Books that you might be ashamed to admit that you like, if you weren't an unashamed bookworm!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Tell us about books that you might feel shame about loving, if you weren't too awesome to feel shame for your reading tastes. :)

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

I'm too ashamed to say ☺ No, not really. Gosh, I don't know. Maybe some of those erotic scifi books I read every now and then.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I am ashamed of my tendency to watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta and The Bad Girls Club (ducks head). But I don't feel any shame for my reading tastes.

After twenty plus years of being made fun of for loving romance novels, I own my reading tastes. I'm a serious Harlequin romance junkie and proud!

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

Seems to me if I was really ashamed I'd never post em here on GRs and no one would ever know. hehe.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

That's a good point.

I look at it like at least someone is reading, you know?

[❤️ Dorsey aka Wrath Lover Reviews ❤️]

I love the Harlequin Intrigue books...some more than others naturally. And what can I say I am hooked on Diana Palmer's "Long Tall Texans" books...

[❤️ Dorsey aka Wrath Lover Reviews ❤️]

BTW.....Pamela SiFi Erotica hmmmm....I have yet to read any but now I'm curios.

[Jill]

I second the scifi erotica, alien love, what can I say? I love it:-)

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

lol. My dirty little secret is out!

[Vane]

Evangeline anderson brides of kindred are awesome sci fi erotica series.

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

Vane wrote: "Evangeline anderson brides of kindred are awesome sci fi erotica series."

Read one and want to read the rest ☺

[Jenny]

I have to admit that a few years ago I would have been ashamed to admit that I read Erotica of any kind, but now I don't care. If people don't like it, well that's their problem not mine.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Dorsey wrote: "I love the Harlequin Intrigue books...some more than others naturally. And what can I say I am hooked on Diana Palmer's "Long Tall Texans" books..."

Huge Diana Palmer fan. I love that grand lady!

[Heather]

Lol, I love those alien sci-fi erotics!

As for me... I don't know that I'm ashamed of any of the actual books I read, but rather, it can get a tad uncomfortable stating the title when asked what I'm reading...

For example this made me think of my nephew... I was on the phone with him and he asked what I'd been doing I replied "reading". To which he then asked the name of the book... "Passion Unleashed" -- He's twelve so it was a tad embarrassing but it could have been a worse one lol.

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

lol, I'm glad my 12 yr old daughter doesn't ask me the name of my books.

[❤️ Dorsey aka Wrath Lover Reviews ❤️]

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress wrote: "Dorsey wrote: "I love the Harlequin Intrigue books...some more than others naturally. And what can I say I am hooked on Diana Palmer's "Long Tall Texans" books..."

Huge Diana Palmer fan. I love t..."

Me too Lady D!

[❤️ Dorsey aka Wrath Lover Reviews ❤️]

josephine wrote: "I also am fond of Harlequin Blaze!!!!!!!"

Like the Blaze books too Josephine!!

[Mollie *scoutrmom*]

Dorsey wrote: "BTW.....Pamela SiFi Erotica hmmmm....I have yet to read any but now I'm curios."

The best was Lora Leigh's contribution to an Ellora's Cave anthology,



I used to conceal my preference for erotica, but the Fifty Shades stuff has brought a lot of us out of the closet.

My current favorites are a series of historical western erotica stories.

[Andrea]

Vane wrote: "Evangeline anderson brides of kindred are awesome sci fi erotica series."

I just picked up the first one the other day. Now you have me really excited to read it.

[Teresa]

As I said in another thread I am kind ashamed that I loved Lora Leigh's "Maverick".

I am not ashamed to admitt that I do very much enjoy reading erotica. Where as a while ago I would have been ashamed to admit it to the world. Now I say let the world know I like good sex in books!!!!

[Carolyn F.]

Jill wrote: "I second the scifi erotica, alien love, what can I say? I love it:-)"

Amen, love it too! Especially robots!

[Zee]

Serious chick-lit *the fluffier the better!* junkie here. :) And I also gobble Harlequin & Mills&Boon stuff :)

[Fil]

Mollie *scoutrmom* wrote: "Dorsey wrote: "BTW.....Pamela SiFi Erotica hmmmm....I have yet to read any but now I'm curios."

The best was Lora Leigh's contribution to an Ellora's Cave anthology,

[bookcover:Tales from the T..."

Read all of Hell's Eight and Shadow Wranglers from Sarah McCarty. Very good.

Ashamed....not

[Jacqueline]

I really ashamed ....not that I read about 4 books a week.

[Jacqueline]

Jacqueline wrote: "I really ashamed ....not that I read about 4 books a week."

[Vivian]

I don't share my general bdsm titles with anyone but my GR buddies. Not that my friends would be horrified, okay...maybe a little frightened, but not outraged. I loved Barbara Cartland novels as a preteen and I don't admit to that either or the Harlequin Presents.

[namericanwordcat]

lol SFR Erotica is awesome! I love Now, that is fun plot to detail. I am not ashamed though. lol

Now, is an old school book I still really like and know there is so much wrong with it but none the less... lol I am fairly shameless.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I cut my romance-reading teeth on Johanna Lindsey and Jude Deveraux. I wanted to be a Montgomery or Taggart. Strangely, never wanted to be a Malory. It's sad I don't get into their newer books as much.

[namericanwordcat]

I like Lindsey's Warrior series.

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

Yeah, I'm not ashamed to admit I still love a bunch of the old bodice rippers from the 70s and 80s ☺

[Fil]

Heard that some of the old goodies are being reprinted, but made pc (some scenes changed). Catherine Coulter I guess just recently republished one of her oldies.

[Gwen]

I still love the Historicals from the 70's and 80's. In fact, I have a lot of them on my keeper shelf. I waited with baited breath for books by K.E. Woodiwss, Rosemary Rogers, Laurie McBain, Patricia Gallagher and Johanna Lindsay to name a few. If you wanted sensual and just great writing in Contemporaries, Sandra Brown and Barbara Delinsky couldn't be beat for me. I still read some of these authors.

[Heather]

I love the old bodice rippers too... The more un-PC the better ^_^

[Fil]

I couldn't agree more with you both. I didn't even read what the book was about. If it was from those mentioned authors, I just bought them. I loved everyone one of the! My love of reading started with Bodice rippers...not ashamed to admit. LOL

[Adis]

I only admit my guilty pleasure book (erotica romance, include bdsm and menage title) with my GR friends. I never shared my reading addiction with my family and friends here, they just not into that kind of thing. Though I shared my "moderate romance" book with my sister and my mom (they also romance reader but not as addicted as I am).

[Elizabeth]

There are so many books that I would be ashamed to admit to reading and enjoying. If anyone ever looked through my NOOK library, the would assume that I am a pervert, into BDSM and other "kink". That said, I am embarassed about liking Y/A romance because I am 30 years old. I think it's cute, and I remeber when I was younger and thought a certain guy was my world. lol

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

While I might not share others' tastes, I don't think it's right to judge folks for their reading.

Usually folks who don't even read look down on readers of genre fiction like romance. etc.

[Zee]

Elizabeth, I'm 29 and I love the YA romance too. :) Must also be why I'm such a Glee fan... anyhow

Nobody knows about my slide towards erotica and chick-lit. I don't hide it, but the fact that I might have to explain why I read that "crass" and "fluff" respectively... Not worth it. :)