Cover to Cover Challenge discussion
Book Genres: What do you read?
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Usually either fantasy or mystery.
2. What is your favorite genre? Fantasy.
3. What is your least favorite genre? Scifi.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? YA fiction.
2. What is your favorite genre? Fantasy.
3. What is your least favorite genre? Scifi.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? YA fiction.
Sara wrote: "1. On average, what genre do you read most? Fantasy, romance, science fiction, classics, in that order.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Fantasy, especially if it's humourous like Piers Anthony..."
I love Piers Anthony too, Sara! I have probably the last 5 Xanth novels in my admittedly enormous TBR pile - I hate to read them out of sequence and I am missing one or two. I think my favorite series of his though was the Incarnations of Immortality. I haven't read those in years.. I might have to sift through the bookshelves and re read them for next year. Which ones are your favorite?
Laurie, Donna and Melodie: thanks for the help on what to read next! I've only read the Xanth books and a few of Piers Anthony's random ones like Hasan. I haven't read any of the really new ones so I'm sorry to hear they aren't as good. I started reading the series a few months ago (in order) and am up to 14. I'm looking forward to checking out these ones!Jery: I'm definitely going to read Incarnations of Immortality next, but I also prefer to read them in order and usually buy used, so I'll have to find them all first! I really like Ogre, Ogre and Crewel Lye, but these were the first ones I read by him when I was 14 or so. That may be the reason.
Kelly R wrote: "mine are spoiled too, and so is my dog. my dog can't fall asleep at night until I tuck him in under the blankets (in my bed, of course!)"
One cat sleeps on our bed, my side. If I don't go to bed early enough she meows until I go to bed, then she curls up on my feet.
Rayni wrote: "One cat sleeps on our bed, my side. If I don't go to bed early enough she meows until I go to bed, then she curls up on my feet."Awwww :) They certainly do have us trained, don't they?!?
Ann wrote: "(Giggling) You know, I was thinking about what could possibly count as a "guilty pleasure" and remembered a book I found a long time ago. I didn't know anything about the author, didn't even bothe..."I read these some years back! Absolutely worlds apart from her Appalachian Ballad books which are among my favorite reads!
It's nice to see that most have an electric taste in reading. I think in most cases readers that are truly passionate about reading aren't afraid to try anything once. :)
1. On average, what genre do you read most? General Fiction2. What is your favorite genre? Fiction, Romance
3. What is your least favorite genre? Horror, Science Fiction Thiller
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Romance
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Sci-Fi and Fantasy are my usual favs, with up to date true Science books and mags next.. I love Quantum physics!
2. What is your favorite genre?
Fantasy, but real science and sci-fi next
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Westerns I guess, and romance
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Quantum physics.. I guess because there are so few people I can discuss it with afterwards! lol
Wendy wrote: "Oh throw Self-Help on my least favorite list too!!!"i'll third that!
1. On average, what genre do you read most?Usually I read mystery, suspense, romance-suspense, CSI type series with authors I know are what I look for - but always looking for new authors!
2. What is your favorite genre?
My favorite is mystery-suspense.
3. What is your least favorite genre? sci-fi, harlequin type romances
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? twilight series!! and Harry Potter, Historical romance (Amanda Quick!)
Let's give it up for Amanda Quick!! :D
1. On average, what genre do you read most?I read Thrillers most of the time. Not necessarily mysteries, but any kind of thrillers.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Thrillers, War, Chick-lit, Paranormal, YA
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Romance (Bah, Humbug!)
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Chick-lit and Paranormal.
1. On average, what genre do you read most?i'm not sure, i'll read anything that interests me. i don't know if one genre gets in front of me more than others.
2. What is your favorite genre?
hmmmmm....i like historical fiction, some paranormal stuff, suspense, and chic lit.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
straight up sci-fi, christian-based/touchy-feely religous stuff.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
i've never been ashamed of a book i've read, so i don't think i have a "guilty pleasure" genre.
Maria wrote: "3. What is your least favorite genre?straight up sci-fi, christian-based/touchy-feely religous stuff."
I second that Maria!! I avoid anything labled as "Christian fiction" at all costs.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Mystery-Thrillers or Romantic Suspense2. What is your favorite genre? Thrillers!
3. What is your least favorite genre? Sci Fi
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Romance novels, who-da-thunk-it?
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Fiction & Young Adult2. What is your favorite genre? probably Young Adult, actually! lol or maybe Historical Fiction
3. What is your least favorite genre? paranormal & self help
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Right now it's True Crime novels, though I don't know that I have any reason to feel guilty about that! Sometimes I also like to pick up a smutty romance for fun.
Rachel wrote: "1. On average, what genre do you read most? Fiction & Young Adult2. What is your favorite genre? probably Young Adult, actually! lol or maybe Historical Fiction
3. What is your least favorite..."
Hi Rachel, I love reading True Crime too! Not sure about you, but sometimes I feel "guilty" for enjoying reading about the brutal murders of real people lol, so in that way, I guess it could be called a "guilty pleasure"!
Jennifer, thank you so much for your kind words about "Don't Call Me a Crook!" You're right, it is far more interesting than most biographies, although as the publisher, I'm a bit prejudiced!Have a great Thanksgiving!
Nicholas Towasser
Publisher
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Afsana, you can read about "Don't Call Me a Crook! A Scotsman's Tale of World Travel, Whisky, and Crime" here:http://www.dissidentbooks.com/dont_ca...
On the true crime front--you can sometimes find references to true crimes in fiction mysteries too. Sometimes so disguised you can barely recognize them, other times they are very obviously mean to be either central to the story (Trojan Gold) or else kind of passing (The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter) and then, there is always the "what the Ladies SHOULD have done" MacPherson's Lament) McCrumb is famous for using real life events in her novels. The Trojan Gold one is about the missing treasure that was found in Troy by Heinrich Sleiman (? On the spelling of that name.) In the second book (Hangman) she used an actual crime (well, 2, but they were interrelated) as the basis for part of her story. She did some serious changing around of why the original crime was committed, and kind of glossed over the second. (They happened here where I live, and my father-in-law was involved in a very minor way as the teacher of the killer in the first one.) Then the one that I loved the most was Lament which again was based in part on real events. She changed the location (Moved it from Richmond, VA) and actually let the Ladies get their revenge. The "real" event was when the state of VA decided to remove the Ladies (they were Daughters of Confederate Veterans) from their retirement home because 1) they were all extremely elderly (the youngest was only in her 70's at the time) and "needed more care than they could receive in the Mansion" 2) the mansion ITSELF needed more care than there were funds in the Ladies trust for it and 3) they wanted to turn the mansion into a museum. The Ladies went to court to try to block being evicted from their home (it was a retirement home for DoCV that had been founded in a mansion and with funds from a former Confederate Vet) er, um, sorry, getting carried away there. :o) While I am not in general a real fan of true crime, there are some that I will read--and feel guilty about too.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I usually read suspense, mystery novels.
2. What is your favorite genre? See #1 answer.
3. What is your least favorite genre? Self-help and deeply religious books
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? An occasional chick-lit novel or smutty romance is my brain candy.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? -It's a toss up between Mystery/Thriller and Supernatural/Vampire stuff2. What is your favorite genre? -Supernatural adventure stuff I guess, it's a break from reality
3. What is your least favorite genre? -Chick-Lit, I can read it, but it has to be good, like stand out-special-good. It can't be feel good stuff, i'm just not into fluffy happy stuff, i like gritty, raw, life stuff.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? -Probably my Supernatural stuff again, if that's what you call Laurell K. Hamilton
Ann wrote: "On the true crime front--you can sometimes find references to true crimes in fiction mysteries too. Sometimes so disguised you can barely recognize them, other times they are very obviously mean t..."Hi Ann, I find all of that very fascinating. :) I LOVE novels that are based around true-life events. Reading the novel gets me interested in the "real" story, and then I like to look it up on the internet and read all about it. I own a copy of The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, now I can't wait to read it, yay! I'd love to hear more of what you know about it - this is the one that took place where you live right? Maybe after I read it, unless it wouldn't spoil the book to talk about the true crimes before I read it.
I'm trying to think of some I've read that are based on real life. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum for sure - it is EXCELLENT. And Deceit by James Siegel - this one has some REALLY interesting stuff in it, but I don't want to say anything and spoil it. Also it's been a while since I read it and so I can't remember all the details! But definitely worth checking out, and this author is AMAZING!!!!
1. On average, what genre do you read most?Equal parts Romance & Sci-fi/Fantasy
2. What is your favorite genre?
Same as above
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Horror
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Paranormal Romance & YA fiction
Kelly--the FIRST crime (a murder) actually occurs before the book starts. The second crime grows out of the first. Altho neither is actually central to the story itself.Quick summation of the "real" crime. A teenaged boy (serious crackhead) murdered both his parents and 1 of his siblings. He claimed that his father "abused" him. Since everyone else involved denied this (including his surviving siblings) that wasn't believed. This was also back in the days before "if you're 15 or older you WILL be tried as an adult" came into effect. (In fact, this is one of those crimes that helped to get that law passed.) He went into the juvenial system til he turned 21. Then he joined the Army and has since "disappeared from sight" from around here. Since he'd been underage when he killed his parents and brother, the records were sealed, but the papers covered it here. Oh--his Dad was an ex-Marine. Anyway, for about 3 or 4 years, it was just another one of those "screwed up by drugs kid kills family" type things.
After that was when it went into totally weirdsville. His older brother and sister dug up the bodies of their parents, cut off their Dad's head and pulled all his teeth out, because the brother was convinced that he HAD to have Swiss bank account numbers inscribed on them. After all, there was no way that Dad had spent all the money he'd made on buying the farm that they moved to after he retired. Sigh, boy, do people have inflated ideas on what the military pays. (Military brat here, believe me when I say--they don't get paid anywhere NEAR enought.) The 2 kids were ruled insane and sent to treatment. The girl at least was suffering from problems from malnourshiment. Don't remember about the boy. I do remember that there was a short mention made when the girl was released from treatment, about 2 years afterward. I don't remember what happened to the older brother tho.
Ann wrote: "Kelly--the FIRST crime (a murder) actually occurs before the book starts. The second crime grows out of the first. Altho neither is actually central to the story itself.Quick summation of the..."
Wow, that is so interesting. Do you know the family name or the time period this happened? I'm trying to find it on google and read more! :)
it was sometime in the early to mid 80's. My in-laws retired from teaching in 85 I believe it was. And this took place right around then, I believe. But it could have been after my father-in-law retired. I know that he was NOT happy with Sharyn MacCrumb for "messing" with the truth of the real crime. It was one of those things that everyone in Central VA knew about but the rest of the country probably never heard about--or only as a "weird happenings in the news" type filler.
Ann wrote: "it was sometime in the early to mid 80's. My in-laws retired from teaching in 85 I believe it was. And this took place right around then, I believe. But it could have been after my father-in-law..."I couldn't find any additional info on it (yet), but I can't wait to read McCrumb's book! I'd read it right now, except that I have about 20 books checked out from the library currently that I need to make my way through. Thanks for the interesting story Ann! These things are all the more interesting when they happen near where you live or grew up, aren't they? That's craziness that your father-in-law had the killer in his class!!
Ann wrote: "On the true crime front--you can sometimes find references to true crimes in fiction mysteries too. Sometimes so disguised you can barely recognize them, other times they are very obviously mean t..."Were two of those books you mentioned from crimes that took place in VA? That makes me want to read them even more if so! lol
i am reading annie rice the vampire armand its good to
1. On average, what genre do you read most?It's hard to say because I tend to read based on mood, but probably toward the top would be sci-fi and chick lit.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Do I have to pick just one? :-) I love Star Wars books, which would go under sci-fi, and I also love chick lit books.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
I don't really read any straight romance. I enjoy romance as part of the story but I haven't ever really read any straight up romance books that I've enjoyed. I'm also not a big fan of horror.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Star Wars books!
Tricia, the photo of your dog in his/her costume is SOOO adorable!!!!
1. On average, what genre do you read most? romance/suspense and mystery/courtroom/leagal
2. What is your favorite genre?
Mystery and suspense
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Scifi, horror, anything by Stephen King (that man has serious issues and scares the hell out of me) hehehe
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
yea, yea I know it's corny but I just love a good romance.
Renee wrote: "1. On average, what genre do you read most? romance/suspense and mystery/courtroom/leagal
2. What is your favorite genre?
Mystery and suspense
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Sci..."
I totally forgot legal novels! I adore them! Erle Stanley Gardner is my fav in that genre. My dad literally made me read Gardner when I was a kid, LOL, and I so enjoyed his books!
my fav is mystery and suspense horror
my least fav is romance
my least fav is romance
1. On average, what genre do you read most? psychological thrillers
2. What is your favorite genre?
mystery and suspense
3. What is your least favorite genre?
self help or anything war-related
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
reading and feeling guilty just don't go together!
Wow, I can't believe that I let this thread slide! I will have to make me a "cup of comfort" tonight and sit down to read and digest what I have missed!
Rachel--only the first was a "real" crime. The other was only a crime from the point of view of the Ladies that lived in the Daughters of Confederate Volunteers. In order to live at the Home you had to be the daughter of a Confederate soldier. I believe they were down to only about 6 to 10 of the Ladies left alive when the State took over the Mansion. The state of VA went in and essentially kicked them out of their home and into "regular" nursing homes so that the state could turn their home into a museum. The second book that I mentioned MacPherson's Lament was an idea for future generations to keep in mind for dealing with another incident like that. This one was actually one of my all time fav books by MacCrumb. :o)
Speaking of the whole novel/true-crime connections, my half-brother told me something interesting tonight that I'd never heard before. Evidently the Columbine killers sort of took the idea from a short story that Stephen King had written under the Richard Bachman psuedonym, called Rage. He wrote it in 1977 and it's about a school shooting. He said that after Columbine happened, SK felt horrible for ever having written the story, and so he had all the books pulled from the shelves... it was the only thing he's ever regreted writing. I think you can find the story in The Bachman Books, which is a collection of 4 short stories including that one. I put a hold on it at the library, just because it's kind of interesting that SK "foresaw" this in his imagination.
I've read Rage but I didn't know that there was a connection with Columbine. Isn't that sad!
Laurie wrote: "I've read Rage but I didn't know that there was a connection with Columbine. Isn't that sad!"Yes, it is sad! Quite horrible. I can see why SK would have some guilt associated with having written the story. It's odd that he wrote it 20 years before school shootings became almost "commonplace" - it's crazy what the world is coming to, isn't it.
I suppose I can see things both ways on the guilt factor for SK. I can see why he would feel badly about it but I also think it is ridiculous to blame horrible choices on literature, movies, television or music. Not all of it is excellent in it's morality but just because I love a good serial killer novel doesn't mean I have the urge to hit the roads and kill someone! Know what I mean? Poor Writer!!!
Laurie wrote: "I suppose I can see things both ways on the guilt factor for SK. I can see why he would feel badly about it but I also think it is ridiculous to blame horrible choices on literature, movies, telev..."I agree completely! Evil kids with no conscience are gonna do what they're gonna do regardless. They may use things from the media to glamorize it in their own minds, but movies and books and music have nothing to do with the reason they are evil in the first place. Man, kids can be messed up and cruel!
Sorry, don't mean to be a downer lol.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? CHICK LIT , AND MYSTERIES2. What is your favorite genre? ANYTHING IN A SERIES
3. What is your least favorite genre? CLASSICS
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? YA BOOKS
Ann wrote: "(Giggling) You know, I was thinking about what could possibly count as a "guilty pleasure" and remembered a book I found a long time ago. I didn't know anything about the author, didn't even bothe..."You have piqued my interest...haha, I will now have to once again make my pile of TBR a little deeper.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Realistic Fiction, but I love most, from sci-fi to nonfiction!2. What is your favorite genre? Realistic Fiction
3. What is your least favorite genre? Paranormal, I tried reading Twilight, but could not get into it
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Many books fit into this category from several genres...mostly fantasy.
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2. What is your favorite genre? Chick lit / women's fiction (both the fluffy stuff and the more meaty stuff)
3. What is your least favorite genre? I don't really have one, though I guess I've never read a Western and I have a hard time getting through most self-help and non-fiction books. I wouldn't rule something of those types out, though!
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Trashy books - I love them and I feel like I shouldn't and I get teased about them, but I can't stop! LOL If it is total fluff and has a shoe on the cover or is about some spoiled Judith Krantz princess, I am reading it and feeling a little embarrassed about it!