tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post5066993026988369568..comments2023-11-15T04:06:42.227+00:00Comments on May Contain Nuts: Do you has good taste?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-89045779153982798552011-01-27T13:21:02.539+00:002011-01-27T13:21:02.539+00:00ah, I wish I could be like that kitten in the pic...ah, I wish I could be like that kitten in the picture, but I'm the opposite, I'd probably be a lion seeing kitten in the mirror.DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-57962762957871025602011-01-25T21:18:02.808+00:002011-01-25T21:18:02.808+00:00I get that feeling when I'm among romance writ...I get that feeling when I'm among romance writers and follow Evanovich and Phillips and Robb with fantasy, crime fiction, thriller writers. Like you say, whatever I like I have the damn right to like. <br />Like Avatarrrrrr! See? it works.Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152334280190469669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-48914002782796598612011-01-25T07:46:01.126+00:002011-01-25T07:46:01.126+00:00Good man, Ricky.Good man, Ricky.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-37299245277413374512011-01-24T23:31:50.579+00:002011-01-24T23:31:50.579+00:00I'll pick up that gauntlet Michael.
By the sou...I'll pick up that gauntlet Michael.<br />By the sounds of things ALL my reading would fall into the GP category. I read fiction to be entertained. The literati are just another branch of the class system.Rickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374332895590659880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-50825925579004920302011-01-24T19:28:45.341+00:002011-01-24T19:28:45.341+00:00Rosemary, I like to think that the bloggy world wi...Rosemary, I like to think that the bloggy world will take over from the literati and we'll then get reviews we can trust.<br /><br />Bill, I hear ya. Grrrrrrr.<br /><br />Just realised that all comments so far are from writers. Any readers out there who would care to comment?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-82789966361511563812011-01-24T09:46:10.777+00:002011-01-24T09:46:10.777+00:00I'd actually go further, Michael, and say that...I'd actually go further, Michael, and say that when Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and their lot, together with the lit crits who eulogise them, start spouting their pretentious crap about 'literature', it's enough to put me off reading altogether.<br /><br />As you know, I'm a huge fan of David Mitchell, I also love reading William Boyd, and there's a qualitative difference when you read them because the book stays with you. (Paul Auster also stays with you but only because he's so bloody annoying and up his own arse in what he writes.) But I get just as much pleasure (and it's definitely not guilty) out of books that make me laugh (yes, Linda, Janet Evanovich is one of them, Terry Pratchett - obviously - is another)or that keep me asking the old question 'What happens next?'<br /><br />I think for me a reaction stronger than GP is 'not-guilty-displeasure'. I get it frequently when I read someone who claims to be a writer, has had the good fortune to be published, and yet is careless with language, ignores basic grammar, etc. It's fine if it's done deliberately in dialogue or to achieve a specific effect, but when it's done unconsciously or carelessly, I get annoyed.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-64408763176063760622011-01-24T08:51:34.974+00:002011-01-24T08:51:34.974+00:00Too true, Michael. I've stopped caring what ot...Too true, Michael. I've stopped caring what other people think we should be reading and enjoying. Some of the most 'worthy' novels are the most boring to read, while much popular fiction is pure pleasure and doesn't deserve the guilt label.<br /><br />My hubby is quite happy to admit he prefers something page-turning like Dan Brown or Jeffrey Archer (he reads other types of authors too) when he wants to escape and be kept awake long enough to enjoy it. The literati world is still quite a snobby one sometimes!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-57636751054363858382011-01-23T22:00:07.132+00:002011-01-23T22:00:07.132+00:00Thea, the flaming digit pix was an unadulterated p...Thea, the flaming digit pix was an unadulterated pleasure. Nothing guilty about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-40780474445762299112011-01-23T21:40:08.702+00:002011-01-23T21:40:08.702+00:00well, watching Spartacus was a gp because it was s...well, watching Spartacus was a gp because it was so bloody violent, but a good story and Andy Whitfield so gorgeous. and i would never have let my kids watch when they were younger. but i've reached a point that i don't care what people think of what i read or write. to them i say give them that flaming digit pix you posted before. I loved it or was it, too, a gp???Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317627113212677863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-64185061672906787872011-01-23T21:11:00.753+00:002011-01-23T21:11:00.753+00:00Genre fiction gets more than a few noses in the ai...Genre fiction gets more than a few noses in the air. I read a lot of crime/ mystery and fantasy novels that would get the literati snorting with disdain. <br /><br />Love your mother's expression. Think I'll use that one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483405696675036638.post-80528039306457818052011-01-23T21:01:20.187+00:002011-01-23T21:01:20.187+00:00Fortunately for me, I was raised by parents who va...Fortunately for me, I was raised by parents who valued non-conformity ... so long as it didn't land us in jail or fired from jobs.<br /><br />One of mother's favorite sayings (God rest her soul) was: "If one of your friends sat her ass on a hot stove, would you do it too?"<br /><br />I've been writing mysteries for years but, because one of my favorite, bestselling women's fiction authors suggested that I join Romance Writers of America after I wrote a "fan" letter asking for guidance in my quest for publication, I did so.<br /><br />Talk about "guilty pleasures." Not only have I learned more about the world of publishing from membership in RWA and meeting fellow members, I've run across some EXCELLENT writers. So many readers, writers, and publishing professionals turn their noses up at romance fiction. I wonder what percentage of those people read it on the sly, never admitting, acknowledging, or proclaiming their love for romance? <br /><br />So, Mikey, in the spirit of your blog post, I admit to reading, writing, and enjoying romance fiction. (I prefer comtemporary to historical but I do enjoy Regencies.) I especially enjoy Eileen Dreyer (aka Kathleen Korbel), Jayne Ann Krentz (aka Jayne Castle), Nora Roberts (and I don't care if other people criticize her for head-hopping - most of her stories are so good I don't even notice it), Suzanne Brockman, Janet Evanovic, Jennifer Cruisie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, etc.<br /><br />What kind of stuff do you read that other people turn their noses up at?LINDA FAULKNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059741905691302335noreply@blogger.com