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waterfallbooks	What WON'T you read?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 337 (06/15/07 21:34:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None In a twist on the recently resurrected thread "What aren't you reading?", I thought it might be fun to see what books you're refusing to read, for whatever reasons (if you have time and inclination, list the reasons, too). And they can range from "You'd have to pay me at least minimium wage to read this" to "I wouldn't read it for a million bucks!" Here's a few of mine (more later, as it's late): Anything by Gilbert Morris. I've read a few. His writing style drives me crazy. Anything by Al Lacy. I've read some of his, also. But too many "honey"s and "bless your heart"s, plus cariatured emotions pushed me over the edge. Anything by Wanda E. Brunstettler. Though they're selling like hotcakes in the store where I worked, I have read four first chapters of her books and have no inclination to read further. Not interested in the Amish (though I've enjoyed several of Beverly Lewis' books) and the plots seemed too simplistic. Was laid off from the Christian bookstore where I worked this past Wednesday morning. The reason? Not enough business, so they're running the store on a skeleton crew. Katie Hart Freelance Writer My blog My ShoutLife My Avon site The personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others. - Mark Twain
hopeofglory	. . . Won't Read	#1	[-]
Posts: 242 (06/16/07 08:03:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Interesting topic, Katie. So sorry you got laid off. Let us know what the Lord finds for you now. (I read one by Gilbert Morris, and that'll be that.) I no longer read secular authors. I don't read historicals with miniscule exceptions. (Of course I read Redeeming Love, one of my all time favorites.) No Amish, Mennonite, etc. (Nothing against them.) No Fantasy, Spec Fic, Sci-Fi (although I've read Austin Boyd's The Evidence so am reading The Proof now.) Yeah, pretty focused on contemporary Christian fiction with . . . like rare exceptions. Nicole (hopeofglory.typepad.com/into_the_fire)
tsbeckett	Re: . . . Won't Read	#2	[-]
Posts: 1070 (06/17/07 04:09:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Katie, sorry to hear your recent news. What I won't read, the list is endless, especially since right now the only thing that interests me is history and poetry. Though I do keep coming back to Hemingway. blessings, marvin Marvin
R LuElla	Re: . . . Won't Read	#3	[-]
Posts: 1588 (06/25/07 12:02:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yeah, Katie, sorry to hear about the job. It seemed so perfect for you and for them to have you. Won't read? Erotica. Not a fan at all of horror, so most horror is off my list, though I've read some supernatural suspense which is the Christian name for it. One of those was good. The others? Not so much, but it was probably just because it was out of my reading zone. Becky Rebecca LuElla Miller Christian Fantasy A Christian Worldview of Fiction Speculative Faith CSFF Blog Tour
sapokedak	Some that I won't read	#4	[-]
Posts: 766 (06/27/07 16:34:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I am with you on the Gilbert Morris deal. I won't read anything by his children, either. Not because I know I won't like them but just because I suspect they will follow in the formula footsteps of their dad. It's not fair, I know but I can't help it--he left a bad taste in my wallet and it won't buy any books with the name Morris on them. I won't read anything by GP Taylor. Ugh. I won't read the Left Behind books--the genre has no appeal for me. I won't read any more Max Lacado books--I loved his first half dozen or so but grew tired of them after that. The three children's picture books I read by him are poorly written and then when I see journals in the bookstore with little words of wisdom by Max selling for twice what they should sell for--again, my wallet gets offended. I will not pick up another Karen Kingsbury book. I managed to get through 47 pages of one a couple of months ago. OK those are the people who sell enough that my little tirade won't hurt them. I also have some newer authors who I won't read any more. I won't name them because they may get better. But if I hate a first book, even if the writer gets better, I'll never know it because I won't read him. It makes me thank God I'm not published yet. I'm not good enough and I'd hate to be publishing junk and making people hate my name.
GravityFades	Re: Some that I won't read	#5	[-]
Posts: 56 (06/27/07 19:08:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Uhhh...I hope you're not talking about me...G (just kidding) John Robinson www.johnrobinsonbooks.com
BrynTJones	Re: Some that I won't read	#6	[-]
Posts: 40 (06/28/07 07:54:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I won't read authors who have HUGE gaps in their research where they try to write in a scene and it makes no sense in the real world. I feel cheated, disrespected. As mentioned before by others, I won't reveal names, but one in particular keeps writing (though he won't have me as a reader). I won't read the Left Behind books. Or, for that matter, the Right Behind books. Bryn
vidae	What I won't Read	#7	[-]
Posts: 300 (06/29/07 06:30:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I review for Romantic Times and few other magazines, so I get just about everything that resembles an inspirational title. But I will not read a christian romance with sexual content in them. I'm not a prude. Something about it stops me from going forward. I won't read lazy writing, although I always write lazy in the first draft. So what I really mean is I won't read novels that read like first drafts. dee christianfiction.blogspot.com
pixydust		#8	[-]
Posts: 179 (08/15/08 17:01:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Oh, what a fun topic. I guess I'm late to the party. What I won't read: No Left Behind....blah. Or any books, for that matter, that stretch the plot beyond recognition just to make more books. Really I haven't read a Christian "contemporary" novel since Liota's Garden. So, I guess I don't read those. But I don't think it's anything against the genre. I guess I don't read Christian fiction at all now that I think about it, unless it's written by Rivers...lol (Or one of my awesome friends). I guess that's sad. How am I just realizing this? I guess I have a lot of awesome friends. Pixy www.shadowofthewood.com
zionsdaughter	Hmmm....	#9	[-]
Posts: 662 (08/19/08 07:00:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Horror and erotica are automatically off the list of things I'll try, but I'm open to both Christian and secular authors. I don't enjoy Gilbert Morris and Lori Wick, though I read them once upon a time. I'm sure there are other specific writers, but their names aren't coming to mind at the moment. I also agree with the comment on lazy writing. How does it get past editors? Makes me feel like the book was just published to grab money, something we'd expect from a secular publishing house (though they should employ folks who care about quality) but hope doesn't happen with Christian ones. BeccaCarter.com

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