Saturday 18 January 2014

What you should be reading

'When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am 50 I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.'

- C.S. Lewis

At some point in my life I started to think that there were certain books I couldn't read anymore because I was 'to old now'. I also felt that way about some genres. Adults surely did not read fantasy? I'm glad that I finally reached that point in life where I just don't care anymore what anybody thinks of what I am reading or that I don't feel anymore like there are certain books that I should be reading. So whenever I feel like it, I just reread one of my books that I read as a child. I read books in almost every genre including childrens, teenagers or classic literature. In all the different types of books I always find something else that I can love.

How about you? Are there certain books you are afraid to read (or admit that you read them) because you feel like you are to old?

6 comments:

  1. I'll admit I don't pick up picture books as much any more because they're not as easy to browse in the library or bookstore without drawing attention :) And every once in a while I'll catch some funny looks in the YA section of the library. But, for the most part, I read anything. I love a good book in any form!

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    1. I know it can feel a little akward when people see you looking through books that are 'intended for a different age group', but there are probably not that many people who actually think it is strange what you are doing. A lot of the people who go to libraries and bookstores are booklovers too after all. ;)

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  2. I definitely never outgrew my love of fantasy! I do occasionally wonder what the librarians think when I pick up my 10 YA books that I've put on hold, but that's just a fleeting thought. :-)

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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    1. Over the years I've learned that there are actually a lot of fantasy series that where originally writtern for adults (such as the A song of Ice and Fire series), but I didn't know that when I was younger, so that was one of the reasons I felt like adults weren't meant to read fantasy books. Eventhough I now just pick up books that I like, it still can feel a bit uncomfortable sometimes. I recently started buying books at a different store and that helped a lot actually. It is clear that everyone who goes there is a real booklover and I'm not the only one who looks through the children's books.

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  3. For some reason my comments won't show up on your Divergent post - don't know why! Anyway, I'm glad to see that you loved it - Can't wait to see what you think of the other two books in the series.

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    1. And I can't wait to read them! The book really grabbed me and now all I want to do is read on, but it will be a while before I can get the next book. I really hope I love them just as much, because I've heard a lot of negativity about Allegiant.

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