Friday, March 22, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday - Guilty Pleasures

This week's Feature and Follow topic by Parajunkee is:

Q: What is your guilty pleasure as far as reading? Is it a genre, or is it a certain type of book?

 
Ooohhh, guilty pleasures. I cant wait to hear all the interesting answers to this one, haha!
I had to really think about this one, because I saw some answers and I dont really like love triangles, or vampires, or outerspace, or anything. I'm not secretly into any of those things.

Okay, its gonna sound really weird but the one thing I seem to enjoy... well enjoy might not be the right word, but what really pulls at my heart strings are books that are emotionally taxing. Dont get me wrong, I truly love a lighthearted, easy read that puts me in a good mood, but I can tell you that the handful of books that STAY with me are the ones that I lost sleep over, the ones I cried my heart out to when I read them over and over because I just couldnt put them down.

Have you ever read a Jodi Picoult novel? They are already on touchy topics, then add in all the extra drama and you wont be able to move on for days. There was this one book she wrote, Picture Perfect, and let me tell you - after I finished that book, I literally laid down to take a nap. I was so mind-blown, so emotionally....DONE.

Why would I want to feel this way, you ask? Well, I dont. Lol... it sucks actually, but for me, those are the kinds of books with the most powerful message. Make me cry, even if its because so-and-so's boyfriend broke up with her, then you've got my attention. My eyes and ears will be wide open at this point for anything they've got to say, and thats when I truly enjoy a book.

Now, I dont exactly go looking for heart-wrenching books, one, because I can only take so much emotional abuse throughout the year. Two, I do enjoy happiness too. I'm not crazy, I tell you! I just like a powerful book like that.

Anyhow, what's your guilty pleasure?

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9 comments:

  1. JakiMarch 22, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    oh my, I LOVE it when that happens! I had it happen to me in a Stacia Kane book, where I had to literally put the book down and go do something else, cos she had just ripped out my gut and heart with her writing and what was happening in the book. It doesn't happen to me often, but I distinctly remember that, and love it! PS Like your blog! :D

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  2. UnknownMarch 22, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    I know what you mean. Sometimes you just need a good cathartic cry, and books can help with that =) Following you back.

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  3. UnknownMarch 22, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    Gah, I love when I bump into an emotional book. Something about how they leave you so emotionally drained and... as you said DONE. I'm not sure why I like feeling like that sometimes. O.o

    I don't read those books very often, I don't think I could handle all of the emotions! I'd be laying in bed all day everyday crying my heart out over books. :)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 8:44 AM

    See, I'm not alone! I mean, you're not talking about death. But I think this is what I meant. I love books that make you feel because it's an amazing thing. And for me, that usually happens with a death of a character, but it also happens with heartbreaks too. We can all relate to that!

    Thanks for the follow and am following you back! Glad to know I'm not the only emotional reader ;)

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  5. RuthBMarch 22, 2013 at 9:04 AM

    I love those books too :) it's not that I like to cry but a book that puts you through that suffering stays with you forever :)
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  6. AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    Yes, I like books that make me laugh, but it's the ones that make me cry and just give me the overall FEELS that I remember the most.

    Raina @ The LUV'NV
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  7. UnknownMarch 22, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    I love books like that, but I can't read them in a row. If I read one of them I have to read a light book afterwards, because it would be to draining if I read them back to back.
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  8. ChynaMarch 22, 2013 at 8:35 PM

    I am not into sad touchy Stories like Nicholas Sparks's or Gayle Forman's or John Green's...apparently we dont get along with their genre :P

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  9. UnknownMarch 23, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Thanks so much for vistiting! Followed back via GFc :)

    Marie@ Many Books, Many Lives

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