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Post by Beth on Mar 3, 2013 14:38:29 GMT -5
I managed to sit down and read a fiction books unrelated to any sort of research last night, which was so nice! The book I was reading was Jodi Picoult's Lone Wolf - she's one of my guilty pleasure authors, who I tend to read when I don't want to switch my brain on, so I thought I'd ask who yours are.
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Post by sophie_ali on Mar 3, 2013 16:24:24 GMT -5
I've never read anything by Jodi Picoult but I remember my A-Level English literature teacher mentioning them alot. Are they worth a (guilty pleasure) read?
As for my own guilty pleasure reads, it is a book called 'The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray' by Chris Wooding.
It's of the Gothic/steam-punk genre and set in an alternative London. The main character is a wytch-hunter and hunts down these creatures (wytch-kin) that are plaguing London when he comes across a young woman called Alaizabel. He then gets caught up in this wider plot where this cult group is after her.
It's a guilty pleasure because it's aimed at older children/young teenagers but I loved it when I was younger and still like to read it now.
I agree with you that it's nice to read something a bit simpler in order to allow my brain to take a bit of a breather once in a while and fantasy themed books always provide a nice escape.
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Post by Beth on Mar 3, 2013 16:35:40 GMT -5
That book sounds awesome! I might have to give it a go.
I do like Jodi Picoult. They're not usually the kinds of books I read (I'm more a SFF girl) but they usually throw up some interesting moral conundrums and I find them really hard to put down (like I stayed up til quarter to one this morning to finish Lone Wolf!). Her most famous one is My Sister's Keeper but I'd say she's worth a go.
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Post by Rhi on Mar 3, 2013 17:20:34 GMT -5
I haven't read any of his stuff in a few years, but Stephen King's work is a cracking read, imho. The Stand is fantastic (though not without problematic elements) and still one of my favourite books ever.
To be honest, I haven't read much guilty pleasure stuff in a couple of years. I don't read as much as I have done in the past, or should do now!
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Post by sophie_ali on Mar 4, 2013 12:05:11 GMT -5
I like Stephen King's stuff although I've only read three of his books (Carrie, The Shining and Pet Sematary). I still have some issues with his writing although I can't quite work out what it is exactly  I think Carrie is my favourite out of all three. Would you recomend giving The Stand a go then? |
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Post by Beth on Mar 5, 2013 15:34:11 GMT -5
I really like The Stand. I'd suggest giving it a go.
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Post by Rhi on Mar 8, 2013 18:08:11 GMT -5
I missed this earlier but yes, Sophie, DEFINITELY read The Stand. It's not quite like any of the three books you've mentioned--stylistically it's clearly King, but thematically and in terms of mood, it's far more like what I gather the Dark Tower books are like.
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Post by Beth on Mar 9, 2013 8:28:35 GMT -5
Yes, actually - I'd agree with that. I'm not a massive King fan in terms of his (arguably) more famous work (Carrie, Pet Cemetary) but I've read and would definitely recommend the Dark Tower series as well as The Stand, and I really enjoyed them both.
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Post by andie on Mar 24, 2013 15:33:40 GMT -5
I like Stephen King's stuff although I've only read three of his books (Carrie, The Shining and Pet Sematary). I still have some issues with his writing although I can't quite work out what it is exactly I think I have the same issue, even though I can't work it out either! It's a while since I've read any Stephen King, but Misery and Delores Claiborne stand out one for me in terms of quality. Though that could be to do with my mild obsession with Cathy Bates. I think other than those two I've read Carrie, Pet Semetary and The Shining. None of them really left much of an impact though. Guilty pleasure-wise, I almost think of anything not academia-related as a guilty pleasure! In the strictest (if such a thing can be said) sense of the term though, it would probably be something from my small comic collection because it's nice to get a complete story in such a short space of time compared to the fantasy epics I'm usually (lovingly) wading my way through. |
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