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Spotlight Sunday: We’re Talking About Word No-Nos

June 1, 2014 by Jaime Leave a Comment

By now you know that when the four of us are together, in person or via the magic of the internet, the conversations almost always come back to books. We love them. We love the people who write them, the people who publish them, and the people who read them. In fact, we have so many feelings about books that we wanted to find a way to share our conversations with you! Welcome to a new week of Spotlight Sunday, hosted by Fiction Fare (Erin & Jaime) and Swoony Boys Podcast (Kassiah & Meg), where we dish about ALL things bookish. Each week we’ll post a topic, we’ll start the conversation by telling you some of our thoughts, and then it will be your turn to sound off in the comment section.




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Is there one word or scenario that makes you want to throw the book into the trash?

We do not speak this word 

Jaime: OMG I’m so word sensitive I shouldn’t even admit this. I have to say that this applies solely to romance books though. I admit that when I get a book by an author I don’t know, I skim to the first sexy times and see if I can tolerate the words that the author uses. There are just certain words that should not be used in sex scenes. Ever. 

Erin: There really isn’t. Similar to you Jaime there are some words that drive me crazy when used situationally but other than that I don’t think there is anything that really makes me want to toss the book.


Kassiah: It depends. I mean, there are lots of words that totally squick me out–I even wrote about not using them a million years ago. I’ve wanted to throw a few books in someone else’s trash (so not to pollute my trash can), but I haven’t really done that. The one thing that makes me stop reading immediately is if someone uses waste when they really mean waist. If someone’s grabbing someone else’s waste, I don’t want to read about it. Ever.


 For a scenario, I can think of a few that I wish I’d stopped reading, but I haven’t. LOL

Why Do You Hate Me, Jaime?

  Meg: If I read romance or adult novels I would give you a giant list of all the things I wouldn’t want to read, but since I don’t… I’m going to side with Erin and say nope. 

Now that you’ve read some of our thoughts, let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below! We’ll be back next week with a brand new topic and lots more to talk about.

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