Comments on: Reader Prejudice, or Don’t Knock It Until You Try It

By: Aurore Buffington

Aurore Buffington — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:08:28 +0000

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By: konyha

konyha — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:50:21 +0000

I have begrudgingly read several of Danielle Steele’s books (as well as Barbara Cartland and Nora Roberts) when I was stranded at my mum’s a few weeks one summer.

Believe me, Danielle Steel is doing quite well without the handful of varied points of view here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704820904575055810681797400.html

By: Victoria S

Victoria S — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:45:42 +0000

Jane, you must have been in my head when I ordered the “BY Moonlight” trilogy by Nancy Gideon. They are shape-shifter books, which I don’t particularly read, but it was offered as a trilogy (I love three-fers) and it sounded kinda interesting. I am now hooked on Max and Charlotte. They remind me of Rourke and Eve Dallas, only instead of Irish and a used-to-be-criminal, he’s a shape shifter and still a criminal. I understand she will be doing several more in the “Midnight” series, and I will be right there with her.
Who knows, Danielle Steele could well be next

By: bavarian

bavarian — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:21:13 +0000

Readaholic, a very good description of myself. So I read nearly everything or better said I try everything. But there are many genres I feel they are not for me, even in the romance genre itself.
Danielle Steel, read her, two or three times and now I’ll never try her again. An English author, Rosamunde Pilcher, has some very successful books in Germany (even a series of tv shows) but I can’t stand her, after trying the books my mother was so fond of. Nicholas Sparks – I tried, but no. In my experience many of the world wide bestsellers are not for me. I’ve also tried some of the German bestsellers and also no.
As for prejudices: I’ve a very big one, but it is a prejudice not so much about the books themselves but about the readers. There seems to be a lot of people who read only books they found on a bestseller list, who orient themselves only by what others seem to judge as good, who have no own mind about what they read.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:43:25 +0000

I will admit, I finally branched out this week and tried paranormal again. I don’t know if the reason I hated it before was because I read a particularly bad book or what, but I started reading Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series and I LOVE THEM. I’m now buying all the books in the series and can only hope the rest are as good as the first one. So, I say bah to people who aren’t willing to branch out. Find an author in a genre you aren’t familiar with that everyone seems to like and give it a shot. You never know what you’ll find.

By: ann

ann — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:39:57 +0000

JML – if you are looking for an autobiography, I enjoyed “Leap of Faith” by Queen Noor of Jordan.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:13:51 +0000

While I definitely the support of reading outside one’s comfort zone, I will continue to refuse to give a plagiarist one red cent, thank you very much.

By: Ellen AAR

Ellen AAR — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:39:06 +0000

I read several Danielle Steel books years ago and liked some of them. I remember enjoying Jewels very much. I think there are good books in every genre, and I’d never say that all (insert genre here) are trash and not worth reading. I do draw the line at celebrity gossip magazines, although I do sneak a peek at the covers while I wait in line at the grocery.

My own bookshelves are very eclectic. I have books on religion, history, biography, and yes, cookbooks. On the fiction side I have romance, mystery, classics, fantasy, and science fiction. The only genre I don’t have is westerns. I love western movies, but not novels.

By: Rosario

Rosario — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:52:17 +0000

I’m actually happy I read a few Danielle Steeles way back when I first started reading romance, because it means I can now sneer with justification, LOL!

But you do have a point, I find myself making assumptions about the intelligence of people reading celebrity gossip magazines, and then suddenly realising that they are probably doing the same thing with me, for reading romance novels.

By: JML

JML — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:25:40 +0000

I learned my lesson at a very young age when I would point and laugh at my brother and his stupid comic books. Then one day he sold some of them to buy his first car. My collection of early Harlequins probably wouldn’t buy me a wheel cover.

I’m still guilty of that kind of prejudice. I find myself shaking my head at people who collect, love and actually READ cookbooks.

I’m not willing to go so far as to buy a cookbook but I may read an autobiography. I sneer at them usually so it will be fun (in a sad, why don’t I have a life kind of way) to give one a read.