Anything but not science fiction or fantasy

[Jen]

I love reading and will pretty much give anything a go. I have just finished a book about Teenage Killers and am just about to start something lighter.
Science fiction and fantasy are the only books I really can't get into.
If I am hard up for reading material I will even read my brothers Rugby League magazines.
Is there any type of books that you will not read?

[Patricia]

I'm with you Jen...not too keen on science fiction or fantasy, other than that if it has words I will read it. Always got my head in a book...can't sleep without reading first!

[Alexa]

Read anything and everything (except horror and Mills and Boon yuck)

Even read a car manual once (yep desperate) and was my ex's...but it was O.K...

Always have a least two books on the go...and like Naomi always read before bed...even if junk mail...or the sunday paper comics...

Love Autobiographies...just read Barry Humphries...he really is very clever, try and read Ita Buttrose next (my gran has it)

[sandramay]

I just read Paullina Simons "The Bronze Horseman" she also wrote "Tully" and I am reading the sequal to the horsemen "The Summer Garden", they are quite nice.

[Naomi]

I am a reader, and read every day - a lot (insofar as having an active toddler allows). I even read sci fi and fantasy. Probably my favourites at the moment are murder mysteries, oldies like Agatha Christie, and newer ones like P D James. I can't think of a particular genre that I won't read ... and it takes a lot for me to NOT read a book. (Except Bryce Courtenay's Brother Fish - has anyone read this? It's killing me - been sitting next to my bed for coming up to two years now and I can't get past page 30 :( )

Probably the only thing I wouldn't read on principal would be sporting biographies. I hate sport. The only thing worse IMO than sport would be reading the biographies of our sporting greats, lol. Okay, and I'm not a big fan of the Mills n Boone type novels, although I have been known to dabble, lol.

[sandramay]

<3 mills and boon novels, i was even going to try writing one, but I sucked at that *L*, maybe I will try again one day, if I find I am that bored.

[mejane]

I'm actually reading the bible for the first time in my life, just to see what all the fuss is about. I was raised a catholic and went to church for the first 16 years of my life, but never actually read the bible cover to cover. A police chaplain gave DH a translated version - written in modern everyday language, and it sat on our bookshelf for about 12 months. I picked it up oneday and thought I'd start reading it as if it was one of the usual novels I might read - I thought, if I can get through Lord of the Rings, I can get through the Bible!

About halfway through now, where Peter is starting to preach to the Gentiles :)

[sandramay]

I tried reading the good news bible once, I got about 200 pages in where it was repeating everything that moses had previously done, I got sick of that so I never picked it up again, plus I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD SMEAR BLOOD ON YOUR DOORWAYS OR I WILL KILL YOUR FIRST BORN SON, AS WELL AS YOUR FIRST BORN MALE GOATS, or some rant like that, I never understood it, and I never saw what the fuss was, I don't think any one whole religion goes by what the whole bible says, just the parts they like. Sorry if this offends anyone, but I ws bought up on no religion and I don't see the point in joining a group just because you like their beliefs. why can't the world just exist and why do we always have to categorise things?

Sorry to make this a bible discussion *L* haha

[mejane]

LOL my neices and nephews, despite being christened are being brought up with no religion. My Dad, who still goes to church every week, insisted on taking the eldest two with him once when they were staying over. Poor kids, bored witless. Dad reckons kids have to be introduced to religion so they can make an informed choice about it.

[sjc]

I am a reader, and read every day - a lot (insofar as having an active toddler allows). I even read sci fi and fantasy. Probably my favourites at the moment are murder mysteries, oldies like Agatha Christie, and newer ones like P D James. I can't think of a particular genre that I won't read ... and it takes a lot for me to NOT read a book. (Except Bryce Courtenay's Brother Fish - has anyone read this? It's killing me - been sitting next to my bed for coming up to two years now and I can't get past page 30 :( )

Probably the only thing I wouldn't read on principal would be sporting biographies. I hate sport. The only thing worse IMO than sport would be reading the biographies of our sporting greats, lol. Okay, and I'm not a big fan of the Mills n Boone type novels, although I have been known to dabble, lol. Like you Naomi I have had Brother Fish sitting on my shelf for ages just cant get into it.

Sheryl

[sjc]

I love reading and always read in bed cant sleep if I dont read first.
I am not into Science Fiction or Mills and Boon. I am at the moment reading The Wanda Beach Murders. It is a little confronting. Such a dreadful crime that has never been solved some forty years on.

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Sheryl

[sandramay]

Dad reckons kids have to be introduced to religion so they can make an informed choice about it.


that's a good idea. I have been to sunday school more than my sister who was actually christened when she was 2 *L* I had religious friends in school, they were not bothered by the way anyone else viewed it.

but yes *L* this is not a religious string to talk about this hahaha, whoops.

[mejane]

Quite often I go to the local library and just grab whatever looks appealing from the shelves. In our community detective stories seem to be very popular :)

[Jewly]

I'm not into science fiction or fantasy, but prefer a good mystery or just a good story, like Angela's Ashes. I loved that but hated Tis. Not sure if I will read his last one.

I have read most of Bryce Counteney's books but I also can't get into Brother Fish.

[michelle_72]

I love reading and always have one or two books on the go - I just finished a biography of Charlotte Bronte which was really interesting as I visited the house they grew up in England when I lived there and it really brought it to life.

[mejane]

..I also can't get into Brother Fish.
I'm determined to try this one, since so many ppl here can't finish reading it!