I haven’t done one of these in ages and my guilt is piling up. Heh. So since it’s 1:25 am and my bedtime is around 4 am-ish (Ramadan is playing havoc with my sleeping timetable; it’s a good thing I’m on summer break right now) and the only sound I hear are the machines in some factory further away – oh wait, no, that’s a ship horn. Anyway, wow, I get carried away. Here’s me baring my soul to you, Internet.
1. I find it very difficult to read a book written by a male author with a male protagonist. I don’t know why. It’s not that I automatically dislike them. I have liked many books written by male authors. It’s just that reading from the perspective of a male protagonist…I am unable to relate to them. Most of the time. Or maybe it’s just a self-imposed mental block? I don’t know. I’m currently reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss which is a very good novel according to all the many reviews on Goodreads but it’s just so difficult to get into right now. Of course I’m only on like page 48 and there are 621 pages or something so… I shall continue on. Funnily enough, if it’s high literature, I have no trouble with male protags. It’s just entertainment lit that I don’t go for them.
2. I know this is wrong and I know I’m a horrible person but sometimes I judge a person by what they rate their books. Heh. Case in example, this one person on my friend list over at GR gave a Virginia Woolfe book 1 star and Twilight 5 stars. My brain, it exploded into putty. I couldn’t fathom the thought that anyone could actually compare the two and when doing so, find the Woolfe novel lacking. I mean… seriously?
That’s all for now. Don’t judge me too harshly.
I’ll wait for your opinion on The Name of the Wind. Really, I’ll only attempt the 600+ pages if it’s mildly tolerable (despite the awesome ratings on GR).
Heh. People who rate Twilight/Hush Hush/etc. 5 stars are automatically off my friends list. Their reading tastes are too different from mine, and I don’t think FRIENDLY book discussions will be possible.
Seriously, ppl who likes Twilight (unless they like it for the lulz like me, then they’re cool) deserve judgement and scorn.
I think overall I read more works by female authors than male ones, but it’s not a conscious decision. I guess there’s just a certain drawn b/t female authors and readers.
The first one I understand, the second not that much, considering I would (or actually did) rate Umberto Eco 1 star. :) I know he supposed to be a talented author and intellectual and a professor, but I didn’t enjoy his books so I will rate accordingly. And that hardly makes me a bad person. :)
It’s not about liking or disliking books alone. It’s in comparison to the rating one gave Twilight and the rating that same person gave to Woolfe’s book. It’s not so much as making her a bad person as making her someone whose reading recommendations are not something I would like as we have very differing tastes. Like one of my friends denied a friend request from a person who hated the Harry Potter books simply because she couldn’t fathom what that person and her would have to talk about with each other, bookwise, I mean.
Yeah, I understand. But I suppose your friend and that person who was not into Harry Potter might have in common some other books they both like. Or I am just being too idealistic? :)