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What novel do you hate to admit you like?
"I write the songs that make the whole world sing...."....oops, sorry I was singing secretly. The reference to Manilow was a great analogy and make me chuckle.We do hate to admit liking books that cause others to scoff.....and everyone has one or two in their hidden stash. Mine is The Da Vinci Code. I know, I know....everyone trashes this best seller and probably for all the right reasons but frankly, I rather enjoyed it. I have not read any of his follow-up books and probably won't but I just didn't think it was that bad. I think the trouble was that people took it too seriously, trying to see it as fact instead of a work of fiction. Dan Brown is laughing all the way to the bank.
I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoyed any novel. I think everyone's diversity of opinion is great. It makes the world interesting.
Maybe ashamed is not the right word......just hating to admit that we are swimming against the flow. You are so right about diversity.......books that I like may not appeal to my friends but it would be a boring world if we were all the same.
Yea not really ashamed about any Ive read Although my first paranormal series was twilight series and now i look back and wonder why i liked it so much cause the series ive read now are waaaaay better lol
I now read series like to Riley Jenson Guardian, and Black Dagger Brotherhood and others like them and think to myself...wow Twilight isnt as good as I thought lol
I just really love that so many opinions are out there. So interesting that a book I may love may be considered awful by so many. I enjoy reading other people's reviews of books.
Jennifer wrote: "I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoyed any novel. I think everyone's diversity of opinion is great. It makes the world interesting."You're right... i just changed the thread name!
Jill wrote: ""I write the songs that make the whole world sing...."....oops, sorry I was singing secretly. The reference to Manilow was a great analogy and make me chuckle.We do hate to admit liking books that..."
I couldn't agree with you more Jill!!! Personally, I like Dan Brown, and one of his best novels in my opinion is Deception Point. I think you're on the right track with The DaVinci Code, in that people took it to be fact so much that once the theory couldn't be carried out any longer, they were let down. Great concept in a novel, but a concept that could not stand in water in history!
I'm sorry if I made anyone uncomfortable. That was definitely not my intention :)
Jennifer wrote: "I'm sorry if I made anyone uncomfortable. That was definitely not my intention :)"
No offense taken :)
The one book that I havn't seen very many good reviews on that I love is "The Memory Keeper's Daughter." I really loved this novel. It touched me in a way that I didn't expect and I thought it was a lovely story. However, most people who read is call it depressing with no point.
Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "Yea not really ashamed about any Ive read Although my first paranormal series was twilight series and now i look back and wonder why i liked it so much cause the series ive read now are waaaaay b..."
I liked the Twilight series, but what really turned me off is how many young teenagers became way too over obsessed with those novels. Then the movies came out (which made it worse) and the movies weren't that good at all. Hard to agree with all the ones out there that love it. I really liked the novels and still think the series is good, but I am still not obsessed with it. Come on it wasn't "that" good. I don't think I have ever read a book where I felt Obsession with. I mean yeah, in finishing it to find out the ending, but not after I read it and then re-read it a hundred times.
Hehe, I actually own a Barry Manilow cd - 3. am at Paradise Café - it's great for rainy days :-)When I was at university, there were a lot of high brow people who would gasp and roll their eyes if they saw you reading Marian Keyes or YA.
One of mine is
I loved the tv-series in my early teens, and was completely absorbed with the books :-)
Kerra wrote: "I liked the Twilight series, but what really turned me off is how many young teenagers became way too over obsessed with those novels. Then the movies came out (which made it worse) and the movies weren't that good at all. Hard to agree with all the ones out there that love it. I really liked the novels and still think the series is good, but I am still not obsessed with it. Come on it wasn't "that" good. I don't think I have ever read a book where I felt Obsession with. I mean yeah, in finishing it to find out the ending, but not after I read it and then re-read it a hundred times." I agree with you on this. I do NOT understand the hype over the movies. The actors are awful! BUT I do like the books.
I actually feel guilty about how much I enjoy Agatha Christie-I don't actually think they're mostly all the well-written prose-wise or that the characters are well-developed but I love reading and rereading.
I discovered the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning last year and I was originally really embarrassed to admit how much I loved it. I'd make lots of dismissive jokes to family and friends, but secretly swoon online in forums. But the cat was out of the bag in January when I was anxiously awaiting the final installment - it became very clear to everyone around me that I wasn't kidding. At all.
I love The Da Vinci Code myself. I read it when it was first published before it became all hyped-up. It was an easy, quick-paced and fun read. I know I wasn't going to get high literature when I read it anyway.One embarrassing book I read was one of Alexander McCall Smith's book Morality for Beautiful Girls. I read it while waiting for my bus when one of my friends spotted me and asked (chuckling) if I were reading a self help book. It made me realised how ridiculous the title is and people who are not familiar with the series would seriously think I am reading some cheesy motivational book. Eek!
Actually, I do read self-help books but never outside. I'm totally embarrassed by reading them.
Not technically a novel but a short story collection, Delta of Venus by Anais Nin. You're not supposed to admit to reading, and especially enjoying in a literary sense, erotica. The guilty secret is supposed to be part of the enjoyment, I suppose. Even though she wrote it for money, and specifically for a "dirty old man," enough of her genuinely good writing skill shines through that the stories are enjoyable beyond their prurient content.
I forgot about Delta-you expressed my feelings (& embarrassment) exactly.
Kerra wrote: "Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "Yea not really ashamed about any Ive read Although my first paranormal series was twilight series and now i look back and wonder why i liked it so much cause t..."
Yea kinda my thoughts its a good series but people went crazy with it and I didnt understand why because ive read way better paranomal series!
I dont get obsessed but when im reading a series i get really get into it!:)
Briohny wrote: " Kerra wrote: "I liked the Twilight series, but what really turned me off is how many young teenagers became way too over obsessed with those novels. Then the movies came out (which made it worse) ..."Yes! Thank goodness :D I really hate the acting in those movies. The girl who plays Bella really can't act in those movies. I have seen her in other movies and she was great and then she does Twilight and really sucks. The movies are just horrible. The books are MUCH better, lol.
Ellie wrote: "I actually feel guilty about how much I enjoy Agatha Christie-I don't actually think they're mostly all the well-written prose-wise or that the characters are well-developed but I love reading and ..."Oh my gosh! I love Agatha Christie. They are very good mystery thrillers for me. Have no idea why some people really don't like her books. Really agree with you on this and don't feel guilty :)
Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "Kerra wrote: "Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "Yea not really ashamed about any Ive read Although my first paranormal series was twilight series and now i look back and wonder why i liked it s..."
Yes, lol, I really get into the series I am reading. Like the "House of Night Series" I am really into right now, but I am not obsessed with it. Well I am obsessed to get to the ending and find out what happens :D but all the hype about Twilight was a little rediculous with the younger teens and that really didn't start until after the movies were out. I really liked the Twilight series, but come on get into something new and quit looking for series that will be close to or just like Twilight because you won't find one.
Id much rather read about dangerous hott vamps who bite than sweet sparkly vamps who won't hardly have sex let alone bite lol....I dunno I should talk crap cause it was a good series but I've moved on to bigger better things lol
Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "Id much rather read about dangerous hott vamps who bite than sweet sparkly vamps who won't hardly have sex let alone bite lol....I dunno I should talk crap cause it was a good series but I've mov..."
Lol, completely agree :) And your not talking crap because you are just giving your opinion. It was a good series, but it is time to get into something new.
Have you read any books yet by Jeaniene Frost? I just started reading her first novel to her series called "Halfway to the Grave" and let me tell you it is an awesome vampire series so far. I love it.
No I've heard very good things tho!I was thinkin bout ordering them but I try ordering series that has 6 or more books cause I read a book in a day or 2 lol
I spend so much money on ebay buyin series!
But there is 5 to that series right now right? Mayb I should just break down and buy em lol or is that her night huntress series?
Oh another guilt inducer & I do like her.
Krista ~Fhatal Attrhaction~ wrote: "No I've heard very good things tho!I was thinkin bout ordering them but I try ordering series that has 6 or more books cause I read a book in a day or 2 lol
I spend so much money on ebay buyin s..."
Yes, I think there are 5 out right now and she is working on the 6th one at the moment. She just showed all her fans the new cover of the new book :) I can't wait to read it, but then again I am still on book 1, lol, so it will take me a while. The series I have heard is really good. So, if you want I would read them, they are pretty darn good :)
Lynn wrote: "Kerra wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I actually feel guilty about how much I enjoy Agatha Christie-I don't actually think they're mostly all the well-written prose-wise or that the characters are well-devel..."Oh wow, I don't think i have heard of him before? What are some of his book titles? I would love to look him up. It is always nice to read a good old fashion mystery :D
I admit it, I like Lolita. The subject matter is just so wrong... but it's written so pretty! ^_~ I'm a sucker for a fancy prose style.
Mine is rather like Lynn's - My favorite guilty-pleasure read is The Shadow and other pulp novels. At the peak for The Shadow the main author, Walter Gibson, was turning out two a month. Prose quality isn't much, but they're just exciting and so much fun to read!
Silver wrote: "Mine is rather like Lynn's - My favorite guilty-pleasure read is The Shadow and other pulp novels. At the peak for The Shadow the main author, Walter Gibson, was turning out two a month. Prose qu..."My uncle wrote for the pulps in the 1940s, getting paid by the word with a maximum on the number of words per story.....he wrote for Black Mask among others under many different noms des plumes.....and how right you are, the prose isn't much but they surely are fun. People are snapping up the old pulps for their collections and they are getting harder to find since most were read and thrown away.
I hate to admit it but I'm a sucker for YA fantasy like Harry Potter, The Ranger's Apprentice, and Percy Jackson. I just finished the latest Ranger and can hardly wait for the next installment. The only thing I won't read in this genre are the Twilight books but everything else is fair game. Oh, I should add that I'm 60 years old.
always a little embarrassed if I am reading romantic novels ( I have read the old M & B)
Maxine wrote: "I hate to admit it but I'm a sucker for YA fantasy like Harry Potter, The Ranger's Apprentice, and Percy Jackson. I just finished the latest Ranger and can hardly wait for the next installment. The..."I'm right there with you Maxine! I adore Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Gregor the Overlander, and the Warriors books. Even though that last series revolves around cats living in the wild, there are still strong themes about friendship, loyalty, and perseverance mixed in.
Maxine wrote: "I hate to admit it but I'm a sucker for YA fantasy like Harry Potter, The Ranger's Apprentice, and Percy Jackson. I just finished the latest Ranger and can hardly wait for the next installment. The..."I can't say I've ever been embarrassed to be caught reading YA fantasy. The writing is often just as good as "adult" works, but it seems like the YA authors are less worried about proving something and thus focus more on telling a great story. The themes are rarely different between the two age groups, but the works geared toward younger audiences are often less ambivalent, and that can be refreshing. Sometimes, you want a nice clean division between good and evil, since the real world just can't provide that.
I am actually embarrassed to say tht I like to read Goosebumps books :D I really do enjoy them. I love R.L. Stein. However, when you are 22 and are caught reading a Goosebumps book, others look at you like you are too dumb to read more in depth novels. That is not it at all. I just really enjoy those short books every once in a while.
I absolutly hate to admit this, but I actually do enjoy reading the Twilight Saga.
Well, actually, just the 3rd and 4th books. The first two are boring, but the last two actually have stuff happening.
I hate admitting that I love these books, partly becuase they really aren't the best written books you can read. And partly because I'm a massive Harry Potter fan and these two groups tend to clash a bit. Don't get me wrong, HP is ten times better in my opinion, but theres just something about these Twilight books.
And I never have a good answer when people ask me why I've bothered to read them each like, 3 times. The honest answer is: I don't know. There's really just something about the story that I just really enjoy. I think it's the idea that love truly can conquer just about anything. Though I don't tell most people this, I'm a bit of a...closet romantic, I guess you could say. I don't show it on the outside but I just love the stories.
So I guess that's my excuse.
Twilight is somewhat poorly written, from a writers point of view, but the story is definatly worth the read.
And that's my guilty pleasure. I'm not proud of it, but it can't be helped.
Well, actually, just the 3rd and 4th books. The first two are boring, but the last two actually have stuff happening.
I hate admitting that I love these books, partly becuase they really aren't the best written books you can read. And partly because I'm a massive Harry Potter fan and these two groups tend to clash a bit. Don't get me wrong, HP is ten times better in my opinion, but theres just something about these Twilight books.
And I never have a good answer when people ask me why I've bothered to read them each like, 3 times. The honest answer is: I don't know. There's really just something about the story that I just really enjoy. I think it's the idea that love truly can conquer just about anything. Though I don't tell most people this, I'm a bit of a...closet romantic, I guess you could say. I don't show it on the outside but I just love the stories.
So I guess that's my excuse.
Twilight is somewhat poorly written, from a writers point of view, but the story is definatly worth the read.
And that's my guilty pleasure. I'm not proud of it, but it can't be helped.
My guilty pleasures lately are the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and Nora Roberts....when you need a good romance, easy read, these are the books to go to! You can start in the morning and be done by dinner!
JoJo wrote: "I absolutly hate to admit this, but I actually do enjoy reading the Twilight Saga.Well, actually, just the 3rd and 4th books. The first two are boring, but the last two actually have stuff happen..."
In a way I think I am in the same boat with you there. I have only read them once, but I hardly ever read a book twice. However, the 3rd and 4th books are the best in the whole series and if I do read it again I will probably only read the 3rd and 4th book again. I have been thinking about it a lot lately because it has been such a long time since I have read them that, I want to refresh myself before the next movie comes out so that way I can compare them better. However, I really think that if they had different actors for Bella and Edward the movies would be 10 times better than they are. Not that they don't look like the characters from the book, they just really suck at acting these parts. I have seen them both in other movies and I think they are great in them, but something about how they act in the Twilight movies just seems like they aren't trying at all or that they are trying too hard. Have no clue. But I did like the series and loved the romanitc side of them. Have you read Host by her yet? Some didn't like it, but if you are an in closet romantic you will LOVE that book. I honestly liked it more than the Twilight books she wrote, but that is just me.
Sam wrote: "My guilty pleasures lately are the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and Nora Roberts....when you need a good romance, easy read, these are the books to go to! You can start in the morning and be done by ..."I agree with you there on the Nora Roberts books! I love reading her books. There is always a good romantic aspect in all of her books that I just absolutely love.
Jill wrote: ""I write the songs that make the whole world sing...."....oops, sorry I was singing secretly. The reference to Manilow was a great analogy and make me chuckle.We do hate to admit liking books that..."
I loved what Brown did in the book and have no problem saying I liked reading it, but I can't read it again.
Kerra wrote: "Briohny wrote: " Kerra wrote: "I liked the Twilight series, but what really turned me off is how many young teenagers became way too over obsessed with those novels. Then the movies came out (which..."I disagree that the books are "much" better. It's not only the acting that makes the movies so bad--they also take lines straight from the book which are honestly pathetic when spoken. The concept for the books I think is great, but Meyers really needs to write better. I love "Twilight" but every time I read it I mentally strike out redundant paragraphs and pages. The only thing Meyers excels in is character psychology.
I really enjoyed the first 3 Twilight books, by the time the 4th came out the fandom was so crazy and several people had made good points as to why the books aren't that great, so I didn't really like that one.I do get obsessed with books (and TV shows etc) really fast, but I get over it quickly. Same thing happened with the Twilght Series.
Kim wrote: "I really enjoyed the first 3 Twilight books, by the time the 4th came out the fandom was so crazy and several people had made good points as to why the books aren't that great, so I didn't really l..."I thought Breaking Dawn was one of the worst books I have ever read, mostly in terms of writing and structure. I have read all of them, and I didn't hate them, but that fourth one...huge waste of time. She was just trying to tie up all of her loose ends, and it was packed too full and had one of the most anti-climactic endings I have ever seen, and that was on top of her already sub-par writing skills and the absolute lack of personality in her main character.
Amber wrote: "Kim wrote: "I really enjoyed the first 3 Twilight books, by the time the 4th came out the fandom was so crazy and several people had made good points as to why the books aren't that great, so I did..."I was really disappointed with the Twilight series in general and Breaking Dawn was definitely the worst. But I did really enjoy The Host, so maybe her writing isn't all bad. :)
Kelli wrote: "Amber wrote: "Kim wrote: "I really enjoyed the first 3 Twilight books, by the time the 4th came out the fandom was so crazy and several people had made good points as to why the books aren't that g..."Yes, I really liked The Host. I thought it was 10 times better than the Twilight series and I honestly wouldn't mind if she turned that into a series.
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