tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post4423390847849873547..comments2024-02-18T10:58:33.157-05:00Comments on so long and thanks for all the fish: Monday Musings: In which Elizabeth discovers she is a miserable, horrible, judgemental book snob. Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-23100315646162735472015-04-23T20:45:09.390-04:002015-04-23T20:45:09.390-04:00I will, I will! ...actually maybe I should read th...I will, I will! ...actually maybe I should read that before trying to finish 1Q84 since I'm so emphatically NOT into 1Q84. Maybe 1. I'll enjoy Kafka on the Shore, and 2. It'll give me some insight/push me to finish 1Q84.<br /><br />This has given me a lot of food for thought. (You'll be happy to know that 85% of the time I don't think you're pretentious haha! When you areElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-18111253857280642632015-04-21T17:45:21.137-04:002015-04-21T17:45:21.137-04:00I'm one of those pretentious people! So I want...I'm one of those pretentious people! So I wanted to quickly explain why. A quick caveat, I don't read that many books (maybe 1 or 2 per month). This means that I'm probably missing out on dozens of books which would change my opinions.<br /><br /><br /><br />Side note: Just read Kafka on the Shore already! It's good, I promise!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />>>> "Some Thomas Honeymanhttp://www.thomashoneyman.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-15800253184312826002015-04-15T12:34:10.699-04:002015-04-15T12:34:10.699-04:00I think if I didn't dislike her so much IRL, t...I think if I didn't dislike her so much IRL, then I could stomach her "acting", but I get tired of her emo. Don't be a movie actor if you don't like the attention, just sayin'Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-13252525084136664722015-04-15T07:24:10.854-04:002015-04-15T07:24:10.854-04:00Aww well thanks for letting me know haha! xDAww well thanks for letting me know haha! xDElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-62620190907533089422015-04-15T07:23:53.066-04:002015-04-15T07:23:53.066-04:00I think it's weird too - I actually read a fai...I think it's weird too - I actually read a fair number of classics (I have a harder time with contemporary "literature" (is there a word for what I mean? Gah this is going to bother me!) - for exactly the reasons you just said. I need hope and adventure in my novel! Otherwise a lot of the books are just depressing and nothing changes by the end of it all). <br /><br /><br />And Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-21103527935197906982015-04-15T07:00:21.905-04:002015-04-15T07:00:21.905-04:00Yeeeees! That's a big part of it that I hadn&#...Yeeeees! That's a big part of it that I hadn't been able to figure out how to vocalize - it's the casual acceptance of it. So it's basically just a bunch of whining haha!<br /><br /><br />Bahahaha I'd forgotten you hated her so much! I don't think I've seen a single film she was in (I gave up on Twilight about 1/3 of the way through because...dear god it was awful. Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-31380004458347357372015-04-15T05:15:40.778-04:002015-04-15T05:15:40.778-04:00I will be back to comment. My Kindle battery is dy...I will be back to comment. My Kindle battery is dying, but I wanted you to know I read the post and loved it. Ha ha ha. :)La La in the Libraryhttp://lalatoadstone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-11840853937272014762015-04-13T22:45:30.291-04:002015-04-13T22:45:30.291-04:00Thanks for sharing this epiphany! I'm so caref...Thanks for sharing this epiphany! I'm so careful when I talk books with other people because I realise I'm a unique bookworm lol. Respecting each other's right to read is spot on. Although I completely understand that uncomfortable feeling of talking books with more literary inclined readers (which is so weird because I actually enjoy reading literary novels. It's just that glaiza_echohttps://paperwanderer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-58440550428033022692015-04-13T13:51:47.539-04:002015-04-13T13:51:47.539-04:00Yes! I find in "literature" that everyo...Yes! I find in "literature" that everyone is basically an asshole and unhappy with their lives but too disaffected to do anything about it. Hate. It. <br /><br /><br />So, I did read the first Twilight. I liked it well enough. Not enough where I was very interested in continuing with the story, but I certainly didn't hate it. My problem with Twilight is actually more the Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-32054296154097147732015-04-13T13:47:44.486-04:002015-04-13T13:47:44.486-04:00...yeahhhh...I tend to do that because mostly I ge......yeahhhh...I tend to do that because mostly I get blank faces haha. But when someone brings a book up I get so damned excitable and forget myself! And yes that's EXACTLY it - "depressing and boring". Like when YA books are sad...they're REALLY. SAD. Not just kind of ...eh. Life sucks. Whatever. With no change by the end of the book. Where are your plots people?? And I Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-21942046975813723832015-04-13T13:44:36.812-04:002015-04-13T13:44:36.812-04:00Yeah I think I have a background in both which is ...Yeah I think I have a background in both which is why it led to this point haha. And I swear to god "literature" is ALWAYS about freaking failed marriages! Whether the MC is cheating, the cheater, being cheated ON, or their marriage is just stagnating slowly into nothing...I <i>hate</i> that. I didn't even know how MUCH I hated it until I noticed the turning point where I was likeElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-16679018546002751182015-04-13T13:39:50.570-04:002015-04-13T13:39:50.570-04:00I think it's really funny because until this h...I think it's really funny because until this happened I TOTALLY thought that I already thought that! ....sometimes the amount I DON'T know myself amazes me haha. I think in general a lot of YA readers are pretty open with what other people read. They might get a little pushy (*ahem* TFIOS), but they don't really judge people on what they read. Or at least in my lucky experience so Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-34420045640743237602015-04-13T11:40:30.828-04:002015-04-13T11:40:30.828-04:00Well, that sounds like a suitably awkward conversa...Well, that sounds like a suitably awkward conversation - and this is a good example of why outside of the blogging community I only talk to a couple people in my family about books. I've tried reading 'serious literature' and...I don't like it. I find it depressing and boring. (Honestly, that's about the way I feel towards the classics, too.) I am one of those kinds of people Amyhttp://pagesofstarlight.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-17682966228420770552015-04-13T10:53:34.439-04:002015-04-13T10:53:34.439-04:00I think you point it out perfectly. And it is hard...I think you point it out perfectly. And it is hard not to be defensive when you feel judged yourself. I admit I give side eye to people who will only read "literature", most of which I find dreadful. But that is because I feel insecure about not liking it too. Why don't I like it? Am I too stupid to get it? But on the different side of the same coin, I will judge people who Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-32297211905766694182015-04-13T10:46:48.267-04:002015-04-13T10:46:48.267-04:00"People read books for different reasons, not..."People read books for different reasons, not everyone has the same goal out of it. Just because they aren't reading for fun doesn't invalidate what they are getting out of reading." -> I totally agree with this; which means that we’re not in any position to judge a reader on what they read or why they read it. I think we should just stop nit-picking other people’s taste and Mitchii G.http://bookish.skycircus.org/noreply@blogger.com