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Musicman408
05-22-2007, 07:42 PM
I know there are a lot of readers on here on the Ledge andd I was just curious to what our favorite genres are.

Personally I think I am a Thriller Lover (Sidney Sheldon as you know) although any kind of commercial fiction is good........
The novel that I am writing is a Thriller, so it fits me well. :nod:
I know, I know, commercial isn't literature.....:laugh:

My favorite authors include, Sidney Sheldon, Danielle Steel, John Grisham, and I like Stephen King. :nod:

Much Love,
Ethan
seeker007nmss
05-23-2007, 01:02 PM
You need more choices! And allow multiple votes, and..and...and


I read mostly nonfiction (History...etc) and Science Fiction.
Villavic
05-23-2007, 04:19 PM
I like thrillers and misteries but I chose non-fiction cause i looove Bios.. yes they're right when they said real life is more interesting than any novel, fiction or thriller. The bios I remember I've read are:

MICK FLEETWOOD
Tina Turner
Celia Cruz
Freddie Mercury
Eagles
Elizabeth Taylor
Gloria Estefan

I remember I had the Charles Chaplin autobigoraphy in my hands at Barnes&Noble and then an old man asked at the cashier for that book. She told him I was getting the last issue, and the man was so sad, he didn't even ask me but I recognized he was a diehard fan (I was just interested in Chaplin's life, but not a great fan), so I immediately gave him the book, it was my good action of the day. The man was so happy...
gldstwmn
05-23-2007, 04:24 PM
Non fiction, especially autobiography and biographies.
danax6
05-23-2007, 04:27 PM
That's the only thing I read nowadays... (auto)biographies.
mikeschmike
05-23-2007, 04:51 PM
Bitter children of celebrities. :thumbsup:
carrie721
05-23-2007, 05:33 PM
Bitter children of celebrities. :thumbsup:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

i only read thomas payne's common sense and vanna white's autobiography. over and over. it's just a hell of a book.
gypsyangels
05-23-2007, 06:07 PM
I love all fantasy novels

Gypsy
goldustsongbird
05-23-2007, 06:17 PM
Do you OD on slushies, too?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

i only read thomas payne's common sense and vanna white's autobiography. over and over. it's just a hell of a book.
carrie721
05-23-2007, 06:18 PM
Do you OD on slushies, too?

eet 'urt like KNIFE in fore'ead!
goldustsongbird
05-23-2007, 06:22 PM
But at least you don't look like Mrs Doolittle!

eet 'urt like KNIFE in fore'ead!
Richard B
05-23-2007, 06:22 PM
Yikes. Lay off the Golden Girls lines.
markolas
05-23-2007, 06:30 PM
Southern Gothic is my fave form of fiction. Mainly because my family is itself just one long Carson McCullers novel.

I also love reading biographies, especially those of jazz and blues singers - ones I've enjoyed were on Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, and Billie Holiday, to name a few.

Lately I haven't been reading much except Buddhist scripture and commentaries. I think a trip to the library is in my future. :D
goldustsongbird
05-23-2007, 06:54 PM
As long as you lay off those other lines. ;)

Yikes. Lay off the Golden Girls lines.
carrie721
05-23-2007, 07:27 PM
Yikes. Lay off the Golden Girls lines.

do you need a pamprin?

edit: oh, sorry, that was actually a quote from the nanny.
estranged4life
05-23-2007, 07:30 PM
When I do read I prefer Non-fiction subject matter (I inherited my Mom's massive collection of books about 'serial killers')
Richard B
05-24-2007, 08:36 PM
As long as you lay off those other lines. ;)

Touché! A good line should never be passed up.

do you need a pamprin?
edit: oh, sorry, that was actually a quote from the nanny.

LOL. I was shocked I actually knew what you two were doing.
Musicman408
05-26-2007, 12:15 PM
It's cool to see that Thrillers/Mysteries polled so high.
RavenOfRhiannon
05-26-2007, 03:26 PM
I don't have a favorite genre. I like just about anything, except romance and westerns.
Sorry Ethan, but the really commercial stuff (Grisham, Patterson, etc.) really gets on my nerves.
A really great book crossed my desk a few weeks ago. 'Soon I Will Be Invincible' by Austin Grossman. It goes on sale June 5th if anyone wants to check it out.
Peestie
05-26-2007, 05:46 PM
I like comedy/satire books. My favourite author is Terry Pratchett. They are highly satirical books that just happen to be set in a fantasy world. I guess you could class them as fantasy, but even though they're filled with elves, dwarves, etc. I don't think of them as "fantasy", but more as comedy or satire or even world commentary.

Other authors I like are:
JRR Tolkein
H.G. Wells (completely awesome author. War of the Worlds is great :) )
Colin Bateman (Northern Irish author. Biggest hit was Divorcing Jack, which some may have heard of, or seen the movie.)