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Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*
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Jul 10, 2010 02:58AM
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I've read mostly suspense and thrillers, but now turning to more cozy mysteries, historical fiction, and general fiction.
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lol I kinda sorta understand what you're saying...I guess the weak are just really weak.
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I hate books that are sad. To me, there's no point in reading them because life is sad already.
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movie and helped another teacher clean her room.
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Heather wrote: "TSTL heroines that have the hero just falling over themselves in lust for.."
These.
Also, heroine is supposedly strong/intelligent/clever/gifted - and the hero still manages to overpower her in one way or another, whether physically, intellectually, through status, etc. One of my favorite fantasy authors, Anne McCaffrey, is guilty of this. I think she does this in all the series I've read.
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I've never read one before, but I might have to give one a try to see what you're talking about.
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Not all of them have rape though! I could scout a few non-rapetastic books and send some recommendations along (or at least a list of books to avoid!) if you want to give old skool a try.
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Not al..."
Also, you should put these book in their historical context. Twenty years ago was the end of the first generation post-Women's Rights. So, it was the first generation of women who worked outside of the house with the intention of having a career (and not just waiting to get married). It was a period of a lot of adjustments in little and big ways. One of the things many women discovered was that in addition to work, they were still responsible in the home- cooking, cleaning, child rearing. So, they were in essence doing two jobs and were tired, a little or a lot resentful and jaded. So, why the rape fantasy? Loss of control, not having to make decisions, a powerful man who would take care of everything. I think that became somewhat of a fantasy for (some) women. If you look at what we read, or TV shows and movies we watch, you can get a glimpse into the hopes, fears, and dreams, etc. of a different time. Or, our time for that matter.
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but i hate books like Romeo and Juliet where it's like love based on nothing...the 2 characters need to make eachother better- snap each other into reality, if you will
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I hate that when one theme becomes popular in YA (like love triangles) everyone starts to jump on the bandwagon. It makes me want to bash my head in and beg for something original.
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Vampire Knight has a love triangle. If it were up to me, Yuuki would have both Kaname and Zero. But since it is supposed to be a tragedy and since I have a feeling Kaname will be dead by the end of the series, I want Yuuki to die too. Poor Zero. Maybe Yuuki will have a little daughter for him to love a la Twilight (or Anne McCaffrey's Rowan series). hehe.
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I don't mind if the other guy finds his happily ever after, but you have to admit that the Jacob+Bella's daughter thing is really creepy. What if you went out with your mom's ex? Creepy!
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Hear hear! Down with cartoon buffoon parents!
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But most of all I dislike books with "our love is the most important thing in the world" story (be it paranormal, horror or whatever else). It just annoys me. I´d rather read thriller than this kind of book. Unfortunately, it´s hard to find a book that isn´t one of those.
And I really hate retellings!
Book with more than one genre in it is definitely the one I´d pick up first, but my favourites are non fictional. Especially those about aquariums, frogs and plants.
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I am not a big fan of thriller genre books :(
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I read a lot of paranormal, fantasy, historical fiction, dystopian and realistic fiction. all of these sub genres I read in the young adult genre
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And I like the paranormal, suspense and science fiction theme.
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I almost everything else. The list would be huge.
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I hate hostage, kidnapping, books that read like real life. I read to escape, not to experience the reality that I face everyday (I hope I explained that clearly) The goal for me is that at the end of the book, I am moved to close my eyes and smile.
That's one of the reasons I became an author. To take readers on a journey where they can escape. Where they know that the problems they're reading about is not an everyday, regular struggle, and yet, in some ways, they can identify. That no matter how suspenseful the storyline gets, it's going to be entertaining with a HEA in the end (at least I try:)
Don't give me true-to-life. Been there, already going through it.
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Also not a fan of instalove, yeah they can like each other but don't want them to love each other at the beginning of a book just that's just boring, gotta have a little bit of drama before they end up together.