S/O What books are you not ashamed of but should be?

Harlequin Romances!

In my defense….

My mother and I had a rather strained relationship. She was an avid reader. (Avid as in when she died they was a huge cabinet in her garage full of hundreds of paperback books. Hundreds, if not a 1000 or more.) She had so many, she kept a notebook\catalogue so she could track and rate them.

At one point in time, over 40:years ago, she belonged to mail order paperback book clubs. She would pass the books on to me to read so we could discuss them. It was overwhelming. I had a family and worked full time. I really didn’t have time to read 20-30 books a month! Besides, I wasn’t a Zane Grey/western, sci-fi or historical fiction fan.

I finally told her I would read the Harlequin Romances (there was another publisher line, but I can’t remember it). I would read during my lunchtime and managed to keep up with her. They were light, breezy, no brainer reading. Then a used book store opened near her. Have mercy. I had to bail on reading with her when I changed jobs.

I have to confess, I did enjoy reading those books. Ha. Guilty pleasure and all that. I haven’t thought of those in years.

I’ll also confess to downloading and reading free “cozy mysteries” from Amazon on my Kindle Oasis. I need to see if it still works and charge that thing back up.

So I've been reading the Court of Thrones and Roses but I'm kind of over it... It's just more of the same thing over and over, everyone is mad all the time, nothing very interesting happens IMO, meh. I think I have book 5 on my Kindle but if I manage to make it through I won't be reading any others. A friend loves the series so I keep on going to discuss them with her (and to be fair, there an easy read, so not a bad thing to fall asleep to) but this is the last.

ACOTAR was… meh. I’m not sure I realized there was more to it, though… the last one I have is 5. Maybe it released after I finished it?

I preferred the Throne of Glass series.

I read just about anything. Though, I tend to steer clear of romance. The Sleeping Beauty book I bought because it was pretty actually shocked me in its graphic-ness. LOL!

Went through the Twilight craze with my kid. We visited a number of libraries to pick up the books. Quite fun! They were good for a first read. Doubt I would ever pick them up again. We read and shared a lot of YA when he was at that stage. He had a number of series that he would pass on to me when he would finish each book.

Have yet to try Game of Thrones. Jay has discouraged that series. 🤣 It’s funny. My sisters and I would do the same thing with our mother. “Wait until it comes on tv.”

My favorite series is Outlander. But, Jonathan Maberry is quickly becoming a favorite author. His Joe Ledger series is a testosterone filled fighting fest. The characters are pretty fantastic, plus there is his dog Ghost.

King is my original author, though.

What I read depends on my mood. As long as it is moderately entertaining, I’m good.

Ice Planet Barbarians

Was this the Anne Rice (Roquelaure/Rampling) version?  Those were great smut!

My guilty pleasure is the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. They put the fun in fluff.

I just want to say that if I hadn't read My Sweet Audrina when I was 12, it would certainly NOT have been something I particularly enjoyed reading.
Opinion at age 52, this book sucks.

Re-thinking my plans to re-read Heaven!