Selection Critera
November 16th 2006 05:47
How do you identify with what you read? Does it have to be contemporarily-written? Or contemporarily-set? Does it have to be real?
I once heard someone say that they found fiction books 'boring', and hence they only read biographies and the philosophical or political works. Some people I know can't get into a book unless they know the story is true.
For me, personally, I really can't get into books that were written more than a hundred years ago or so. I've tried, and I intend to try again and again, but generally I find the prose to be too archaic and too far from my own personal experience for me to really sink my teeth into. Like I said though, I intend to stick at it in the hopes that it wears me down or I find something I like. This is a long-term goal though... maybe I won't be able to enjoy Tolstoy or Hardy until I'm 90 years old.
Some people I know find fantasy and science-fiction too silly. They can't suspend their disbelief enough to look past the less believable aspects of the story, and hence it doesn't appeal to them.
Some people thumb their nose at fiction written predominantly for a teen audience. Many times I have heard the sneering phrase "Harry Potter is for kids!"
What's your criteria? What *can't* you read?
I once heard someone say that they found fiction books 'boring', and hence they only read biographies and the philosophical or political works. Some people I know can't get into a book unless they know the story is true.
For me, personally, I really can't get into books that were written more than a hundred years ago or so. I've tried, and I intend to try again and again, but generally I find the prose to be too archaic and too far from my own personal experience for me to really sink my teeth into. Like I said though, I intend to stick at it in the hopes that it wears me down or I find something I like. This is a long-term goal though... maybe I won't be able to enjoy Tolstoy or Hardy until I'm 90 years old.
Some people I know find fantasy and science-fiction too silly. They can't suspend their disbelief enough to look past the less believable aspects of the story, and hence it doesn't appeal to them.
Some people thumb their nose at fiction written predominantly for a teen audience. Many times I have heard the sneering phrase "Harry Potter is for kids!"
What's your criteria? What *can't* you read?
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Don't care about genre or when it was written s long as it tells a good stopry or is informative while entertaining.
The books I cant stand are by writers that just tell the same story over and over again. Read one read em all types like John Grisham.
Comment by Luke
Old Movies
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Comment by JacquiB
Children's Literature
Having said that, I admit I did read and get a kick out of The DaVinci Code. But I think that's gone beyond best-seller and into the status of phenomenon.
Comment by Keira
Keira's Blog
I'm not very good with anything based on modern history or politics, as I have no idea about either of them. Way over my head. I'm just a commoner who knows nothing. Give me fantasy and sci fi any day.
I need humour sometimes too. When things get too deep I can't sleep and it hangs in my mind... I guess that could also be classed as a good book though?
Now I'm gabbering on just like the books I don't like... Maybe that's why I don't like them?
Comment by Luke
Old Movies
Cane Toad Warrior