hmmm other that Harry Potter... I read a Dianne Steele book once and enjoyed it.
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hmmm other that Harry Potter... I read a Dianne Steele book once and enjoyed it.
I'd also say Stepehn King. When I was a teenager, King was my favorite author. But as I got into my 20s' (I'm now mid 20s') I began to become more interested in classic literature and in the last year or two, I have really latched on to modern and postmodern literature. I now feel that authors like William Faulkner, James Joyce, Don DeLillo, etc. blow the stuff I used to read out of the water, but I still enjoy a King novel every now and then, even if I do find his plot devices to be asinine at times.
Alright, here goes nothing. All I'm asking is that you give the name of your biggest "guilty pleasure," and a little reason why. Thanks folks, and I hope you enjoy this one!
by the way, mine is the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, since it is quite juvenile and its characters are two dimensional at best, yet I still find the writing quite entertaining.
How do you find the characters two dimentional? I love those books. I've been reading them since the first one originally came out. And as for juvenile...Well they are for children.
Ooooh, the Artemis Fowl series.
I love those books so much! :blush: I've been reading them since I was about 12 or so.
I like reading the Anita Blake series.
It's not really good. But sexy vampires and werewolves, who could miss that?
I also liked Stephen King as a teenager....I think Salem's Lot is a darn good book....Not only is it scary but a perfect microcosm of small town life.
The Dead Zone I like even more....Quite moving in its own way....And Night Shift is just a great collection of scary stories.
Unfortunately I think since the late 80's, he has been turning out books like McDonald's turns out cheeseburgers and I haven't cared for much he has done since then.
These days if I want a break from literature, I read the Steve Alten MEG series....I'm a sucker for books about giant prehistoric man-eating sharks.
I would have to say my guilty pleasure is my lust for vampire novels. I will pick up and read just about anything with vampires even if it perhaps really is not that good of a novel really, or if the writing is perhaps simplistic or lacking in some areas.
Also I would have to say horror in genreal, I will read almost any sort of horror, though I have gotten a little better about that one, mostly just because I remind myself that I don't really need any more books right now so I should be a tad more selective.
My guilty pleasures: Piligrim's Progress, some smutty fiction and some trashy mags. That is all. Oh and I've never EVER read King. :)
Hehe Harry Potter. :D
When i read the books (that is, when i gulp the books down!) i find innumerable points that can be held against the story being a good one. And yet, i find myself visualising stuff (me playing quidditch, or making people's ears the size of elephants', etc....) and ...erm... (ears going red) it feels effing gooood ya know! :blush:
Oh the wonderful feeling of "if only i could..."! :nod:
And oh the teenager in me! :D
Suetonius’ Twelve Caesars. It’s trashy, it’s flashy, it’s widely recognised as completely inaccurate and therefore unfair but I just love it. The best bit is the because it’s written by a genuine Roman, and Penguin has been kind enough to give it a ‘serious book’ cover, many out there actually think one is oh-so-intellectual for reading it.
I’m just devastated that his Lives of Famous Whores is lost.
QFE big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by HomeSkool
My other guilty pleasure is Watchmen, the greatest graphic novel of all time. In fact, I've got the quote that it's based on under my forum handle. The quote is from Juvenal's satires.
I've read it three times, and every subsequent reading it impresses me more. I'd go as far as saying that Alan Moore (the creative genius behind Watchmen), deserves a spot on this site, along with his work. I mean it to, and I'd honestly wager that Watchmen is more conceptual, complex, and layered then a good portion of the literature on this site.
It truly is an amazing work, in my opinion.
PS. I've got a feeling that my youthful enthusiasm is getting to me.
My guilty pleasure would have to be reading the Little House on the Prairie books. :) Not anywhere as deep as the classics I usually read, but so fun to read and muse on. Plus it makes you appreciate modern appliances so much more!
Oh, I love the "Little House" books!!! They are right up there on the top of my list of most enjoyable stories ever! I most definitely never feel an ounce of guilt for reading them! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lady19thC
Actually, I never really feel guilty about anything that I truly enjoy reading, listening to or watching! :)
As a teenager, I find that the Scarlet Letter is quite a guilty pleasure as well.
the Wheel of Time series
it's like watching a romance/comedy, or listening to linkin park.
you realize its garbage, but its still entertaining.