Dumb Books You Can't Throw-Out

[3113]

I've been searching for a book I know is somewhere in my house but haven't yet found. It's a dumb book. I mean, the first time I read it I recognized lazy writing, a stupid plot, dumb ideas and all the rest. A sci-fi romance where even the romance isn't that good.

But I can't seem to bring myself to throw it out. And worse, every now and then, I re-read it. Yes. I admit it. I re-read the thing. And even as I do, I shake my head and say..."this is dumb."

I don't know that I'd call it a guilty pleasure as it hasn't anything that guilty pleasures usually have, like, well, sex. But now and then, it gives me the sort of read I crave, however dumb.

Any such books on your shelves? Come on. Confess. I know you don't have just Shakespeare and Voltaire holding up your walls.

 

[rgraham666]

I've got a ton of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard stuff.

 

[iluvyou3638]

i own the entire Gossip Girl series. AND the spinoff series It Girl. i am now addicted to the TV show they made from the books. i know its stupid. but i can't help myself, i;m addicted.

 

[3113]

I've got a ton of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard stuff.

Would you impugn such names, sir! Those are not dumb. Merely...classic

 

[rengadeirishman]

its called the "Squires Tale" and i cant remember offhand who wrote it, but its funny and its about Sir Gawain and his squire whos a boy whos half faefolk and doesnt know it. but for some reason i enjoy it every once in a while

 

[tickledkitty]

I have an old one by Nora Roberts called Carnal Innocence. I love it! Such a fun little read. Some of the characters are delightfully trashy, and the hero...OMG fabulous. I dig it out and reread it every two or three years or so.

 

[Guest]

I know exactly what you're talking about

I've got a shelves designated to sappy romances and Terry Pratchett books.

I keep promising myself I'll go through them all and actually get rid of some of them.

And I will... one day

 

[Vermilion]

I've got a shelves designated to sappy romances and Terry Pratchett books.

I keep promising myself I'll go through them all and actually get rid of some of them.

And I will... one day

SACRILEGE! YOU CANNOT CALL TERRY PRATCHETT DUMB OR ANYTHING LESS THAN PURE BRILLIANCE.


Omg... I am actually tempted to iggy someone on Lit for the first time ever.

To return to the OP... I have a lot of Katy Fford books. They're romances so predictable that I can chart the entire plot from the blurb on the back, but yet they're so addictive - chewing gum for the mind...
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[Guest]

SACRILEGE! YOU CANNOT CALL TERRY PRATCHETT DUMB OR ANYTHING LESS THAN PURE BRILLIANCE.


Omg... I am actually tempted to iggy someone on Lit for the first time ever.

To return to the OP... I have a lot of Katy Fford books. They're romances so predictable that I can chart the entire plot from the blurb on the back, but yet they're so addictive - chewing gum for the mind...
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LOL. OK ok I admit I do love 'em. Its a bit strange though coz I have like three of the same books with differrent covers or in different sizes. I need to do some spring cleaning

 

[rgraham666]

Would you impugn such names, sir! Those are not dumb. Merely...classic

Classic doesn't stop them from being dumb.

 

[glynndah]

I have hundreds of books like that: "Dick Clark's Guide to Being a Teenager" (or something like that), "Monkeys as Pets", a 1970's guide to handicapping baseball, etc.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I still have all my old Star Wars books. I haven't read them in years but can't bring myself to get rid of them.

 

[starrkers]

I have a cruddy horror novel that I should burn, so no one else has to suffer through it. I just can't bring myself to do that to any book.

Can't remember the title, the premise is quite good but the entire bloody thing could be a prologue - the real interest starts in the last three pages and then it just stops. And there's no sequel.

 

[3113]

Can't remember the title, the premise is quite good but the entire bloody thing could be a prologue - the real interest starts in the last three pages and then it just stops. And there's no sequel.

You should write one (with different character names and such, of course so it's not plagiarizing).

 

[Selena_Kitt]

*deep breath*

I still re-read V.C. Andrews' original "Flowers in the Attic" series.

And I also re-read the first five Jude Devereaux books... The Black Lyon and the "Velvet" series.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

I really don't keep any fiction around, and I've probably not re-read a dozen books in my life. I get stacks of books from the library, read about a third of them, and of course they all go back.

At one point I did keep paperbacks, mostly sci-fi. The were stacked literally floor-to-ceiling in a corner of my apartment. I mean literally, the top book wedged in against the ceiling. Now and then I'd awaken to a crash, know what had happened, roll back over and re-stack em in the morning. Eventually I would trade them all in at the used book store and start over. With a good library close by now I don't do that anymore.

 

[starrkers]

You should write one (with different character names and such, of course so it's not plagiarizing).

But then I'd have it read it again!

 

[rgraham666]

But then I'd have it read it again!

One does have to suffer for one's art.

 

[Belegon]

I still have all my old Star Wars books. I haven't read them in years but can't bring myself to get rid of them.

*Grin*

Me too. I just finally met Timothy Zahn on Sunday, despite the fact that he is in town here all the damn time...

 

[Stella_Omega]

There are at least one thousand books stuffed into the chicken-coop I call home. I am positive that some of those must be dumb! But if I love it-- it's a loved book, and that's all there is to that.

I'm a sucker for some of my kid's picture books, and just I can't toss those. Not the good stuff like Doctor Seuss-- lesser lights, I dunno. Their only virtue is in bringing me back to that time when I was stuffed full of Mommy endorphins and all was well with the world-- if only the baby would go to sleep....

 

[Guest]

There are at least one thousand books stuffed into the chicken-coop I call home. I am positive that some of those must be dumb! But if I love it-- it's a loved book, and that's all there is to that.

I'm a sucker for some of my kid's picture books, and just I can't toss those. Not the good stuff like Doctor Seuss-- lesser lights, I dunno. Their only virtue is in bringing me back to that time when I was stuffed full of Mommy endorphins and all was well with the world-- if only the baby would go to sleep....

We need to clean out young son's bookshelves this summer. We will pack up and store some of his favorite books - all those Boynton books, for one.

We plan to donate many but there are some I cannot part with.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I've got some wonderful illustrated children's books waiting for the grandchildren who will probaby never be born . . .

 

[TE999]

I still have Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy paperbacks from my teen years! Priced at a quarter and thirty-five cents, the pages are yellowed and the spines are split but the stories are still fun to read.

And a bunch of hardbound books in the genre' from that period. Can't beat the old space operas!

 

[rgraham666]

I've got one of those, The Demon Breed by James H. Schmitz.

Who I'm pretty sure was a pen name for a woman because s/he was the first SF author I read that had women, strong women, as the central character.

I love his/her work, although it's not great literature by any means.

 

[3113]

But then I'd have to read it again!

Only the last three pages