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Thalia
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Aug 04, 2011 10:01PM
Also, is 13 Little Blue Envelopes clean?
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Thalia wrote: "Does anybody know about Sarah Dessen? I appreciated that Dreamland didn't at all ever go into detail about any sex (just a simple, "we had it", but I easily forgot about it by the end o..."The only book by Sarah Dessen I ever attempted was The Truth About Forever and I put it down after finding the F word in it.
I started reading Just Listen, and stopped when she dropped the F word. Don't know aobout This Lullaby though. Good Luck!
Does anyone know about Saving CeeCee Honeycutt?
I heard that Just Listen was one of her worse ones from a fan of hers, so I'm staying away from that one, hahaha. I'll let you guys know once I read more by her!
Gabriella wrote: "Does anyone know about Saving CeeCee Honeycutt?"A friend of mine let me borrow it. Her dad uses some language in the beginning, but it wasn't enough for me to put it down (and I'm usually very particular about that). It just added to his character to understand what kind of class of people he was. Otherwise, very clean.
Gabriella wrote: "Does anyone know about Saving CeeCee Honeycutt?"1/2 way through it...loving it!...clean
Do you guys know about Barbara Delinksey?
Erin wrote: "If you're looking for a good Austen-esque read, I highly recommend the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman series by Pamela Aidan. There are 3 books, beginning with An Assembly Such As This, and tell the..."Thanks I love those kind of stories but they usually are not clean.
If anybody likes the Historical romances I have recently read one that is clean and I am working on another one by the same Author and I will let you know how it goes. The first one is Loyalties Web, by Joyce DiPastena. This one should be read before the second one because there are characters from it in the next one, which is called Illuminations of the Heart, and takes place three years after the first.
Jennifer wrote: "Erin wrote: "If you're looking for a good Austen-esque read, I highly recommend the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman series by Pamela Aidan. There are 3 books, beginning with An Assembly Such As This,..."I love Regency Romances...the clean ones, that is. Luckily, there are a lot that are. If you want a list for a few more, I'm happy to post them!
I know what you mean. The Regency period is very fun to read as long as they are clean. I hate how hard it is to find clean books from that period.
Jennifer wrote: "I know what you mean. The Regency period is very fun to read as long as they are clean. I hate how hard it is to find clean books from that period."Have you tried books by Georgette Heyer? She wrote lots of Regency Romances and all of the ones I have read are clean.
Bayla wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I know what you mean. The Regency period is very fun to read as long as they are clean. I hate how hard it is to find clean books from that period."Have you tried books by George..."
I loved Georgette Heyer when I was in high school and Rosamund Du Jardin about twin sisters. I think Practically Seventeen is the first book.
Marla wrote: "Bayla wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I know what you mean. The Regency period is very fun to read as long as they are clean. I hate how hard it is to find clean books from that period."Have you tried b..."
I picked "The Grand Sophy" by Heyer for our last book club. It was fantastic! Everyone really enjoyed it. I've read two others and really loved them as well!
What sucks (pardon me but true) about books is that they don't have ratings like: G, PG, PG-13 or R. It annoys me because if I start a book I don't know whether it's good or not.
Seriously.I actually sent an email to the publishing assosciation or whatever asking them about including such ratings on the backs of the books, near the barcode or something. Let them know about a very uncomfortable situation I had to go through because I was forced to read a book for school that was just terrible, and even if I had been able to quit, it would have had to have been AFTER I'd already read something terrible.
They emailed me back and told me such an idea has been suggested before, but they've never chosen to act on it, for some reason. :/ They really should at least have a sexual content warning!
Has anyone read "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden? I really want to read it, but I don't know if it's clean.Thanks for your help!
Marie wrote: "Has anyone read "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden? I really want to read it, but I don't know if it's clean.Thanks for your help!"
Hi Marie,
it's a rough book, but most of it is relatively clean. There is one page which goes too far in my opinion, this review gives more detail http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....
Hope this helps,
Clare
I know that you guys mentioned that in The Time Traveler's Wife, there is a lot of foul language and explicit sex scenes, but do you know if her Her Fearful Symmetry is clean?
Does anyone know if The Girl in the Garden is clean?
Any of you wanting clean Regency books, check out the bookshelf of the Clean Romances group. The Regency/Georgian shelf has over 100 books, and there is also a Jane Austen shelf, which includes sequels to and spin-offs of her originals, as well as contemporary books that were inspired by hers.http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...
Abigail wrote: "Any of you wanting clean Regency books, check out the bookshelf of the Clean Romances group. The Regency/Georgian shelf has over 100 books, and there is also a Jane Austen shelf, which includes seq..."Thanks for the reminder!! I joined the Clean Romances group a long time ago, but honestly just forgot all about it until this post. I love the bookshelf and will be putting several books on my TBR list for when our library opens back up. So excited!
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County? Does anyone know if this one is clean?
Can someone tell me about Tamora Pierce's books? Specifically her Song of the Lioness series, Trickster's Choice & Trickster's Queen, and her Immortals series? Thanks!
I read the first few Lioness books. The only thing I found objectionable was the author's attitude about pre-marital sex. The heroine moves from sleeping with one protagonist to another in the course of the series with no emotional consequence. No graphic descriptions, but if my daughter were reading them I'd read them too so I could discuss the author's ethical and moral perspective on some of the decisions Alanna makes.
Marie wrote: "Can someone tell me about Tamora Pierce's books? Specifically her Song of the Lioness series, Trickster's Choice & Trickster's Queen, and her Immortals series? Thanks!"I read both Song of the Lioness and the Trickster's series, though both were a while ago. I agree with MaryBliss on the Lioness, and I remember the Trickster's series being slightly worse. (I read both series in around sixth grade and wasn't negatively affected, but I've always skimmed questionable parts and am not so impressionable, so I don't know if you want to judge by that).
What stuck out to me in all of Tamora Pierce's books, far more than the questionable content, was the strong heroines. The fact that all of her books feature a strong heroine made her one of my favorite authors.
Tamora Pierce writes from a strong feminist perspective. I've read the Lioness and part of the Immortals series. Strong heroines and exciting stories, very imaginative. I found her attitude towards premarital sex disturbing as well. The heroines sleep around, and to the author it is no big deal, not related to commitment and has no consequences. Pretty much the same message you get from a lot of media. Nothing explicit however. It is something I would talk about with a youngster. It bothered me enough that I stopped reading her books.
Can someone tell me if the Future of us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler is clean?
I KNOW. I KNOW!!! I have read The Dairy Queen is quite clean except for some kissing....
Do you guys know if
by Bill Crider is clean?
I just flipped through Love Story by Erich Segal and saw that it is filled with swear words. Does anyone know if the rest of his books are like that?
Has anybody read Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Because I want to know if it has any cursing in it. I hate reading books that have cursing in it then i have to stop and it was a worst of time. thanks :=)
Caleb wrote: "Has anybody read Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Because I want to know if it has any cursing in it. I hate reading books that have cursing in it then i have to stop and it was a worst of time. ..."Yup. There is.
Gabriella wrote: "Do you guys know if by Bill Crider is clean?"Yep, it's clean.
Marie wrote: "Has anyone read the book "Timeless" by Alexandra Monir? I would like to read it, but I don't know if it's clean or not.Also, "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden and its sequels? I wan..."
I have read "Timeless" by Alexandra Monir. I greatly enjoyed the book and I would definitely say it was clean.
Do you guys know if Lee Child is clean?
Does anyone know if the warrior cats series "The new prophecy" is clean? My 8-year-old sister read original series and wants to read this one next but I've heard somewhere that it contains dead spirits possessing the cats. Can anyone tell me if this is true and how bad it is? Thanks!!
Has anyone read the Chemical Garden series? Is it clean?
Beth A. wrote: "Has anyone read The Invisible Bridge? Is it clean?Thanks!!" Nope. In case anyone else was wondering.
Odd Question: Someone suggested that my son read "The Sisters Grimm" series. He likes fractured fairy tales, but I am NOT a fan of the original Brothers Grimm, as I feel their stories were extremely dark and disturbing. Has anyone read this series and if so, is the "dark" still prevalent? I'm also wondering if anyone has read, "Half Upon a Time"? Thoughts?
Rachel -- I think I'm the one that suggested The Sisters Grimm. It is MUCH tamer than the original fairy tales, which are simply gruesome, and they're geared toward a younger audience. The last books can get a little intense, but the whole premise is that the fairy tales are real and that the Grimms were the original keepers of the characters. If you wanted to screen the book, it's an hour read.
So many good, books, so little time:)
The Fairy Godmother is mostly clean, but there is a section you'll want to skip -- some rather explicit dreams. In that series, the books that I know are clean are One Good Knight and The Sleeping Beauty. The series does not need to be read in order to be understandable.
Does anyone know if Summer's Child by Luann Rice is clean? I would really like to read that one.
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