :hug:

[khashka]

55. Doctor Who books

hack writing. Although some are quite exceptional.

Plus I know some of the authors.. Although few of them are still on speaking terms with me.

Khash.

[NMMNG]

60. V.C. Andrews

Not that new swill written by ghost writers and put out under her name, but the original books actually written by her.

I also adore the Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel, but I don't feel too guilty about that because it is educational as well as entertaining.

[Blue-Jay]

61. I like to read Green Day liner notes.

[sakabatou]

63. Manga... and lots of them

[Aristus]

64. Mystery novels set in Ancient Rome.

Lindsey Davis's Falco series, and Steven Saylor's Gordianus adventures are the best of the genre.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

85. Oh I agree, my dear Aristus!

Steven Saylor's books on Gordianus the Finder are outstanding!

I even got to meet him, and have him autograph a book for me!

Good times, good times.....

:hi:

[Flaxbee]

66. John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey mystery/court series.

Helped me keep my sanity while I was practicing law.

Also, ANYTHING by PD James, I will reread Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey books whenever I'm feeling blue. I also will pick up some Sharyn McCrumbs, Margaret Maron (interesting b/c they're set in NC where I currently live)...

Generally, well-written mysteries.

[XemaSab]

67. Nevada Barr

Her writing is just SLIGHTLY tongue-in-cheek, and fun!

[astonamous]

68. I occasionally will pick up a book written by Kinky Friedman.

Short and very funny.

[yellowdogintexas]

75. Stephanie Plum, "The Cat Who", Midnight Louie Mysteries

vampire fiction

Jean Plaidy historical fiction

[RebelOne]

77. Anything by Dean Koontz, Stephen King or Robin Cook. n/t

[LeftyMom]

80. Laurel K Hamilton books

Because trashy detective fiction/erotica with vampires, werecreatures and faeries who all seem to be into a D&S is high art, you know. :eyes:

[babylonsister]

81. Has James Lee Burke been mentioned?

Doesn't even make me feel guilty, just denied because I haven't read him in awhile.

[Kathleen04]

82. Woody Allen

:hide:

His books have quirky, mostly short chapters. Some barely make sense, but they're fun.

[elshiva]

83. THEY ARE GREAT! HE IS A GENIUS!

It does not have to make sense!

[Kathleen04]

84. Yay

It's not just me. :)

[Richardo]

94. "Without Feathers" = one of the funniest books ever.

:hi:

[mcscajun]

104. "How wrong Emily Dickinson was!"

"Hope is not "the thing with feathers". The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich."

[obxhead]

87. Try James Clavell's Asian saga.

Every book has been a GREAT read with war, romance, deception, and surprises at every corner.

Halfway through Shogun you'll be hooked to him and is writing.

[Guy Fawkes]

89. I totally read Harry Potter...

and I tell everyone I don't.


I'm ashamed.

[jpgray]

92. When I was younger Tom Clancy and Stephen King

They were great as a mental screensaver more than anything else--you could sort of glaze over as you read, and still be entertained.

[MrSlayer]

97. I read a lot of fantasy stuff but I'm not guilty about it.

I've been reading the Dragonlance series for over 20 years, I own all the books.

[AngryAmish]

99. Proust

[bikebloke]

100. Bernard Cornwell

I can't get enough of his period piece swashbucklers. Luckily, he's prolific.

Wilbur Smith. Though he doesn't write a book a year anymore.

I'd say James Lee Burke, but his work is literature disquised as detective popcorn.

[mcscajun]

103. I'm not guilty about any of my reading...it's all worthwhile, regardless

of genre.

My favorite "light reading" are The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher detailing the exploits of the only practicing wizard in the city of Chicago, one Harry Dresden; the Harry Potter stories; and the Discworld books by Terry Prachett. I'm working my way through those deliberately and am on a break right now. Oh, and anything by Spider Robinson.

For more intense reading, I move up to the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien (I got interested in them after seeing "Master and Commander".) I've read five of the twenty books to date, and have taken up learning seaman's knots. :)

So many books, so little time; I'm just now beginning "My Life" by President Clinton. I do love biographies and history for more serious reads. Somewhere in my house is a copy of the Lakoff book "Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate", which I really MUST get around to reading.

I'm usually reading three books at any one time; a downstairs book, an upstairs book, and something I carry around for filling in the minutes of waiting at doctors' and dentists' offices, auto repair places, etc.