Ruth Harrigan's Blog - Posts Tagged "reading"

I was going through my usual morning routine of checking the news online, which led to clicking on even more links to tangential things, which led to this: a crying pillow for when fictional characters die: http://www.lookhuman.com/design/60273...

It reminded me of times when my reading was interrupted and someone would find me crying at the end, or even in the middle of a book, when a character was "written out" (as we now say about TV series). But I've always thought about it as more than that - the death of a character, if a reader is very involved in a book, can hit hard for a book we feel emotionally invested in.

The bright side is I count myself lucky to have found so many great works of fiction that drew me in enough to have that reaction.

I love the site Book Riot. Their recent post about how folks should not apologize for what they're reading made me start thinking about how a number of my friends do that -- whether it's the genre of the book, the fact that it's a YA (young adult) book, etc. Or maybe they feel pressured to say they're reading the newest book out when they have a list of older books they'd rather read. I don't apologize for what I read but there have been times I've chosen a book I think I 'should' read even though I wanted to read something else, even when there was no legitimate reason to (such as analyzing a writing style e.g.) Anyway, thought I'd share the article here to see if any of you relate:

http://bookriot.com/2013/02/19/stop-a...