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Curmudgeoness

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16. I read book written by both men and women

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 06:29 PM

Apr 2012

and have no preference. What I do notice from both in modern books that is annoying to me is the super-beautiful, super-intellegent, super-sexual, super-everything female characters. As a woman, I feel so inadequate when I run into these characters, and they are like the skinny, airbrushed photos of models----an ideal that no one will live up to, and it is too unbelievable. And I have noticed that female and male authors are both to blame.....or maybe it is the reader preference that they are writing for.

I like characters with flaws.

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Do any of you ladies or men notice any differences in books by female authors? [View all] fadedrose Apr 2012 OP

Well, take George Elliot for example.... Scuba Apr 2012 #1

I read a lot of science fiction which doesn't contain much romance to start with. Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #2

Yes mvccd1000 Apr 2012 #3

Yep, it was Ludlum fadedrose Apr 2012 #13

why do you think women writers marions ghost Jun 2012 #34

I don't think that, exactly. mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #40

I've yet to come across a male Cozy writer. Any one know of some?... Little Star Apr 2012 #4

How about Robin Pilcher? MaineDem Apr 2012 #6

I've never heard of him or his mother before. I'll have to look them up. Little Star Apr 2012 #8

Craig Johnson fadedrose Apr 2012 #14

I don't know why.... Little Star Apr 2012 #15

Sue Grafton Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #5

I never thought about this MaineDem Apr 2012 #7

Yes, Penney is one of my examples.. fadedrose Apr 2012 #12

Nothing much that I would consider not socially conditioned. bemildred Apr 2012 #9

allison is pretty rough, but i enjoy her stories. nt seabeyond May 2012 #26

Not familiar, and I see a lot of allisons when i google it. bemildred May 2012 #28

i am sorry. typed early before coffee, off memory, lol allison brennan. seabeyond May 2012 #29

One of the things I like about E-readers and E-publishing. bemildred May 2012 #30

I think both men and women have a place but agree the... Little Star Apr 2012 #10

That's what I wanted to say! MaineDem Apr 2012 #11

I read book written by both men and women Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #16

just like the movies marions ghost Jun 2012 #35

It isn't even stereotypes, it is freaking Wonder Woman Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #36

Well fadedrose Jun 2012 #37

LOL. Cheerios it is! Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #38

Too many things (none appropriate for Books: Fiction) fadedrose Jun 2012 #39

You are right, I am sorry I asked. But relating to books, Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #42

More realistic and well developed female characters. BlueIris Apr 2012 #17

Yes. nt bemildred Apr 2012 #19

The romance in the Harry Potter Books were not that way. ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #18

I don't read cozies or romances Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #20

My taste has changed so much in 5 years fadedrose Apr 2012 #22

a little survey of my book shelves JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #21

Its really telling what fiction a serious reader prefers....here's a few of mine..... Rowdyboy May 2012 #31

My favorite example is James Tiptree, Jr. Actual first name: dimbear May 2012 #23

" She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974–77). " raccoon May 2012 #24

I write more empathetically when I use my pen name "Anne Ominous" Bruce Wayne May 2012 #25

that may be so on a lot of female authors, but i find with a lot of male author the loser pathetic seabeyond May 2012 #27

It doesn't matter to me whether an author is male or female justiceischeap May 2012 #32

My favorite authors are usually female clyrc May 2012 #33

I also don't care whether the author is male or female; most books I read closeupready Jun 2012 #41