Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme which asks a bookish question which you have to answer. This weeks question is:
Do you ever feel like you’re in a reading rut? That you don’t read enough variety? That you need to branch out, spread your literary wings and explore other genres, flavors, styles?
Yes I feel like I'm in a reading rut all the time. Don't get me wrong I read all kinds of books and there's no genre I won't read but I do have phases where I will only be reading one type of book for weeks on end and end up getting tired of it.
I feel bad for not reading more classics and literary books but I just tell myself that I read for pleasure and if the books I read make me happy then what does it matter. There are some weeks where I can't find anything that interests me and I end up reading nothing - those are the worst weeks. I usually have to go back to an old favourite to get me into the reading mood again.
I do however have one permanent rut that I wish I could get out of and that is is that I only like books with happy endings yes I know it's stupid but I can't help it. If I am going to get invested in these characters lives like to know that it all ends well for them.
That's all for now.
Hey!! I love books with happy endings too. I think that is why Cinderella is my favorite fairy tale. I watch any movie about Cinderella.
ReplyDeleteSince I read for my own entertainment, I try to choose books that will entertain me. Over the years I have found genres I like, so don't waste much time on reading things I don't like. Time is to short to waste reading a genre I am not enjoying or a series that I no longer enjoy.
I feel bad for not reading alot of classic sometimes too but there is so much new stuff to choose from.
ReplyDeleteI don't read many classics either, and has long since gotten over the guilt. I try to spread out a bit to avoid the rut.
ReplyDeleteI like happy endings too, but have enjoyed books with unhappyish endings too :-)
I totally agree with you on the happy endings point :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think I should read more of the classics too. I have a bunch of them that came preloaded on my ereader so now maybe I'll actually get to a couple of them!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say it's stupid at all, Sally. I think we all like to feel as though the characters are going to be okay. So I want at least a "hopeful ending."
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Modern books with happy endings tend to be dwindling fast, I think.
ReplyDeleteMost classics bore me, and I am a History major.
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for books with uhappy endings, for some strange reason. I think most of my favourite book have unhappy endings. I do wonder what that says about me.
ReplyDeleteSally, I can totally relate to you about happy endings. I just finished a HUGE book...so huge that it actually was published as two books (the review is on my blog), and I swear, if it had NOT had a happy ending, I was going to be furious. I've read books that dragged me through horrible catastrophes and difficulties, only to ALSO end unhappily. Grrrr!
ReplyDeleteAs I said on my blog, it doesn't have to be totally jolly, but the ending must at least be redemptive and/or uplifting in some way.
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I'm not sure if I've ever really thought about the endings of books I read, as far as any pattern.
ReplyDeleteBecause of all the comics I read, and those usually being the mainstream stuff like Superman, X-Men, and other properties that exist in perpetuity, there never really seems to BE an actual ending, so I get used to the quasi-endings that might prove somewhat satisfactory for the current story, maybe close a door on one thing, but even on a dark ending there's that little glimmer of hope that'll bring you back or set you up for the next story.
For example, the Death of Superman, World Without a Superman, and Return of Superman (1992-1993).
As some of the fun has gone out of reading-to-review, I've stepped back from doing as much with reviewing. That's one rut I've been in and out of a few times the last several years.
Thanks for stopping by and reading my post! Have a great weekend!
If you read what you enjoy, there's no reason to feel bad.
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Haha, I love reading a lot of supernatural books, like I said most of the books I read are of the young adult variety. But, lately I've been branching out a little bit and reading more contemporary and other things like, Steampunk. :)
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