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Post by M~ on Jun 27, 2014 1:05:51 GMT
When you spend 8 hours of your day (and often hours during the evening) combing through Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and corresponding Code of Federal Regulations, or other obscure Medicare regulation/manual, federal register, all your mind wants to do is read utter crap. Well, not "utter," but nothing heavy.
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Post by Jili on Jun 27, 2014 1:07:35 GMT
I like to read a variety of everything-- some light, fluffy things, some more quality literature, and even a few classics now and then. It just depends on my mood or how much time I have to devote to reading (which is not a lot these days, unfortunately).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 1:09:41 GMT
I might be a bit confused as to what, exactly, constitutes "fluff." When I think of fluff, I think of Harlequin romance, Danielle Steele and chick lit. Not too much else. I don't think most mysteries are fluff. Unless it's like the Harlequin Romance I won a couple of months ago that I didn't realize was a Harlequin before I won it. I don't consider Wally Lamb, Anita Shreve and Chris Bohjalian fluff. Am I missing something? Lisa If you are, then I am, too, since I don't consider those authors to be fluff. I don't usually care for too much fluff, but I do like to vary the heaviness/theme between books.
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 27, 2014 1:28:07 GMT
I read a wide variety of genres and topics. I think I read about 1/3 fluff, 1/3 serious lit/nonfiction and 1/3 "in between" (not fluff but popular/non-challenging)
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Post by gottapeanow on Jun 27, 2014 1:32:57 GMT
::)Thank you, scrubologist. At least I am not alone in my confusion.
I don't read "heavy" stuff, really, but I consider very little of it fluff.
Lisa
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Post by heartland on Jun 27, 2014 1:56:57 GMT
I read mostly fluff, rounding out with about 35-40% popular fiction. Most of what I read falls under the mystery category, but I also enjoy regency romances, para/ sci fi, and young adult. A little bit of everything really :-)
Some of my fav paranormal authors have already been mentioned, like JR Ward, Keri Arthur, and Patricia Briggs. I can also recommend Kasey Mackenzie, Darynda jones, and Cat Adams' Blood S Niger series is awesome! The main character is a hybrid part vamp/ part siren.
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Post by pynke on Jun 27, 2014 2:02:55 GMT
Total fluff, I want to escape
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Post by Laura in OK on Jun 28, 2014 4:07:39 GMT
Mostly "fluff" for me. Reading is my relaxation so lighter, fun books are for me. I do enjoy a great mystery, but usually the ones I read also have a little romance added too.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 28, 2014 4:24:22 GMT
I read regency romances, history and a lot of historical biography...then, classics and the book club books. book club books are generally award winning literary fiction..or classics. I am rereading middlemarch for that group. it is 50% men 50% women...pretty serious readers. I just finished Dreadnought, on the change in navies in Germany and Britian, pre WW1, and am half way through The Peabody sisters...a family of 19th century new england. then I reread stuff like the Hornblower books and Dick Francis mysteries.
I don't like most new young adult or stuff like that.
I read all the time..and need to find some new ones.
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Post by serialpurrs on Jun 28, 2014 4:37:16 GMT
For me it goes in cycles. Right now it is mostly 'fluff' along the lines of Red Phoenix, Cherise Sinclair, Kallypso Masters, Tymber Dalton, but I have also been known to devour Sci-Fi and Fantasy in great amounts. It mostly just depends on my mood and what I've got going on meat space.
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Post by slicksister on Jun 28, 2014 5:02:56 GMT
I like both. If I read a few quick fluffy books in a row then I want something deeper. It varies.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 28, 2014 5:44:41 GMT
I rarely read heavy books, but I wouldn't call what I read "fluffy" either.
I read mainly Michael Connelly, Jeaffrey Deaver, Ian Rankin, David Baldacci and similar authors.
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Post by cropaholicnora on Jun 28, 2014 5:54:05 GMT
Count me among the "fluffers." Lol. I read for escapism whenever possible. Of course I have a 2 inch thick stack of journal articles on my desk for my term papers this semester and 3 textbooks crying out for attention, so unfortunately it's not all paranormal romance and sci-fi. (We need a pouting smiley.)
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Post by perumbula on Jun 28, 2014 6:01:33 GMT
Happy, light books here, too. It's kind of strange too, because I have a degree in English and spent most of my college years reading literature. It actually turned me off a lot of modern "lit" books. Too many of them are trying too hard to be "serious" and "real" and just come across as pretentious and tedious. I've read some good ones, but I do hesitate before picking one up.
My kindle changed my reading habits a bit too. I read more romance than I used to because it's so often free. Light romance can be very fun with engaging characters. It's always predictable, but it's almost always funny and it's a positive reading experience.
With my depression, positive reading experience is pretty much the most important thing. I've had depressing books send me off into a funk for days before. I have to be careful.
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Post by theshyone on Jun 28, 2014 6:16:18 GMT
Complete fluff, only fluff, I have no desire for heavy. I want escapism when I read.
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Post by DinCA on Jun 28, 2014 9:02:22 GMT
Until a few years ago, I only read "heavy" books. I'd even go so far as to call myself a book snob. Then I read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series based on some peas' reviews, Leanne's specifically, and it's been downhill from there. Now I have to force myself to read anything but fluff.
ETA: When I do read something else, it's usually a bestseller or historical fiction. And I never read anything relating to the world wars. It's too sad and a little too close to home.
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Post by pmk on Jun 28, 2014 9:31:12 GMT
I read a really bizarre mixture of things but do try to limit fluff because I end up feeling like I've wasted my time!
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Post by oktrae on Jun 28, 2014 10:45:00 GMT
Fluffy books for pleasure. I have to read enough heavy things for work. If anyone has insomnia I'll be happy to hook you up with some government orders. I think those guys are paid on the sly by paper companies to see how many sheets they can waste.
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 28, 2014 11:48:38 GMT
I read enough heavy stuff for my job, so my recreational reading is pretty "fluffy". I like mysteries, and crime novels, and also dystopian stuff. My dd says "dystopian" is "heavy" but not in the way that I mean heavy.
I've just been browsing around on BookBub and found a book with a pink cover, a cartoon-type drawing of a young woman in heels holding a cupcake. The title was something like "death by cupcake" (not really, but I can't think of the name, lol) -- a young woman opens a bakery, has a dog named Sprinkles, ex-boyfriend killed by poison and she's suspect, blah blah. That's the perfect "fluff" for when I'm sitting at the beach, or out on the deck, or waiting to pick up someone at the subway, etc. lol
eta: The pink-cover book is "Killer Cupcakes" by Leighann Dobbs. I've never heard of her or the book, but it was free so there's nothing to lose. I'll just delete if it's terrible.
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Post by fruitysuet on Jun 28, 2014 11:58:47 GMT
I tend to mostly fluff too and do one murder/horror and then an even fluffier chick lit. Now and again something more serious will fit in there, but reading is escapism and an 'easy' way to relax my mind.
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Post by akathy on Jun 28, 2014 12:04:38 GMT
I read fluff almost exclusively.
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Post by zoeybug on Jun 28, 2014 12:17:41 GMT
Heavy fluff? LOL. Right now I'm reading Jennifer Weiner and then Lisa See, which are somewhat less fluffy than, say, Nicholas Sparks. But not as heavy as real literary fiction. I saw that Lisa See has a new book out, China Dolls. I have never read her books but I'll think I'll have to start! I will usually read a really heavy book and then read one or two "fluffy" books but it just depends . Right now I'm reading Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam ( the movie October Sky was based on this) and it's a million years old but really good. By "fluffy," do you all mean just "chick lit" or just any book that's easy to tear through?
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Post by dulcemama on Jun 28, 2014 12:40:41 GMT
I read almost any genre and like fluffy or heavy. The key for me is how well it is written. My enjoyment of reading is partly the story but also enjoyment of the way the author uses language.
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Post by bogey on Jun 28, 2014 13:16:13 GMT
My leisure reading is almost all fluff. I do a lot of detailed, technical reading at work and when I'm reading for pleasure, I don't want to have to think about it too much.
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Post by lindas on Jun 28, 2014 13:45:40 GMT
I used to read 'fluff' but after my first Tom Clancy book I was hooked on political thrillers. I've read pretty much everything he wrote along with David Baldacci and Vince Flynn.
I need to find some new authors now that Clancy and Flynn have died.
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Post by queenofkings on Jun 28, 2014 15:29:24 GMT
I think I read almost exclusively "fluff". I love to read, but it's got to hold my interest and stories do that best. I read romance (not as much these days), contemporary fictions, chick-lit, suspense, some mysteries (starting to enjoy these more), biographies, and Christian fiction. I consider "heavy" to be literary classics (mostly boring!), and textbook style. I do read to learn things. I read non-fiction, if it's a topic that's interesting to me. I think I read several that are somewhere in-between also.
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