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This weeks question:
Jumping Genres: Ever pick up a book from a genre you usually don't like and LOVE it? Tell us about it and why you picked it up in the first place.
I'm really hesitant with picking up literature. When I was about 14 I decided I couldn't read children's books anymore, so I moved over to the "grown-up" section of the library and that was a really bad experience. So ever since I tend to avoid literature. I probably would like it by now, but I just prefer YA and Chick Lit. Of course I've read some literature and I absolutely loved Atonement by Ian McEwan. I picked it up for a assignment for one of my classes at the university and I was blown away by it. So I try to read more literature, but most sound so heavy or weird that I just don't.
This weeks question:
Comfort Reads: Which books do you go to for comfort & familiarity? Is there a type of book you seek out when you're needing that extra bit of comfort in your life?
If I'm in a reading funk I mostly pick up a book I looked forward to for some time or a book I already read and really loved. The latter mostly means Harry Potter. The former varies of course. Mostly it's a Chick Lit, because overall I read YA, but when I want to read a book that comforts me Chick Lits are the ones for me! Mainly because I'm almost certain that I already know the world it's placed in and the characters are mostly a lot like me.
I don't read too many chick lit. Who would you recommend?
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My comfort author is Rachel Gibson she's CR she always makes me laugh so when I need cheering or just need to smile I pick her up!
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I like literature sometimes, but not often. Austen is good.
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I'm like you - not a big reader of literary fiction these days, but I don't read much chick lit either - guess I'm more of a fantasy/ paranormal type of gal :-)
ReplyDeleteI was the opposite. I was about 11 and decided all I could read was classics and then more modern literary fiction. ;) So I absorbed them all.
ReplyDeleteWow, I was the opposite, too! Well not entirely, but when I was younger I didn't care too much if the pacing was a little slower. I'd just patiently continue reading. These days I'm all about instant gratification. When I was 15 or so I would just read Goethe, Shakespeare, Bronte, Kafka and Hermann Hesse for the sake of it, but now.. v_v *ashamed face* XD
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I'm not sure I've seen all adult fiction put into one genre before. I've always thought "literary" referred to a certain brand of mainstream fiction specifically written to deliver a message in an artistic way rather than just tell a story. I kind of know what you mean, though. I clung to YA fiction for a long time, too, even after I was perfectly capable of reading adult stuff. Now, I read mostly adult stuff, with YA thrown in when "everyone" says it's great. (You know how "everyone" is. :) )
ReplyDeleteYou're right pointing this out! For me it's the heavy stuff, but maybe I would love it now!
DeleteChick Lits ftw! And I still haven't read HP yet, but I'm working on it :)
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Harry Potter is absolutely one of my go to books when I am in need of comfort! Chick lit can be comforting in certain circumstances, but sometimes it just ends up making me even more depressed.
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Yeah literature books tend to sound quite "boring" to me so I avoid them but it's good that you find some that are really interesting. Can't say that I will ever read Atonement because the movie well did not make me happy. The unfairness of it all!
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Harry Potter is definitely one of the series that will always be a comfort to me - it's familiar, it's lovely and it's got such a beautiful world and set of characters in it. I also love chick lit too, especially when I don't want too heavy a read!
ReplyDeleteI was an English major back in college and read all the classics and really enjoyed them. So many of them fit in perfectly with the romances of today, just a bit tamer...lol.
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Thanks for stopping by. Yea I'm loving chick lit now
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Hopping through. I've always wanted to read Atonement. It sounds like a beautiful book.
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Atonement was boring for me. I don't know. I just felt like it took forever to actually get to the story.
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