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Originally Posted by pisceschick
It sounds like your categories are similar to mine. I seem to be getting more strict as I go along. I hadn't done much reading in the 5-ish years prior to my first e-reader, and some of the first authors I remember enjoying when I jumped in are waaaaay to anachronistic for me now.
In July our A/C broke (we had to have someone over to look at it over the holiday!), and spent a week staying with my folks. Their Internet is sketchy and being in a house full of people I didn't get much time to myself to figure out what I was going to read. I read several trad Regencies that were already on my Kindle and was surprised that I enjoyed them as much as I did. I had thought they'd be too squeaky-clean and fluffy for me.
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I like fluffy reads if they are fun and I am in the mood for them. For me a novel doesn't need sex if it's well written. Sometimes I am in the mood for something spicy and I'll read something a bit more hot but a Romance can be very well written and still be squeaky clean.
I find I don't enjoy books where h/h jump into bed within the first part of the book or it's instant lust and all your hear is how hot each other is. I like a build up first with a good strong plot.