Do you think less of people if they read shitty books?

[Carol]

Welcome, Mel!

[Nathan]

I would never judge what someone else is reading... the fact that they're reading at all, is good enough for me.
The definition of what's "shitty" or "good" is so subjective --best sellers get trashed everyday, and people sing the praise of books on the bargain table. For every book I love, I'm quite sure I could find someone who thought it was garbage, and of course the opposite would be true as well.

[Susan]

Yeah, I would have to agree with Nathan. Besides, if we start judging people on what they read then we will surely have to judge them on everything else crappy they do and that would become a vicious and tiresome circle.
However, I must admit to my secret game of trying to guess if a person has a certain book just for looks or for pure pleasure when I am at the airport.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Zardoz is in the Tardis wrote: "I don't judge books by their covers."

Really? Never?

[[deleted user]]

With eBooks you don't really get a chance.

[Mark]

I read so much that I eventually find myself with my nose in shit. That's okay but what I do not accept is people who rarely read and then pick up something terrible when they do. That is just poor taste.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm not bothered by people who only read shitty books, as long as they hate those shitty books. But if you only read shitty books and love them all, I have a problem with that. So it's more about your opinion and evaluation, than your choice in the first place.

[Félix]

Shitty choice.

[Jim]

Welcome to TC Mel.

Welcome to TC Nathan.

[Heidi]

Jim wrote: "Welcome to TC Mel.

Welcome to TC Nathan."



Huh?! Random.

[Susan]

I was confused, too, but chalked it up to not knowing Jim very well and figured he was just a super nice guy.

[[deleted user]]

Christopher wrote: "Nah...not really.

I might seriously question their tastes in other forms of media if, for example, their favorite books include tripe like Twilight and The Hunger Games....but as for thinking less..."

Who you callin' vapid?! *winks*

[Heidi]

He's making up random members now. Jim, do you have tea parties with them?

[[deleted user]]

Gail wrote: "I don't mind if my friends read what I consider to be rubbish. That would include 99% of my solid friends. It is when they try to recommend books to me that I have a problem. I am not good at smili..."


I'm averse to pretty much all of what I call "assigned reading". So far only my nieces have gotten away with it (one of them made me read Twilight, by the way) so far. Mostly I just want to encourage them to keep reading and show an interest in what they like.

I had a boss who kept handing me books, it was so annoying, because I felt like I HAD to read them.

[Susan]

Susan wrote: "I was confused, too, but chalked it up to not knowing Jim very well and figured he was just a super nice guy."

....that might be slightly deranged.

[[deleted user]]

Heidi wrote: "He's making up random members now. Jim, do you have tea parties with them?"

Page 4, Heiders...page 4.

[[deleted user]]

He's just a little LATE...like a page late.

[[deleted user]]

Susan wrote: "Susan wrote: "I was confused, too, but chalked it up to not knowing Jim very well and figured he was just a super nice guy."

....that might be slightly deranged."

Decontextualized TC Quotes:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

[Susan]

::Dabs at mouth, cleaning coffee that emitted from mouth while reading above thread link::

Um, what was the question...

[[deleted user]]

No question. I just thought that was a good candidate.

[Susan]

Yes. A very good candidate.

[Jennifer]

I read "shitty" books sometimes just to see why they are either popular or just because I don't really want to think. Sometimes I am ashamed to have read them (that's when ebooks are great because no one knows what you are reading unless you tell them).

I don't judge people based on the books that they read either. Books are our escape and everyone has their own "paradise".

[Carol]

Very true. One person's shit is another's paradise.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

No, I never judge, I read plenty of shitty books myself that I like. I usually realize they're "inferior" but they can be great guilty pleasures.

[MissJessie]

Of course not. Who is anyone to judge what I, or anyone else, reads, and determine if they are less worthy?

I dislike Nicholas Sparks, but my Mother loves his books. I don't think less of her (at least, not for that).

And conversely, I don't up my opinion of people who flaunt reading "worthwhile" books all the time. Just a form of intellectual snobbery.

[Aliyah]

I used to in the past, but not so much anymore, but I wish the same could be said about sports and politics...

[Carol]

I would never consider what I read or watch on tv as guilty pleasures. I'm not guilty! I'm enjoying myself. It's not like my pastime is stealing candy from babies.

[Bridgette]

I don't judge on what people read really as everyone have different opinions on the books that they read. like one person may love twilight as the next person may not. so it is personal taste on books.
I am always interested in what my friends are reading at present.

[Scout]

Sure, I judge, if someone reads romance novels.

[Scout]

I get tired of adult women telling me how wonderful young adult books are and recommending them to me. They're not wonderful unless you're a young adult. I'm not interested.

[Scout]

Reading something is better than not reading at all, I guess, unless you're reading about how to wreak havoc and intending to do the same.

Reading a book takes up a lot of time, and I think it's a productive use of time, even though it doesn't appear to be so to non-readers. They see it as wasted time. I have a friend whose ex told him that the time he spent reading and not paying attention to her was one reason she filed for divorce.