[stylist] Was Children's books, was Left Behind, Guilty Pleasure reads

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

I like all sorts of books, regardless of level.  I suppose my 
"guilty pleasure" is that I sometimes read book from the 
Babysitters Club.  I started reading them in third grade and it 
was kind of a guilty pleasure back then, since I don't know of 
many people in my gender who would.
Something I really can't stand (although this is just me) is when 
younger characters have secrets from their parents.  I just can't 
take it because usually parents are really willing to listen.  I 
tell mine a lot of things, so I would just think "If only you 
told them, you'd feel so much better."
I also personally don't think that there is such thing as a 
"guilty pleasure" because if it's a book, and you enjoy it, who 
cares?
Vejas


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:26:49 -0500
Subject: [stylist] Was Children's books, was Left Behind,Guilty 
Pleasure reads

If something is truly not well-written, I just can't handle it.  
I start
putting on the editor's hat, and it's just amazing some things 
get
published.  But there's a lot of in-between stuff, and lots of 
things are a
matter of opinion too, like plot and subject matter.  We all have 
guilty
pleasures that we read, those books that are just silly and fun 
but the
story just takes you away.  There's nonfiction fluff too.  But 
books that are
just super poorly written, for me, it's difficult to read.  They 
can't
captivate me, keep my interest.

Some recent guilty pleasure reads:
Vampire Academy and Blood Lines series by Richelle Mead
The Reincarnationist, The Memorist, The Hypnotist and The Book of 
Lost
Fragrences by M J Rose
Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol and Inferno  
by Dan
Brown
Arcane Society novels by Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick

Bridgit

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Jacobson,
Shawn D via stylist
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Cc: Jacobson, Shawn D <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov
Subject: Re: [stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's 
books- Left
Behind

I read a couple of books in Gini Cock's Alien series; I see what 
you mean.

Not well written but interesting enough to go two books into the 
series.

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
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Bridgit
Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 2:59 PM
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Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Subject: Re: [stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's 
books- Left
Behind

I read one through two of adult series and book one of children's 
out of the
same curiosity, and I knew quite a few people reading them.  I 
was not
impressed.  My parents, my dad being a pastor, and my mom being a 
teacher,
agree with me.

But to play Devil's Advocate, I have my guilty pleasure reads, 
often books
not that well-written, Can we say para-normal romances anyone? 
LOL! so hey,
to each his own.

Bridgit


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