Friday Book Beginnings and Book Blog Hop
It's summer and the mere mention of the word 'sun' sent me overboard (pun intended). I could picture clearly in my eye, the sun shining in a flawless sky. Now the sky in this book is rarely flawless but I didn't know that at the time I read the first sentence...and so I kept on reading.
Yes, my perspective has changed a little. I have always read for fun and will continue to do so, so don't get me wrong, but when I was in college, I took a ton of literature courses, and they taught me to think critically and analytically about what it was I was reading. So now when I read I'm not just thinking, 'Oh this book is sooo good' or 'This book is terrible' I'm now thinking about the whys of whether it was good or not. I'm asking questions like: is there an underlying theme, were the characters three dimensional, how was the writing, did it meet the criteria for its target audience, did the plot have a clear beginning, middle, and end...etc.
So now when I write my reviews, I include the answer to these questions which makes my reviews a bit lengthy depending on the quality of the book.
Happy Independence Day!
Nice! That's definitely food for thought. I'm wondering if that's how one of my college professors also thought. I feel like I remember her saying the mainstream fiction is "garbage" or something to that effect, but at the same time, it's good! It was like easy or fun for the brain or something like that. It was both insulting and praising at the same time. I was just thinking, I guess I like garbage reads! Lol.
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I wouldn't agree with your professor that mainstream fiction is garbage. I would say that mainstream authors aren't always asking themselves the hard questions when they're writing their books.
DeleteDo you ever wish that you could just read a book for fun without your mind analyzing it so completely?
ReplyDeleteYes and no. I'm an overthinker in day to day life, so it probably wouldn't be the worst thing if i didn't overthink my hobbies too. But honestly, I love reading as much as I ever did so it isn't like my overthinking hurt the quality of my reading time, if anything its a little enhanced because thinking about the book became part of the hobby.
DeleteThat's an interesting opening line. Sounds like an intriguing book.
ReplyDeleteIt was very good if you like historical novels!
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