Jack Reacher - i read all of them, and do not intend to follow the ones by his brother, so technically a past guilty pleasure.

Hard Luck Hank series - the protagonist is dumber than a box of rocks but he is indestructible and immortal so things usually work out for him. i do wish the author would tone it down on sex with virtually every woman Hank meets, because even taking the Kama Sutra into consideration those women would not survive. still it is a fun romp with aliens and gangsters and a very proper butler and quite a few laughs.

i am almost done with the series. i will have to find something else to satisfy the 'popcorn' cravings.

I like some of Justin Bieber’s songs.

I am unintentionally loud when I’m pleasured during sex and I don’t care if people hears me ie: roommates and stuff

I like TikTok a lot

I like cheerios and juice boxes

I like watching cartoons

I procrastinate and I’m more productive when I work on something the last minute

I love reality tv shows

Though I am not a die hard fan, I like Kim kardashian

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Guilty pleasures are activities, products, or habits that a person participates in because it brings them joy, yet it also makes them feel slight shame

Dan Brown- I happen to like how the books are written, formulaic or not.

Dave Barry - his books give me good belly laughs.

Same here! The escapism was so good and I’ve been chasing that high ever since.

I love to read aloud. I think it's mostly because my parents did that a lot with me partly because I am blind and at the time had less access to books there was a statistic that said that only 5% of books were available in 2000 but I am sure thanks to Ebooks that statistic has changed.

I had a relationship where I read my good friend Braille books over skype since she lost her sight at 18 and could not read Braille so we listened to Audible and I read her like 10 novels.

I would love to have a similar relationship where I read you books and you read me books. Hit me up?!?!

So what are some of those things?

I actually like that about Daisy Jones and the Six. Both Daisy and Billy are terrible people who shouldn’t be together yet I still found myself rooting for them. Even though Camilla totally deserved better and Camilla was such a great person that I felt like an asshole for rooting for Billy and Daisy

Another thing I love about Daisy Jones is that because of >!who the narrator was, it’s like of course no one is gonna tell them the full details and they’re gonna be biased towards certain people!<

I love the complexity of it all

Yeah he doesn't get edited much anymore. It's a shame. Carrie got slimmed down to be a very tight, fast read but that was 50 years ago now.

What in the actual hell

Found the QAnon.

One of King's more flaccid efforts.

Stick to the first half of his career and IMO there aren't really any misses.

I keep meaning to carry on reading Wheel of Time volume 1 (of 14 - the whole thing is 11,937 pages long), but I am stuck at page 374 of 816. WoT is not for the faint-hearted.

I am also somewhere early in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, which has 922 pages. He has a weird habit - so far anyway - of telling his story in the present tense; after a while it gets tiresome, not vivid.

I am a very slow reader. I had the Penguin Classics Anna Karenina, but never got round to reading it.

OTOH, I read Jane Eyre and three other Brontë novels in a big fat omnibus edition hardback, so I can say I have read Wuthering Heights. All the characters are horrible people, as far as I remember.

I would consider reading ASOIAF, if only George R. R. Martin would finish the wretched thing.

I’m aware. It has shame attached to it. I refuse to feel shame for things I personally enjoy.

Dude, The Dark Tower almost ended me!!

When King got flattened by that self-driving semi (it was caused by a Romani curse while he was in a life or death speedwalkathon) and we all thought the series wouldn’t get finished; a bunch of us fans snorted his body weight in cocaine (to break the curse).

A bunch of us died, and the others got brain damage. But not me!! AND he made a dramatic comeback to give us 3 mediocre books with a very adequate ending.

Bonus: I also got superpowers, so when I touch someone I know which bathroom they will shit in next. It’s not as useful as you would think…

Nice List!

The Color Out of Space and At the Mountains of Madness are my favorite stories of Lovecraft.

A guily pleasure doesn't have to be something you're actually guilty about, but usually just refers to something you enjoy that is widely hated.

I don’t feel guilty about any of my pleasures.

Im reading Malibu Rising right now. I've read Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six well. There is just something about this author that draws me in and I can't stop reading. Her work is just so enjoyable and relatable for me. I feel like the characters are real and I can really see them as complete people. No literary genius, but she's got something that keeps me turning the pages

I saw the same and then thought "POPCORN TIME!" Then saw 21 comments.

I liked it. All of TJRs books are good but I loved After I Do. I have some time off in March so I’m going to listen to Daisy Jones and the Six on audible then watch on Prime.

>Perhaps the easiest way to see this is to visit a major research university and compare the newer vs. the older libraries. Those older libraries - with their endless stacks, lack of conference rooms or 'open office'-style spaces - are how libraries used to look.

Oh, I see! We're talking about two different things. I'm talking about public libraries. Also, yes, even public libraries used to look like that, especially pre-90s. The fact that they've evolved is a good thing because not all media is stored in books anymore, which you obviously agree with.

>What you're arguing is equivalent to arguing that astrologists are essential to space travel in the face of the reality that NASA doesn't hire astrologists.

No, I'm not. I'm arguing that librarians have important jobs that are distinct from other professions. You're arguing "if they're so good, why don't they all do this whole other job"? It's more equivalent to you saying why aren't college professors working in c-suites for businesses or something. Or why don't local public service government workers go work for the FBI.

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I agree about Monique! I think the plot twist was kinda meh, but nevertheless still had me shook and sad. Also you’re right about old Hollywood timeline, I really didn’t feel that as well! And I also agree the relationship was for sure toxic, I don’t understand how they kept working out

I have not read the book, but from your description it sounds a tat similar to Susannah’s Seven husbands by Ruskin Bond. Like I said, I have not read the former so correct me if I am mistaken!

I've always thought of him as America's Martin Amis.

Oh thanks for the recommendation. I may check it out.