So, um, I saw this and I wanted to say things about The Westing Game, but whatever brainpower I have, German has been eating, and my computer time is limited, so, instead you get this "I saw your post!" comment. They weren't particularly deep or interesting things, so you're not missing much. (Mostly how I was the only person who discovered the existence of this book in 2019 as opposed to as a child. I mean it: I hadn't even heard of it, unlike most classics that I haven't gotten around to reading.)
Thanks for the rec; I've put it on my list of things to check out. I haven't been in much of a fiction mood for the last 10 years, to be honest, but I've discovered some of my all-time favorite books in the last ten years, so I definitely still give things a try.
Because I've been limited to e-books, I was able to make a list a couple weeks ago of all the new fiction I'd read of the last 5 years, out of curiosity and my usual desire to quantify, and it turned out to be 40 books, in terms of new reads I finished. Some of which were continuations of series I was already reading, or even authors I already liked. 40 was actually kind of more than I thought, but it's still only 8 a year. I've just really been more of a non-fiction reader since leaving grad school (2010).
It caught me off guard when someone asked me in 2012 what I liked to read, and out of sheer lifelong habit I said, "Fantasy." When he then asked what authors, I stuttered, because I actually wasn't reading fantasy any more. "Never mind. These days I'm studying biology and Hebrew," I had to say. It was a very jarring moment, because it ran up against a perception of myself that I suddenly had to revise. But these days, I have to admit I'm just incredibly difficult to please when it comes to new fiction (I rely heavily on rereading old favorites), and I'd much rather be reading nonfiction. I even discovered that for light reading when my concentration is shot, memoirs, a genre in which I'd previously had *zero* interest (blame rachelmanija for getting me hooked!), are much easier and more rewarding than new fiction.
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Date: 2020-05-14 11:49 pm (UTC)Thanks for the rec; I've put it on my list of things to check out. I haven't been in much of a fiction mood for the last 10 years, to be honest, but I've discovered some of my all-time favorite books in the last ten years, so I definitely still give things a try.
Because I've been limited to e-books, I was able to make a list a couple weeks ago of all the new fiction I'd read of the last 5 years, out of curiosity and my usual desire to quantify, and it turned out to be 40 books, in terms of new reads I finished. Some of which were continuations of series I was already reading, or even authors I already liked. 40 was actually kind of more than I thought, but it's still only 8 a year. I've just really been more of a non-fiction reader since leaving grad school (2010).
It caught me off guard when someone asked me in 2012 what I liked to read, and out of sheer lifelong habit I said, "Fantasy." When he then asked what authors, I stuttered, because I actually wasn't reading fantasy any more. "Never mind. These days I'm studying biology and Hebrew," I had to say. It was a very jarring moment, because it ran up against a perception of myself that I suddenly had to revise. But these days, I have to admit I'm just incredibly difficult to please when it comes to new fiction (I rely heavily on rereading old favorites), and I'd much rather be reading nonfiction. I even discovered that for light reading when my concentration is shot, memoirs, a genre in which I'd previously had *zero* interest (blame