Nat (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} maemime) wrote,@ 2008-04-02 00:22:00 |
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books
It's a bit disconcerting to me that my favorite books can turn out not to be favorites anymore. I never thought about this before, but taste in literature can change just like taste in music. I've recently come across two examples of this: a profile i filled out back when i was 19 - none of my listed favorite books would show up on the list anymore. Ok, that's fine. Maybe I've just read better books since then.
But. While browsing goodreads.com, i came across some quotations from a book i used to love (i read the book at least 5 times between the ages of 16 and 21) - and all the quoted lines seemed cliched and insipid to me! So sad!
So how can i say "i love that author!!" with any conviction?? This may sound like the stupidest rant ever, but this realization is very upsetting for me!
It's a bit disconcerting to me that my favorite books can turn out not to be favorites anymore. I never thought about this before, but taste in literature can change just like taste in music. I've recently come across two examples of this: a profile i filled out back when i was 19 - none of my listed favorite books would show up on the list anymore. Ok, that's fine. Maybe I've just read better books since then.
But. While browsing goodreads.com, i came across some quotations from a book i used to love (i read the book at least 5 times between the ages of 16 and 21) - and all the quoted lines seemed cliched and insipid to me! So sad!
So how can i say "i love that author!!" with any conviction?? This may sound like the stupidest rant ever, but this realization is very upsetting for me!
