tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post7875087459823188821..comments2023-11-05T04:04:22.437-08:00Comments on Temple Library Reviews: [Twitter Talks] Guilty Reading PleasuesHarry Markovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-62783635477478349402010-10-29T01:03:15.102-07:002010-10-29T01:03:15.102-07:00Urban fantasy is tricky to find, as in good urban ...Urban fantasy is tricky to find, as in good urban fantasy, but there is some, so it's not all that bad. <br /><br />Graphic novels are a wondrous format and I can't possibly think of any reason at all to not like them. The art sometime can be a deterrent, but overall I enjoy reading all kinds of graphic novels. Now, on a bus I'm not sure if I'd risk it [they are very easy to damage and I am a klutz], but in public I wouldn't be ashamed.Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-13606793733777967872010-10-28T12:07:38.769-07:002010-10-28T12:07:38.769-07:00A few years ago I would've agreed, but (as a r...A few years ago I would've agreed, but (as a result of a personal challenge) I've now read some Urban Fantasy (still mixed) and some Graphic Novels (some really great ones out there), so that's not quite true anymore. I suppose it's just the remnants of my old prejudices stopping me from reading them where I could be seen.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-54266955310741068172010-10-27T20:35:01.670-07:002010-10-27T20:35:01.670-07:00@EvilHat: I think that these are things you partic...@EvilHat: I think that these are things you particularly don't like. I think you'd never read them in private, much less in pubic. BTW graphic novels are not as bad as you make them sound. Pretty pictures are awesome! LOLHarry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-12146689181977264282010-10-27T20:30:57.449-07:002010-10-27T20:30:57.449-07:00@ Memory: It's the old lit-fic vs. fantasy [bu...@ Memory: It's the old lit-fic vs. fantasy [but within fantasy] and the expectations and impressions they leave in other people. How about you start with Salvatore and Lackey and then progress to Kay?Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-90609423654574123092010-10-27T18:44:51.764-07:002010-10-27T18:44:51.764-07:00I agree with the final quote; reading should never...I agree with the final quote; reading should never be a shameful activity...not that I live up to that too often. I'll admit it, I have yet to read an urban fantasy (Why is the girl on your back naked? And, come to think of it, why does she have fur?), Graphic Novels (Aren't picture books for people who can't read?), or anything with Conan the Barbarian on the cover in public.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-79132820957652768532010-10-27T12:47:55.861-07:002010-10-27T12:47:55.861-07:00I don't know how it is for other readers, but ...I don't know how it is for other readers, but I sometimes feel like my guilty pleasures don't conform to the standard set by the rest of what I read. I routinely talk up authors like Guy Gavriel Kay and Gregory Maguire, who employ a more traditionally lit-fic style. Their prose is elegant and evocative. It's a bit tough to admit that I love R.A. Salvatore and Mercedes Lackey after that, y'know?Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-10803213156145560602010-10-25T12:38:01.283-07:002010-10-25T12:38:01.283-07:00Cheeky little devil. :D Thanks for the comment. Ha...Cheeky little devil. :D Thanks for the comment. Hah! I enjoy them, too. Secret, secret pleasures.Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-45848995025737960372010-10-25T12:24:51.238-07:002010-10-25T12:24:51.238-07:00I read a lot of guilty pleasures. You're my fr...I read a lot of guilty pleasures. You're my friend on Goodreads, so check them out. LOL. ;-)Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-3493743478015217012010-10-25T05:58:35.520-07:002010-10-25T05:58:35.520-07:00Mieneke: You rule. :) It's kind of unbecoming ...Mieneke: You rule. :) It's kind of unbecoming for a man to read books with man boobs and such... SO I am less prone to reading them in public. The more suggestive I even read when no one from the family is watching... LOLHarry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-82796093364583532722010-10-25T04:21:36.260-07:002010-10-25T04:21:36.260-07:00I think a lot of it is image. In this day and age,...I think a lot of it is image. In this day and age, image is everything and first impressions count. So getting caught reading something less than cool, might be embarassing for some. There is a reason the Harry Potter books were published both with a kids cover and in an adult edition, for example. And while it might be perfectly cool to read and love Twilight if your a sixteen-year-old girl, if you're a grown up and you're supposed to have some literary standards, Twilight might raise eyebrows.<br /><br />Me, I don't have guilty pleasure really, like Ana, I own what I read ;)Mieneke van der Salmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782771945227479913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-48499673182932478432010-10-24T22:35:31.929-07:002010-10-24T22:35:31.929-07:00You must have liked it at the time to have finishe...You must have liked it at the time to have finished it or do you always finish what you start?Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-76375703598409914622010-10-24T21:57:22.206-07:002010-10-24T21:57:22.206-07:00I wouldn't have called Mission Earth a guilty ...I wouldn't have called Mission Earth a guilty pleasure! Just something I'm embarrassed to have read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169008132642213854noreply@blogger.com