Putting Off Reading Books Others Say you MUST Read
'You MUST read this book. OR , You MUST meet this person.'
I withdraw and avoid them.
If the advisor is too emphatic, you feel that the recommendation won't live up to expectation.You'll be disappointed by the gap between the expectation and the reality. But if you serendipitously find a gem of a book or personality, and had no expectations, that's a greater enjoyment.
'The Hunger Games' I read only because my grandson was studying it as a class text. I avoided this novel earlier because of the media hype and being an American book, Australian students were required to read.
I was wrong. It's well crafted, a parody of Roman gladiatorial battles, Tv celeb 'reveals', heroic moral dilemmas and problem-solving as well as politics and media manipulation & economics. Great to discuss with a thoughtful year 8 student.
But I'm glad some of them are also reading my YA novel 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen' which has the dilemma of how far you'll go for a mate in icy Antarctica and elsewhere. And there's a mutiny.
Most are reading it as an ebook on their Ipad but there is a print copy. On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't recommend this book to you?
But I admit, I was wrong about 'The Hunger Games'. You MUST read it. 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen
I withdraw and avoid them.
If the advisor is too emphatic, you feel that the recommendation won't live up to expectation.You'll be disappointed by the gap between the expectation and the reality. But if you serendipitously find a gem of a book or personality, and had no expectations, that's a greater enjoyment.
'The Hunger Games' I read only because my grandson was studying it as a class text. I avoided this novel earlier because of the media hype and being an American book, Australian students were required to read.
I was wrong. It's well crafted, a parody of Roman gladiatorial battles, Tv celeb 'reveals', heroic moral dilemmas and problem-solving as well as politics and media manipulation & economics. Great to discuss with a thoughtful year 8 student.
But I'm glad some of them are also reading my YA novel 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen' which has the dilemma of how far you'll go for a mate in icy Antarctica and elsewhere. And there's a mutiny.
Most are reading it as an ebook on their Ipad but there is a print copy. On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't recommend this book to you?
But I admit, I was wrong about 'The Hunger Games'. You MUST read it. 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen
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Thanks S'hi. I tend to loan books like the Australian historical ones about women by Susanna de vries, and say. 'You might like to try this author?' And usually they come back for more.
Sometimes friends are interested in what you are doing for yourself, but the busier we get the more it becomes "what's in it for me?"
Some of the movies or books I have enjoyed the most have been the ones not appreciated by critics, not recommended. But that alone is not reason enough for the choice of "path less travelled". Maybe it is also more about what part of the path am I on at the moment...