tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post4957871932806478442..comments2023-11-22T02:49:34.600-06:00Comments on A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: Books, BlandJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028088897973151439noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-81701709247481187162010-12-08T13:27:51.792-06:002010-12-08T13:27:51.792-06:00My wife once brought back a book from the library ...My wife once brought back a book from the library for which the dust-jacket comments stated that the author "Served up genre conventions as if they were straight from her garden". Someone actually considered it praise enough to put on the back cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-34559398204660822602010-10-08T13:48:12.703-05:002010-10-08T13:48:12.703-05:00Most "Christian" fictionMost "Christian" fictionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-23217830312407580562010-10-05T09:37:31.809-05:002010-10-05T09:37:31.809-05:00Danielle Steel. I have never read the books, but I...Danielle Steel. I have never read the books, but I've read the dust jacket summaries of many of them. They all sound the same, just with different names and settings.nopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986055475805423785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-33261294081113151402010-10-01T09:48:12.775-05:002010-10-01T09:48:12.775-05:00Any of the more recent Mary Higgins Clark books - ...Any of the more recent Mary Higgins Clark books - her older stuff is great but the new stuff is so formulaic that I can no longer read her books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-61409673915945271222010-10-01T08:38:27.418-05:002010-10-01T08:38:27.418-05:00The Froggy books.
"Froggy?" said Mom.
&...The Froggy books. <br />"Froggy?" said Mom.<br />"Whaaaat?" said Froggy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-75077745820972001002010-10-01T08:27:58.148-05:002010-10-01T08:27:58.148-05:00Berenstain Bears. I can't read those to a kid...Berenstain Bears. I can't read those to a kid without falling asleep...I guess that's what they're for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-62734811875476620432010-09-30T20:00:54.175-05:002010-09-30T20:00:54.175-05:00Here's a mixed bag for ya: Goosebumps, Mary-K...Here's a mixed bag for ya: Goosebumps, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Baby Sitter Series (Including Little Sisters), Twilight Series, Barbara Cartland, R.L. Stine, Harlequin, etc, etc. I find that the more books written on a certain subject by the same person, the more bland the writing.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530897322711397788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-75202642119781648852010-09-30T16:37:31.353-05:002010-09-30T16:37:31.353-05:00I am so with you Erica! A patron came into the li...I am so with you Erica! A patron came into the library the other day and said how much they love Nora Roberts, and I started reading one of her books, I swear I couldn't keep my eyes open! So boring. <br />Animal Farm is by far my least favorite.Short Tales from a Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377036988665624157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-84929713994086598662010-09-30T15:25:44.877-05:002010-09-30T15:25:44.877-05:00Everything by Nora RobertsEverything by Nora RobertsErica Fredmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570923523209008256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-79490509791946610532010-09-30T15:06:33.506-05:002010-09-30T15:06:33.506-05:00I thought for a minute you had misspelled "Pa...I thought for a minute you had misspelled "Palin".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-25491669750959658832010-09-30T14:14:46.104-05:002010-09-30T14:14:46.104-05:00Sarah Plain and Tall, at least they didn't fal...Sarah Plain and Tall, at least they didn't falsly advertise it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-59520764120453497242010-09-30T14:08:01.694-05:002010-09-30T14:08:01.694-05:00All of the Mitford books by Jan Karon, The Cat Who...All of the Mitford books by Jan Karon, The Cat Who books by Lillian Jackson Braun, anything by Richard Paul Evans or Nicholas Sparks....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com