who is your guiltiest pleasure author?

MarcomMom · Post by **MarcomMom** » 19 Jul 2009, 16:39

I once felt serious disgust coming from a very bookish blogger who was early on the scene when I offered to do some book reviews and she asked me which genre I was reading most lately. At the time I was really into Stephen Lawhead, thanks to a Christmas gift from my Dad. Lawhead writes historical fiction that has a bit of a fantasy element to it and a sort of quiet Christian theme underlying it. They are some of the most engaging books I've ever read and I've learned a lot about early English history from them. I recommend "Byzantium" for anyone who needs a nice, long escape into another world. But my main guilty pleasure is reading thrilllers. I swear, I'm secretly a man (don't tell my husband).

sarascareermail · Post by **sarascareermail** » 20 Jul 2009, 12:25

I am not ashamed of any of the books I read. Even though many people gave me a hard time for reading the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyers, I told everyone about it because it was such an amazing series. When I went to see the movie, I was surrounded by teenagers, but I didn't care because I love the series so much. A lot of people say that the series is for teens and preteens, but I really don't think that it was intended for a really young audience. The way that love is described and the events that occur in the fourth novel after they are married are more directed for older readers, and some are not appropriate for younger readers. Also, even though there are more women fans of the series than men, my husband has actually gotten into the series now. The violence in the books, although mild, really isn't for preteen readers.

william309 · Post by **william309** » 13 Aug 2009, 12:23

My favorite "guilty pleasure" author is probably Peter David, not his Sir Apropos of Nothing series, but rather the many Star Trek Universe series books he's written, while they can be a bit cliched, they are always interesting and I really like his dialogue.

Kitten · Post by **Kitten** » 14 Aug 2009, 10:20

James Patterson, quick easy reads, don't require too much concentration...great for the beach!

lolines · Post by **lolines** » 18 Aug 2009, 21:50

I once read the entire collection of Sissi novels, ( you know, the Austrian empress that was actually Bavarian). I must have been in the fifth grade, and since then I confess I read a lot of romance novels ( the innocent kind, nothing featuring a Fabio on the cover), sometimes really old ones. I especially like the morality tales of a damisel in distress that defends her virtue for 355 of the 360 pages. I suppose it makes me feel like a little girl again. Those romance binges occur when I have gone through my monthly supply of new literature and go to my grandma´s and loot her back room.

The Baron · Post by **The Baron** » 19 Aug 2009, 05:34

I don't have any, although sometimes when I mention Sherlock Holmes (all of them) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle some people roll their eyes.. I think it's their loss though and I'm not ashamed at all, I would actually advise anyone to read Sherlock Holmes.

thischarmingmanc · Post by **thischarmingmanc** » 25 Aug 2009, 07:33

Its bernard cornwell

I love him but i have tio madnmit its not serious reading.

I alos have a great lobve for tolkien, tweeness and all

thischarmingmanc · Post by **thischarmingmanc** » 10 Sep 2009, 07:15

Also Tom Clancy is embaressing because of his politics.

Very far to the right.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 22 Sep 2009, 14:45

Charlaine Harris, probably! Her Sookie Stackhouse books are a lot of fun to read, it's very much bubble gum literature, really quick fun reads.

Bowlie · Post by **Bowlie** » 22 Sep 2009, 17:25

Rye wrote:Charlaine Harris, probably! Her Sookie Stackhouse books are a lot of fun to read, it's very much bubble gum literature, really quick fun reads.

That's probably who I'd choose too! I love the HBO series (I think a little more than the books actually), and I've come to really enjoy the books as well. They are a fun, quick read that you can just enjoy without really having to think much about it.

Woodland Nymph · Post by **Woodland Nymph** » 22 Sep 2009, 22:28

I'd say my biggest guilty pleasure are the "Once Upon a Time" novels, which are retellings of classic fairy tales, such as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. I don't even know why I'm so embarrassed about reading those! I'm unashamed of my love of fairy tales and teen fiction, but combine them together and I blush as I purchase them, haha. I don't understand why.

Another guilty pleasure is Twilight (not the series, just that one book); I rarely admit to anyone that I like it, and when I do I get really defensive and feel as though I have to "explain myself".

Bowlie · Post by **Bowlie** » 23 Sep 2009, 01:02

Woodland Nymph wrote:Another guilty pleasure is Twilight (not the series, just that one book); I rarely admit to anyone that I like it, and when I do I get really defensive and feel as though I have to "explain myself".

Just own it! I know what you mean though. I criticized the Twilight series in the thread, "What do you think of the Twilight series" even though I thought they were enjoyable reads (although I wouldn't read them over again). I just didn't think it was the most quality writing. I beginning to think that not everything I read has to be a Nobel Prize winner, but I still like to mix some literary stuff in here and there. I realized I read a lot more if I enjoy myself. So, my goal from now on is to just "own" my embarrassing reads and not be ashamed of them anymore.

Morrosseth · Post by **Morrosseth** » 06 Oct 2009, 19:04

Fake by Sanami Mato is probably my greatest guilty pleasure because it's one of the few *cough* um

alternate romance series I like enough to buy. I actually don't read a whole lot of romance, mainly fantasy and scifi.

ChrisSamsDad · Post by **ChrisSamsDad** » 08 Oct 2009, 06:06

Anais Nin - her erotic stories are of such a high quality that you don't think of them as pornographic at all, even some of the weirder stuff.

Woodland Nymph · Post by **Woodland Nymph** » 08 Oct 2009, 12:49

I've been interested in Anaïs Nin ever since I learned she had an affair with the playwright Antonin Artaud. I bought one of her novels at a used book sale, but I haven't gotten around to reading it just yet. I'd love to read her journals sometime, especially the parts where she describes her relationship with Artaud.