Task 21: A Book You Would Consider A "Guilty Pleasure"

[Monica]

I think I'm going to go with timing, for this. I don't really feel guilty about my choice of books, but sometimes I feel guilty that I'm reading when I should be studying...

[Rachel]

I'm going to be rereading Tithe by Holly Black for this one. When I was about 13 my friend gave me that book as a birthday present and I refused to read it because I knew she'd forgotten and just rewrapped something from the house. I gave it a chance during the summer holidays and it turned out to be the book that got me back into reading. So it's my guilty pleasure because I still feel guilty for ever doubting her. :)

[Niveditha]

Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas. It is a young adult psychological thriller and I really enjoyed it.

[Britany]

Completed:
Finished by Deborah Harkness-- 3 Stars!

Third and final installment in the series. Nice way to tie up all the loose ends, and my favorite of the three...

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nicole]

I may read some Bukowski for this one. Nothing like being a "Bad Feminist" to summon the guilt bubble.

[Trinity]

Wasn't sure where to go with this, because my guilt about reading what I want to read is pretty low. But then the Goodreads 100 Top Romances list came to my rescue. I've read 6 of them, but Wallbanger grabbed my attention as a to-read, and the flash of guilt when I hit the button decided it. :)

[Miss Jones]

For this challenge I am going to read Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm mainly reading it to see what the hype is all about. And based on the reviews I've read, it seems to qualify as a guilty pleasure. (Well at least to me it does.)

[Diane]

For my "guilty pleasure," I went with a book from my TBR stack, Defending Jacob. It was a quick read and an engaging story, even if I figured out what the twist was going to be before the end.

[Ramona]

I also agree that one shouldn't feel guilty about any reading choices but I think I'm going to go with The Sookie Stackhouse Companion for this category. I flew through the majority of the series last year when I was ill for a few months and now that True Blood is over I've been craving more stories with these characters!

[Ellie]

I've read Wifey by Judy Blume for this. Like others have said I don't feel guilt over what I read but I remember as an early teen reading Forever and feeling a certain guilt that I shouldn't be reading this. Looking back I know I should have and there was nothing wrong with it but it was more risque than usual reads. So I've revisited my past with what is really quite an easy, dare I say slightly trashy, read. It is an interesting portrait of life for women in the 60s and 70s though.

[Dy]

Srividya wrote: "Not exactly a guilty pleasure, but an author whom I had decided not to read anymore due to a previous disappointed read .... just finished Archangel’s Shadows by Nalini Singh.[book:Archangel's Shad..."

Heh. This was my guilty pleasure book, too. I like her Angels series, preposterous as it is. I made it through one Psy book and gave up it was so thin and painful. Finished this a week ago or so.

[Brianna Graham]

I finished up A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle a few days ago and enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed the others of hers. Overall, I do not think of it so much as a guilty pleasure as I do a comfort read.

[Mark]

I'm going to read Personal Lee Child, Personal for this.

Jack Reacher books, I keep reading, but never love (always 2/3 stars) and never recommend them to anyone - but keep on going back in to read more.

[Brandy]

I'm a historical fiction junkie and the only reason I actually picked up book two of the All Soul's Trilogy is because the characters were going back in time to the sixteenth century.

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I'm reading "The Longest Ride" - I've avoided Sparks for a long time (ever since I became aware of his work during the peak popularity of the film- The Notebook) but I wanted to read it because Clint Eastwood's hot son is in the film version coming out next month. So far the book is terrible, but the cliches and the mediocre writing makes me laugh and I am definitely going to see the film.

[Mary Sue]

I read by Tami Hoag - suspenseful, kept me guessing - I enjoyed it!

[Pat]

Loved it,too Mary Sue.Will read some more of her's....

[Robin P]

I'm reading Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, a mix of Regency romance and magic. Very lightweight but fun, especially since I went to college with one of the co-authors.

[Samantha]

I just finished Heaven, Texas. All pleasure, no guilt. I don't like calling anything a guilty pleasure when it comes to reading, but as my friend says, any book with a hero named Bobby Tom is probably a safe bet for this task.

[Samantha]

Keeks wrote: "I tend to refer to chick lit as guilty pleasures because I really hate the term chick lit. If someone comes up with a better term I'll call it that. I'm either going to read Acting Up by Melissa Na..."

Just recently been introduced to Susan Elizabeth Phillips, based on my love of Nora Roberts, and so far I have loved everything. I am working my way through her Chicago Stars series.

[Lisa M]

I'm going to count The Paris Wife by Paula McLain as my guilty pleasure. I've been avoiding all the books that have come out recently as fictional bios of ignored women behind great men. Especially when they are so and so's wife, daughter, woman, girl etc But I found myself reading it last week and enjoyed it so what the heck I've just bought Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler to read too.

[Staci]

There are so many books I consider wonderful guilty pleasures, and with the exception of sticking with the Stephanie Plum series, I do not feel too guilty about reading any of them. But as a Veronica Mars fan, my guilty pleasure book will be Mr Kiss and Tell, the second of the Veronica Mars books. I love Neptune, and I am not ashamed to share that here!

[Tatiana]

I'm at a loss... I don't consider reading a guilty pleasure, ever. Maybe I'll buy something I normally wouldn't, like The X-Files and Philosophy (which I'm really curious about) and read that for the guilty pleasure task.

[Heidi]

Finally read the Velveteen Rabbit. . Darling little story and I'm glad I used my guilt pleasure to finally check this sweet little tale off my list.

[Pat]

Big Little Lies-Liane Moriarty-guilty pleasure because so different from what I usually read and there was some schadenfreude involved.Murder in the yummy-mummy set but also a much darker theme....

[Robin P]

Heidi wrote: "Finally read the Velveteen Rabbit. . Darling little story and I'm glad I used my guilt pleasure to finally check this sweet little tale off my list."

I only read it as an adult and maybe that's why I have a weird view of this book. To me the message seems to be that people who love you neglect and hurt you! Although looking at this on Easter, you could see it as a story of rebirth.

[Violet]

Urban Fantasy is my guilty pleasure. I read Night Broken By Patricia Briggs. The Mercy Thompson series is amazing!

[Mj]

I selected The First Bad Man by Miranda July for my Guilty Pleasure and finished reading it on March 30th. Unfortunately the pleasure part didn't happen. It just wasn't my cup of tea.

[Rachel]

I read Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer. Unfortunately it wasn't much of a "pleasure" because I ended up not liking it, but I'm still counting it because it was something I was interested in and wanted to read, but would have been embarrassed to tell people that I was reading it.

[Sk888888]

I found The Andy Cohen Diaries on CD at my library last week, it seemed perfect for this category. Guess what? It is the perfect guilty pleasure book. I find myself wallowing in his shallowness. Without guilt. lol

[Lauren]

I loved Veronica Mars. I loved the show, I loved the movies, and I needed a hit from the Neptune world, so I read the second novel in the new book series written by Rob Thomas (the guy who ran the show/movie). Good but not great, I read it mostly because it's fun to romp through all of those characters again. Still feelin' guilty about it though haha

[Betsy]

I just finished "Bad Monkey' by Carl Hiassen. His colorful Florida characters and satisfying endings make his books fun for me to read, and this one is no exception. I find his books are a fast and entertaining read, and I read his books when I'm in the doldrums.

[Betsy]

I just finished "Bad Monkey' by Carl Hiassen. His colorful Florida characters and satisfying endings make his books fun for me to read, and this one is no exception. I find his books are a fast and entertaining read, and I read his books when I'm in the doldrums.

[Julia]

I struggled with this one as well, because I really don't have guilty pleasures reading wise, per se. But I picked Nalini Singh's Angels' Blood for my choice. Enjoyed the world, but odd pacing issues with plot vs main romance.

[Sophie]

The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar. It is a cute paranormal high school romance with a genie.

[Katee Scarlett]

I decided to read The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding for this one. I loved the first one and I would honestly say that modern day Jane Austen adaptions are my guilty pleasure.

[Liz]

Just thought I'd leave this here... When I'm Shamed for Reading a Guilty Pleasure

[Kathy]

I read Paragon Walk by Anne Perry, the third of her Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery series set in Victorian London. I don't feel guilty about it but the book didn't fit any other challenge category that I still need.

[Tatiana]

I ended up reading Valley of the Dolls for this challenge.

[Bonnie G.]

I love guilty pleasure books! I am going to say Romancing the Duke even though I id'd it for my romance read too. Its a perfect escape.

[steph]

strange concept (i don´t feel guilty over reading). i put orson welles' radio theater adaptation of The War of the Worlds here, because it is not a book, it is not an audiobook, i am celebrating o.w.'s 100th birthday, and i pretended to work while i was listening *grin*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...

[Katie]

I read "Bunny and the Bear" by Eve Langlais for this task. Here is my review:
https://bookmouseblog.wordpress.com/2...

[Miss Jones]

I jumped on the fifty shades bandwagon for this task and I have just finished reading Fifty Shades of Grey. The author must have one heck of an agent because I can not understand for the life of me how she managed to sell over 70 million copies. But with bad writing (my inner goddess wanted to slap the author every time she came across the words inner goddess), a rich and handsome man and kinky sex scenes (which by the way were NOT unique, Zane has been writing these types of scenes for years) this book was the perfect contender for this task.

[Liz]

I read Laurell K. Hamilton's Jason, which is a "pit stop" book to the Anita Blake series. Let's just say 50 Shades ain't got nothing on Laurell K.

[Leslie (updates on SG)]

I'm applying Mr. Kiss and Tell because Veronica Mars is pure entertainment.

[Kari]

I was going to reread a book for this category, something I rarely do outside of sharing a book with my girls. However upon starting The Art of Neil Gaiman it quickly moved to this category perfectly. Guilty Pleasure because he is an author crush, the format of the book lent itself to not good for bedtime reading, and hmm shouldn't I be washing the dishes or something.

[Sophia]

Last night I finished Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson. It's an average cozy mystery that doesn't require much thought, which was perfect for this task and at this stage in the challenge. It was a nice mental break.

[Katie]

Just as Long as We're Together or really anything by Judy Blume geared towards the middle age group. I guess I consider them guilty pleasure because it's like brain candy for me. I miss these books so much!

[Sam]

I found this tricky because I don't tend to feel guilty but realised I do defend reading comic books when caught reading them so I will put down 'The Killing Joke' by Alan Moore.

[Jen]

I read the entire Anita Blake series, all 24 books, between July 1 and August 4. I hadn't ever read books 23 or 24, but the first 22 were all books I had read before. With so many books on my TBR (over 2,800), it always feels like a guilty pleasure to reread a book. And book one of Anita Blake, Guilty Pleasures, is a book that I have read and reread over 30 times.

(Plus, I think it's kind of neat that my "guilty pleasure" book for this task is actually called Guilty Pleasures, lol!)

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...