madcow Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I used to like Danielle Steele (when i was younger) but i got fed up when they were all basically the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I have no desire to read books by politicians or autobiographies by the "famous". There are too many other books that I would rather read and time does not permit them all. And now pontalba has me reading an autobiography. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I have no desire to read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, mainly because war is a lousy subject of no interest to me, and secondly to go on by volumes seems rather redundant reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I have no desire to read books by politicians or autobiographies by the "famous". There are too many other books that I would rather read and time does not permit them all. And now pontalba has me reading an autobiography. :oops: Ah, but what an autobiography! LOL No politician our Vladimir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAY Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I won't read Barbara Taylor bradford or josephine cox, mills n boon etc... but i have been known to read a Catherine Coookson and they never disappoint they are excellent. My favourite is " the cultured Handmaid". Very powerful! will stay with you for ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I joined this forum to have my hozirons broadened / expanded. So, although there are books that I shy away from, if pressed I would read them or attempt them. I would never in a million years have picked up Kelley Armstrong before meeting Kell. Werewolves! No way! But I've read two now and love them. Likewise, something like Cold Granite, Stuart MacBride, would have been a no-no, but again, I loved it. And I don't think you can say for certain, until you've opened a book and at least read the first chapter, or two. But thats me...I have alot of catching up to do, whereas some of you are much better read and better able to comment. PP:006: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I avoid Catherine Cookson books and books that are Catherine Cookson type of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I avoid Catherine Cookson books and books that are Catherine Cookson type of books. and Mary Taylor Bradford and Jeffrey Archer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Mills and Boon....yuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Mills and Boon....yuk Ha Ha . My nan used to adore Mills & Boon. She used to like the Doctors & Nurses type. She always liked a bit of a saucy story, did our nan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~V~ Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 lord of the rings why? because it's poo of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Ha Ha . My nan used to adore Mills & Boon. She used to like the Doctors & Nurses type. She always liked a bit of a saucy story, did our nan. I always wondered who actually read the Mills and Boon books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I remember finding a stash of them at my Auntie's and reading them behind her back when I was about 11 or so...and I felt I was being naughty. Poor me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I always wondered who actually read the Mills and Boon books. Liz's Nan and my mum read 'Mills and Boons', my mum particular favourites were the hospital based ones, where the doctor discovers he is in love with the nurse whilst treating some bunions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 They do sound silly and predictable.....but in some strange fashion, they have to be predictable, or else they would not be M&B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Another twist was that the good looking tall & handsome male always had a gorgeous hourglass blond girl , and then the mousy other girl would fall in love with him, .......then after an internal struggle he used to realise how he loves Ms Mousy not Ms Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I think its the predictability that people like. I have to admit to reading a few about twenty years ago, when I was very depressed. I just wanted something that was light, (couldn't be much fluffier) and that had a positive end. It stopped me lying on my bed crying, for nothing in particular as is the wont of depression. I have always felt grateful to M&B for that, but I have to say I have never felt I wanted to read another one!!! And at the end of the day, if it gets a teenage girl who normally doesn't read, reading a book, who knows what she might advance to later?? Well, you can hope... PP:006: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esiotrot Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I am trying to broaden my reading horizons but there are a few books I know I will never read ~ Lord of the Rings - too much hype, too much fantasy James Patterson - it just bugs me he has 14 books out each year, he doesnt write them so why is his name on the cover? Ghost Written Celeb 'novels' - as above. Biographies and Autobiographies on Z list 18 year old 'celebs' Torey Hayden - or any other stories of my tortured childhood type books, been there read that and got the snotty hanky to prove it Catherine Cookson, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Danielle Steele and the like - ad infinitum Mills & Boon Westerns Sci Fi There that feels better! Have I left anything to read? Kx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I think its the predictability that people like. I have to admit to reading a few about twenty years ago, when I was very depressed. I just wanted something that was light, (couldn't be much fluffier) and that had a positive end. It stopped me lying on my bed crying, for nothing in particular as is the wont of depression. I have always felt grateful to M&B for that, but I have to say I have never felt I wanted to read another one!!! And at the end of the day, if it gets a teenage girl who normally doesn't read, reading a book, who knows what she might advance to later?? Well, you can hope... PP:006: Susie, I understand exactly what you mean. When I was depressed I read the likes of Miss Read, books that were very safe and nice, I think it gives you a sense of security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 There's not a lot I won't read, but generally I try to stay away from romance, westerns, and post-modernism. Mostly it's just a taste thing. I have no interest in the Old West, so westerns are definitely not my thing. Romances just don't appeal to me at all, and I feel like a voyeur reading those explicit sex scenes. And I had a really bad experience with Demonology by po-mo writer Rick Moody. I got the feeling he was trying too hard to be different, and that because I just didn't get it, I was meant to feel stupid. Whatever. Just not my thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I'm with Prospero and Esiotrot on the Torey Hayden thing. Jeffrey Archer - I don't want to add to his millions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelfling Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Nothing, I'm very open minded and always willing to try something - it's the only way you can discover great new reads. Having said that, if I have tried a particular author a few times and hated every book, I won't keep on reading that person's work. John Irving is getting one more chance from me. Let's hope "Cider House Rules," is better than oweny meany and the world according to garp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 John Irving is getting one more chance from me. Let's hope "Cider House Rules," is better than oweny meany and the world according to garp. It is. A lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jilly Cooper is my bete noir!!! I wont touch any of hers now. I have nibbled at horror. I once read a James Herbert one about a cottage in a wood and it scared me to death, so I avoid him. I have always avoided Stephen King, but seen some of the films made from his books, so I do intend to try him at some time in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicnic Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 There is nothing I stubbornly refuse to read. I choose, for example not to read much womens' fiction, celeb biographies or novels, the 'my daddy beat me with spoons then I got a rare disease' type books and the majority of crime thrillers. However, if someone recommends or buys me one of those books, chances are I will give it a try. If I find it so utterly awful that I don't get past the first chapter, it goes on the sell/give away pile. If I feel like trying it again, I put it on a shelf for later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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