hmm there seem to be a lot of people with different views on what "clean" means... :P some of those shouldnt be up there!

I haven't read most of these books. I've commented on those I did.

I tried to add a book and it didn't add.

I tried to add my book, Pumpkinnapper, which fits your list, but I'm not sure it took.

It seems to be on the list, Linda.

Lets keep in mind that, yes there are different interpretations of what "clean" means. However, I have read many of the books on this list and I consider many of them "clean" reads. As in I would be comfortable with my mother reading them. If you have a different opinion on a book that is fine and I would love to hear the reason for your opinion. However, if you have a difference of opinion on a book then state more than just a general idea as to why you think this book isn't clean. Give facts or quotes from the book. Then leave it up to other people to decide, on their own, if the book is clean or not.

I would also be interested to know which ones some of you think shouldn't be on this list.

Some of you might be interested in the Clean Romance group here on goodreads.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...

A clean book for me would be no sex and no effing. Any other swear used on occasion wouldn't hurt me, but eff is pretty much unacceptable.

i personally wouldnt put city of bones or hush hush on the list...yeah technically there are no "sex scenes" but they're pretty sexual in nature...i wouldnt want my kid cousins reading those books. "Clean" seems to imply more than just absence of sex, it implies a certain type of romantic relationship...

For me the standard was "could I give it to a twelve-year-old or my grandmother without blushing."

Blood and Chocolate shouldn't be up there. No sex scenes but a good amount of cursing (including the first dialogue) and TONS of sexuality especially surrounding the teen female protagonist.

Well, OK, Susanna, I'll try, but two things first:
1) You don't know my grandmother !

2) If romance is clean, you're not doin' It right.

Hey, I said it was *my* standard - your mileage may vary! LOL

I prefer clean books too. There have been some books I would have really liked but they were too graphic. I have had to overlook more and more in Charlaine Harris books but I do keep reading them.
I would NOT put them on this list.

Thank you for putting this list together. I went through the whole thing and added almost all the books that I haven't read. Fabulous.

There is a rape in Clarissa but if you blink your eyes you'll miss it.

I really appreciate this list and others like it. Keep them coming...

Susanna wrote: "For me the standard was "could I give it to a twelve-year-old or my grandmother without blushing.""

Definitely agree with you on that one.

Really glad to see how much this list has grown since I created it. Keep all the books coming! Definitely will have to start reading many of these!

I personally don't feel like House of Night is applicable here, considering all of the (extremely) heavy petting, and while I can't remember how graphic the sex scene in the third book was it was still definitely too graphic for me. :(

I wasnt able to see whether or not I had done a review on this book so just in case, Ill do one now.

I honestly don't understand why people hate on this book so much. My theory is it's because this book touches on every female's basic instinctual desire to be swept away as in the case of Bella.
They spend an insermountable amount of time fooling themself into believing in the garbage that society has led them to belive, which is...if you act like a woman, your weak!
While I can agree that Bella may have had a some what addictive personality, I don't see anything wrong with loving someone to the degree that you would give your very life for them! That is something that we see little of now days. Society is selfish and cruel. There is not an ioda of dedication to one another nor is there any such thing as an unrequited love.
We marry and then divorce just as quickly.
This book is a refreshing view into the way of the past. We see how things might have been only a 100 years ago with men treating women as if they had value. It gives us a glimpse into what it is really like to actually take seriously the vow to love, cherrish and honor till death do you part.
Now days its till "I cant stand you anymore."
some have also said that Edward bordered on abusive and stalkerish. Maybe in the real world but this is only a book and it was written with the intention of conveying a truely astounding romance between two people so I think as long as your able to keep in mind that it is only the work of fiction...then the situations in the book that might be considered as such, can be seen for what it really is...a discription of an everlasting bond between two very wonderful people.
You cant and shouldn't take this book seriously or even expect that there is an "Edward" for you out there somewhere. SHIVALRY IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, DEAD!
Nothing could be less romantic for me then some woman going around trying to be some type of crusader. How is a man to view her as someone to romance or sweep off her feet if she is running around emasculating him every time he turns around. Sorry if I offend any feminists out there but I feel a woman can be a lady and still be strong.
The series is curtainly has its flaws but if you have an imagination then you can get past those flaws and enjoy the story for what it really is...a Timeless love story.