spinoff 3: Books you "shouldn't" love, but just do

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Anonymous wrote:I remember loving Gone with the Wind. Maybe I'd be disgusted with it if I read it today. Same with Out of Africa.

It really is an amazing book.

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Anonymous wrote:To me there is no such thing as "shouldn't" when it comes to entertainment aside from hardcore dark stuff like snuff or animal abuse or p*d*philia. I loved reading Hunger Games and Jackie Collins and also read books on the psychology of doing business in Japan when you're American, and the evolution of disabilities, etc. Just like I enjoy watching a documentary on something really serious and deep but also enjoy Love is Blind.

I agree, especially when it comes to reading. I read for enjoyment so sometimes that means I'm picking up the newest by Christina Lauren or a celebrity memoir and sometimes I'm reading heavier literary fiction or nonfiction. k

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Anonymous wrote:Bridget Jones' Diary

Everyone should love "Bridget Jones' Diary." It was a beautiful launch of the (a lot of it Austen-based) chic lit. It was so fresh when it was released.

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Sarah J Mass’s books. I know they are faerie smut but I still love them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember loving Gone with the Wind. Maybe I'd be disgusted with it if I read it today. Same with Out of Africa.

It really is an amazing book.

I thought Out if Africa was well respected. The book, not the movie.

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Anonymous wrote:Bridget Jones' Diary

Everyone should love "Bridget Jones' Diary." It was a beautiful launch of the (a lot of it Austen-based) chic lit. It was so fresh when it was released.

I’m a fan of the books and movies.

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Eat, Pray, Love

She’s a good writer

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All of the Ugly and Wonderful Things

This book really pushes the reader to uncomfortable places. It gave me a lot to think about and is a book I will never forget

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah J Mass’s books. I know they are faerie smut but I still love them.

Haha, me too! I don't think I've admitted reading (and loving them) to any of my friends.

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Anonymous wrote:I adore Laura Ingalls Wilder. I don’t want to read any of those books to my mixed race kids

Honestly they would probably be bored And I don't understand the hate Laura Ingalls gets. Yes her mom didn't like Native Americans but, Laura and her pa didn't have a problem and as I vaguely remember Ma had some bad experiences with Native Americans that made her that way. Not defending her but, it wasn't just I hate them because they are different.

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Anonymous wrote:To me there is no such thing as "shouldn't" when it comes to entertainment aside from hardcore dark stuff like snuff or animal abuse or p*d*philia. I loved reading Hunger Games and Jackie Collins and also read books on the psychology of doing business in Japan when you're American, and the evolution of disabilities, etc. Just like I enjoy watching a documentary on something really serious and deep but also enjoy Love is Blind.

I agree, especially when it comes to reading. I read for enjoyment so sometimes that means I'm picking up the newest by Christina Lauren or a celebrity memoir and sometimes I'm reading heavier literary fiction or nonfiction. k

+100
I'm trying to think of something I was embarrassed to be seen reading. Probably a Jesus book. It was a really cool book about how Jesus the man was an apocalyptic believer, who thought the end of the world was nigh. Very interesting and well-sourced. Everyone thinks that atheists are obsessed with studying and refuting religious stuff. No, lots of folks are just curious and interested about everything. E-ver-y-thing!

I'm also the person trying to research "Russia" from inside the brains of such an old/historic peoples. What makes them tick? Now with Putin news, I'm more curious than ever, but I'm sure if I walked around with Russia and Putin books people would think I'm a supporter! <3 PPs with same tastes!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I adore Laura Ingalls Wilder. I don’t want to read any of those books to my mixed race kids

Honestly they would probably be bored And I don't understand the hate Laura Ingalls
L I’ll gets. Yes her mom didn't like Native Americans but, Laura and her pa didn't have a problem and as I vaguely remember Ma had some bad experiences with Native Americans that made her that way. Not defending her but, it wasn't just I hate them because they are different.

I posted this — and yeah probably the kids won’t be interested anyway but I have reread the Little House Series and while the portrayal of Native Americans isn’t good (Pa likes them but they’re still presented as very exocitized and the books are very pro westward expansion) there’s also a lot of casual more subtle racism that pops up with things like the minstrel show that I’d be a bit uncomfortable reading aloud. (“Darkie” isn’t the n word but it sure is close.) LIW definitely isn’t the worst of her era by a long shot but I do think her books require a bit of caveating. As in this thread title, I do love them!

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The LIW books are culturally significant. I'm a school librarian in the midwest. I booktalk them and say, "here's where we went wrong."
The pioneers werent huge on recording their memoirs. People forget what life was like for our midwestern ancestors.

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Gone With the Wind

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Pfft. . .I only read “non-serious” books. I love Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Marie Force, Jill Shalvis, Bella Andre, and many more. I read to be entertained and relax.