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| My latest haul from the library |
We’ve all read really, really great books; the books you
love and want to devour and savor at the same time. The books you can’t wait to finish, and at
the same don’t want to end. I’ve spent a
lot of time thinking about really great books lately. It seems that it has been a while since I’ve
stumbled across a book I would call a really, really great book. I went to the library yesterday and left with
quite a pile of books by different authors, in hopes of finding something that
I will love.
Does everyone go through dry spells when it comes to finding
books you love? Does it seem like
sometimes you go through several books in a row that just don’t speak to
you? Books that you finish reading, in
hopes that the next page, the next chapter, something will be what
you’re searching for, only to be left disappointed.
I’ve been going through such a dry spell. I’ve been reading, but I just haven’t loved
much of what I’ve read. I want
more. This has of course made me really
think about what makes a book great, at least for me. That’s not always easy to answer.
I need to care about the characters, which to me means they
need to be real; not so much “good guys” and “bad guys”, but a mix of both;
like most people really are. I want a story
that hasn’t been told exactly the same way dozens and dozens of times. I want authenticity, not overblown
stereotypes or highly exaggerated characters.
Most of all, I want to find more authors whose books I enjoy
reading. Some of my favorite authors are
Joshilyn Jackson, Sarah Addison Allen, Rosamunde Pilcher, Alan Bradley, EleanorBrown, and Belva Plain. Now that I’ve
shared some of my favorite authors I really hope you will share some of yours
as well.
