Moondog's naff books that we've all read thread

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Princess Daisy
Love Story
Peyton Place
The Valley of the Dolls
(I think that makes me a bit retro-naff)

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Anything by Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Rich are Different - Susan Howatch (but still loved it )

Thornbirds
Hollywood Wives (any Jackie Collins really)

Good sunlounger reading though.

Aah Jackie Collins - how could I forget??

I've only read Valley Of The Dolls out of them...

How about a bit of St Claires and Mallory Towers?

The Betsy - all this stuff was my parents' I hasten to add.
Oh, and Chariots of the Gods, surely the daftest non-fiction book ever published?

Don't forget Jilly Cooper - Riders, Polo etc
And Catherine Cookson.

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Biography of Richard & Judy - left in a hotel room (of course I didn't buy it!).

Guaranteed sleep inducer.

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clan of the cavebear anyone?

Jilly Cooper is fabulous. She is my guilty, guilty pleasure...well, her books are.

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GhostofNatt, I've been meaning to ask you...have you been on Mumsnet for five years...under another name?

And as for Angelique...I think "Sergeanne Golon" beat "Nicci French" and "Zisou Corder" to writing a book together under one name by about 40 years...ah, I remember it well.
OK, Chronicles of Jalna anyone? Mazo de la Roche wrote the most overcooked fiction imaginable!

I've read a lot of them, Marina - my aunt had loads.

Lace??

only read it for the rumpy pumpy scenes

Rockstar by Jackie Collins immediately after ds1 was born, don'tknow why, it was the biggest pile of crap imaginable

Also some ghoulish La Plante which was really awful too

much more highbrow these days though, thank the lord

Marina, how did you guess? Posted v early on then not much for years but fallen by wayside recently, oops. Think you are "oldtimer" too?

They were just so lurid...all that swapping partners between siblings/cousins etc. I am sure I read a brief biography that suggested a combination of upbringing and reclusive adulthood made de la Roche write such barkingly torrid stuff about sexual relationships.
I love a lot of Canadian writers but she will always have a special place in my heart. I don't think my parents had a clue how very unsuitable some of the novels were for a teenager.

Well, do you know, I checked out my first ever post and someone with a name very like yours replied to it . The penny dropped! That was back in 2000, by the way.

Scary it's so long! I remember posting about pregnancy palpitations and waiting hours for anyone to respond...Has anyone mentioned the Thornbirds? (Thorn Birds?)