How about some guilty pleasures?

januaryman · 12-09-2010, 09:24 AM

I have a few books I read and am not proud of (nor would I necessarily admit to having read them), but secretly enjoyed. Might be fun to get it off your chest, eh?

Here's my list:

Sum of All Fears - Clancy

Jurrassic Park - Crichton

Christine - King

A Christmas Carol - Dickens

A Boy's Life - McCammon

Atlas Shrugged - Rand

WLT - Keillor

Jaws - Benchley

Casino Royal - Fleming

anything by PG Wodehouse [EDIT: I take back this entry, after much re-thinking and some scolding.]

That's 10. I'm sure I have more if I just thought about it.

ReliQ05 · 12-09-2010, 09:43 AM

You wouldn't admit you've read Jaws, Christine, Jurassic Park or A Christmas Carol? Why?! I clicked on this figuring I'd see Twilight

. What's the reasoning?

Mines the Twilight Series

great books, but I'm not the key demographic for them so it doesn't seem quite right.

Crozie · 12-09-2010, 10:13 AM

I have to admit I quite enjoyed Battlefield: Earth...

DavidRM · 12-09-2010, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crozie

I have to admit I quite enjoyed Battlefield: Earth...

Me too. I know, I know...laugh at will...

I read the "Aliens" novelization as a teenager and *LOVED* that book. The movie was good too.

I also like Bon Jovi.

-David

queentess · 12-09-2010, 11:06 AM

Awww, I love Jurassic Park by Crichton... and definitely don't feel guilty about loving it!

My guilty pleasure book is Season of Passage by Christopher Pike. I loved his YA books growing up, even though they were predictable (and now they're unreadable, except for his Last Vampire series, which I also love). This book was one of his first "adult" books, and I still LOVE it. I've just about worn out my copy and wish I could find it as an ebook.

I also like Bon Jovi

WT Sharpe · 12-09-2010, 11:10 AM

A graphic novel here and there, books of humor, and an occasional novel of the genre that rhymes with "corn".

Penforhire · 12-09-2010, 11:20 AM

Oh this is too easy! I'll say almost any John Ringo novel I've read (though his cowritten "March To" series isn't shameful). The very definition of a guilty pleasure, ha ha.

FlorenceArt · 12-09-2010, 11:28 AM

I've enjoyed a few Crichton (sp?), Clancy and King books, I'm not particularly ashamed of it though. My guilty pleasure is romance, I enjoy the whole spectrum from Jane Austen (definitely NOT ashamed of that one) to the cheap Harlequin stuff. I must admit that I've bought more of the latter lately, now that I can download them and read them in public without anybody knowing about it.

I remember a humiliating scene a long time ago in the bookshop "Shakespeare and Company" in Paris, a used books shop where I bought a Harlequin (in French) and a few English language books, and the cashier looked at me funny and asked if I was a bilingual secretary. I think she was confused by my choice of literature, or maybe she thought only secretaries read romance, and since I obviously could read English I had to be a bilingual one.

ATDrake · 12-09-2010, 11:56 AM

Formerly decent-to-good writers whose works over time have degenerated into repetitive authorial tics and stylistic cliché to the point of near self-parody, whom I nevertheless keep up with out of sheer morbid curiosity about series developments (via the library, though, not out of my own funds anymore).

There's a blog out there with a photoshopped cover of one of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books which replaces the title with "My Little Pony Goes to War" and it is so, so true.

Also the ones who've/whose estates have been farming out the actual writing of the sequels "based on extensive notes and outlines" to their popular works to other writers of varying degrees of skill/ability to replicate the appealing portions of the original author's style.

Cf. Anne/Todd McCaffrey, David Eddings, Marion Zimmer Bradley, etc.

Pookeysgirl · 12-09-2010, 12:31 PM

Twilight Series...need I say more?

SeaBookGuy · 12-09-2010, 12:50 PM

For me it'd be all those cozy mystery series I read.

wvcherrybomb · 12-09-2010, 01:38 PM

True Crime and teen novels.

I also like Bon Jovi.

elemenoP · 12-09-2010, 03:17 PM

Jodi Picoult. I can't read more than 1 a year, and yes I get the "formula" but I always enjoy them.

Also I'm not much for chick lit but I do like Jennifer Weiner (such as "Good in Bed." There's a book that belongs on your ereader so no one can see the title).

eP

bogboy1978 · 12-09-2010, 04:07 PM

I loved Jaws and Jurassic Park. Also got hooked on every single one of Dan Browns books. The embarassing confession would be I am a 31 year old guy who finished reading Twilight: Eclipse about 10 minutes ago and am now logging off because I can't wait to start the fourth book

Latinandgreek · 12-09-2010, 04:15 PM

Mine are V.C. Andrews novels (although I haven't read one in a few years) and....
Baby-Sitters Club books.

My favourite guilty pleasure t.v. show is "One Tree Hill". It felt good to get that off my chest.

12-09-2010, 09:24 AM	#1
januaryman Used DTBs & iPad User Posts: 86 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Earth Device: iPad	How about some guilty pleasures? I have a few books I read and am not proud of (nor would I necessarily admit to having read them), but secretly enjoyed. Might be fun to get it off your chest, eh? Here's my list: Sum of All Fears - Clancy Jurrassic Park - Crichton Christine - King A Christmas Carol - Dickens A Boy's Life - McCammon Atlas Shrugged - Rand WLT - Keillor Jaws - Benchley Casino Royal - Fleming anything by PG Wodehouse [EDIT: I take back this entry, after much re-thinking and some scolding.] That's 10. I'm sure I have more if I just thought about it. Last edited by januaryman; 12-13-2010 at 10:39 AM. Reason: reconsiderations

12-09-2010, 11:06 AM	#5
queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Awww, I love Jurassic Park by Crichton... and definitely don't feel guilty about loving it! My guilty pleasure book is Season of Passage by Christopher Pike. I loved his YA books growing up, even though they were predictable (and now they're unreadable, except for his Last Vampire series, which I also love). This book was one of his first "adult" books, and I still LOVE it. I've just about worn out my copy and wish I could find it as an ebook. I also like Bon Jovi Last edited by queentess; 12-09-2010 at 11:10 AM.

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ReliQ05 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 52 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: nook Wifi, Sony Reader Pocket Edition	You wouldn't admit you've read Jaws, Christine, Jurassic Park or A Christmas Carol? Why?! I clicked on this figuring I'd see Twilight . What's the reasoning? Mines the Twilight Series great books, but I'm not the key demographic for them so it doesn't seem quite right.

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	A graphic novel here and there, books of humor, and an occasional novel of the genre that rhymes with "corn".

12-09-2010, 11:20 AM	#7
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Oh this is too easy! I'll say almost any John Ringo novel I've read (though his cowritten "March To" series isn't shameful). The very definition of a guilty pleasure, ha ha.

12-09-2010, 11:28 AM	#8
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I've enjoyed a few Crichton (sp?), Clancy and King books, I'm not particularly ashamed of it though. My guilty pleasure is romance, I enjoy the whole spectrum from Jane Austen (definitely NOT ashamed of that one) to the cheap Harlequin stuff. I must admit that I've bought more of the latter lately, now that I can download them and read them in public without anybody knowing about it. I remember a humiliating scene a long time ago in the bookshop "Shakespeare and Company" in Paris, a used books shop where I bought a Harlequin (in French) and a few English language books, and the cashier looked at me funny and asked if I was a bilingual secretary. I think she was confused by my choice of literature, or maybe she thought only secretaries read romance, and since I obviously could read English I had to be a bilingual one.

12-09-2010, 11:56 AM	#9
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Formerly decent-to-good writers whose works over time have degenerated into repetitive authorial tics and stylistic cliché to the point of near self-parody, whom I nevertheless keep up with out of sheer morbid curiosity about series developments (via the library, though, not out of my own funds anymore). There's a blog out there with a photoshopped cover of one of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books which replaces the title with "My Little Pony Goes to War" and it is so, so true. Also the ones who've/whose estates have been farming out the actual writing of the sequels "based on extensive notes and outlines" to their popular works to other writers of varying degrees of skill/ability to replicate the appealing portions of the original author's style. Cf. Anne/Todd McCaffrey, David Eddings, Marion Zimmer Bradley, etc.

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Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K3, Kobo Mini	Twilight Series...need I say more?

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wvcherrybomb Sharp Shootin' Grandma Posts: 847 Karma: 1123940 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sunny Florida Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, Literati (has been adopted by my daughter)	True Crime and teen novels. I also like Bon Jovi.

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elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	Jodi Picoult. I can't read more than 1 a year, and yes I get the "formula" but I always enjoy them. Also I'm not much for chick lit but I do like Jennifer Weiner (such as "Good in Bed." There's a book that belongs on your ereader so no one can see the title). eP

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12-09-2010, 04:07 PM	#14
bogboy1978 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle	I loved Jaws and Jurassic Park. Also got hooked on every single one of Dan Browns books. The embarassing confession would be I am a 31 year old guy who finished reading Twilight: Eclipse about 10 minutes ago and am now logging off because I can't wait to start the fourth book

12-09-2010, 04:15 PM	#15
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Mine are V.C. Andrews novels (although I haven't read one in a few years) and.... Baby-Sitters Club books. My favourite guilty pleasure t.v. show is "One Tree Hill". It felt good to get that off my chest.