tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post3855397752158231382..comments2023-10-22T05:08:51.281-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent: The Thursday Threethe rotten correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-11007520329006734372007-12-05T07:55:00.000-06:002007-12-05T07:55:00.000-06:00Hmmm, does Virginia Andrews count? I read all of ...Hmmm, does Virginia Andrews count? I read all of hers when I was a teenager. And Catherine Cookson, which are kind of dull and formulaic.<BR/>I think I may have read some Krantz too but I can't think what.Jo Beaufoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957369658590225971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-8211638462965933752007-11-30T00:33:00.000-06:002007-11-30T00:33:00.000-06:00i like lavyrle spencer...but i'm not sure if she's...i like lavyrle spencer...but i'm not sure if she's that trashy. but johanna lindsey, now that is one of those bodice rippers lolPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365631315923740004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-82124988998040539722007-11-29T22:33:00.000-06:002007-11-29T22:33:00.000-06:00Oh, I read plenty of trash, RC. Sometimes it's jus...Oh, I read plenty of trash, RC. Sometimes it's just the only thing that will take me away. Calgon just doesn't work for me.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784078775130185200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-39545081019317055212007-11-29T21:36:00.000-06:002007-11-29T21:36:00.000-06:00Alright, alright. I'll take my lowest number of co...Alright, alright. I'll take my lowest number of comments in a while and assume that you guys are (mostly) not trashy novel readers. You don't know what you're missing,ladies. <BR/><BR/>But for those of you who fess up to not only doing it but <I> liking </I> it...thanks for the company!the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-56908511605138823422007-11-29T21:09:00.000-06:002007-11-29T21:09:00.000-06:00I don't think I read trashy books, not on purpose ...I don't think I read trashy books, not on purpose anyway. I am not even going to call them novels, as they don't really deserve that name, do they? You'd have to agree with that. When I was young, however, I read some books that I would now probably consider unreadable, but I write that up to ignorance and supermarket check out stand opportunism. What did I know, after all? Now I don't have the patience for them. Their is so much good stuff to read and so little time to do it in! I am running way behind on what I have left to read and new stuff is added every year.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-27694614200281120522007-11-29T14:02:00.001-06:002007-11-29T14:02:00.001-06:00I love Sidney Sheldon books! My favourite trashy ...I love Sidney Sheldon books! My favourite trashy novels are ALL Martina Cole's. I've never heard of Lace and Scruples but I may look out for them now. On our local market there's a second hand book stall with all the books separated into sections - one of the sections is BODICE RIPPERS!Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-64089281789000240242007-11-29T14:02:00.000-06:002007-11-29T14:02:00.000-06:00Ooh, I love trashy romance novels. I used to use t...Ooh, I love trashy romance novels. I used to use them to decompress after the really heavy lit courses I had to take in Uni for my degree.<BR/><BR/>I may just have to do a 'my favourite trash' list too. (I'm pretty sure I've ready Lace. I just don't really remember much of it)Madam Crunchypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105080184570652882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-90483874888536005112007-11-29T11:11:00.000-06:002007-11-29T11:11:00.000-06:00I LOVE a trashy read. Olivia Goldsmith is one of m...I LOVE a trashy read. Olivia Goldsmith is one of my favorites--The first wives Club and Flavor of the Month are two of her books that come to mind.Altaglowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962628610877250153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-50784359509653609972007-11-29T09:10:00.000-06:002007-11-29T09:10:00.000-06:00Oh no. I have to confess that I read absolute tras...Oh no. I have to confess that I read absolute trash sometimes. <I>Clan of the Cave Bear</I> is a book I wish I could completely forget. Thanks, Jen. And the summer I finished grad school I did nothing but get the one and only tan of my life and read every Stephen King book, in order, all summer. And then there were those Highlander bodice-rippers by Diana Gabaldon (?) that had lots of heaving bosoms and strong arms, with the mandatory feeling his lips and man...oooops. Family site. <BR/><BR/>I am so ashamed.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784078775130185200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-15935649735642708822007-11-29T08:27:00.000-06:002007-11-29T08:27:00.000-06:00Knowing myself and my propensity for getting sucke...Knowing myself and my propensity for getting sucked into any book, especially trashy ones, I've steered clear of most trashy novels, although I did read "Flowers in the Attic" as a teen. My favorite, though, was an early 1960s book that I picked up at the beach called "When Doctors Marry" or something. It was so unbelievably badly written that it was a hoot. The plot was the trite (although I'm sure at the time very edgy) one of a beautiful, brilliant young FEMALE surgical intern falling against her will for another, more experienced surgeon. I do remember those (and other) miniseries of the 80s. My mother-in-law watched every one.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273493776473085128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-44083819513582033122007-11-29T08:00:00.000-06:002007-11-29T08:00:00.000-06:00Does Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series coun...Does Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series count? There's lots of prehistoric sex in them. Those are about the trashiest novels I've ever read. My secret love is sci-fi paperbacks. Almost as trashy and silly. Almost.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900746787671291548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-4236835583178907072007-11-29T05:59:00.000-06:002007-11-29T05:59:00.000-06:00oh man we're not twins after all.... i just can't ...oh man we're not twins after all.... i just can't read this stuff. I'M SORRY!!! I'M THE DAUGHTER OF AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR!!! he didn't even let nancy drew in the house. i had to sneak it in and read it under the covers.<BR/><BR/>i did read "myra breckenridge" when i was 11 but i had no idea what was going on and so the whole sex-change thing was lost on me. a rather crucial part of the book.<BR/><BR/>i'm with kaycie--i've read a couple of anita shreve books, and they kinda count. the last one was awful--but riveting. and i think that's what you're talking about here.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-1481716386151065312007-11-29T05:46:00.000-06:002007-11-29T05:46:00.000-06:00Am in agreement with you RC that there is nothing ...Am in agreement with you RC that there is nothing better than a trashy read... After my degree in English Lit I vowed never to pick up a 'classic' again, and managed it for roughly 5 years. Bearing in mind I'm a bookworm, that's a lot of rubbish books to read.<BR/><BR/>I've forgotten most of them but I remember those you mention, along with another Krantz Klassic, 'I'll take Manhattan' or something. The next time you want to take a break from real life, that's a must-choose. <BR/><BR/>And of course, based on your formula for trash, you left out the great grandmummy of all trash / chick lit: Pride and Predjudice. I love it, and it IS a classic, but if it were written now I know where I would file it in the library - under T....Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-80143478831416889392007-11-29T03:40:00.000-06:002007-11-29T03:40:00.000-06:00I remember Scruples and Lace - that was going back...I remember Scruples and Lace - that was going back a bit wasn't it? There was one called Once is Not Enough by similar author. I tremember my dad throwing it on the floor saying, 'oh yes it is!'Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-67846050119370962532007-11-28T23:21:00.000-06:002007-11-28T23:21:00.000-06:00i saw all the movies to these novels and scruples ...i saw all the movies to these novels and scruples was the only one worth a damn lol bionic woman and barry bostwick were just too cute. and that wouldn't be their only movie together. anywhoo...can't say as i've read any one of those though.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365631315923740004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-41234508206541331552007-11-28T22:33:00.000-06:002007-11-28T22:33:00.000-06:00Okay, I can't think of one trashy novel I've read....Okay, I can't think of one trashy novel I've read. You don't believe me? Well, wait a minute, does Anita Shreve count?Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.com