Comments on: Sunday Salon – January 13, 2008

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:29:00 +0000

Iliana, Michelle, and Debbie: Thanks for your comments – looks like we agree!
Debbie: I also love cookbooks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:30:00 +0000

i’m definitely a fiction reader – i like to be entertained, like watching a movie, so my choices range from light mysteries to asian historical memoirs – i loved joy luck club, memoirs of a geisha and most recently snow flower and the secret fan. i like historical mysteries too, especially those set in england like anne perry’s william monk and thomas pitt series. as for non-fiction, i’m more of a browser in that category or will read as much as i feel i need to – though, i do tend to hoard cookbooks…..btw, thank you for stopping by my site! i love kauai too for its lush green beauty – too bad the island is so small, but that’s part of it’s charm i guess….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:16:00 +0000

I like fiction, fiction, and more fiction. I think it comes from having to read so many engineering texts in college. I definitely am enriched by the stories I read. Most really do make me think about how the world and the people in it work.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:25:00 +0000

I’ve heard some people say that before and it just baffles me. I prefer fiction definitely but I do like to throw in a non-fiction book every now and then to shake things up. It makes me wonder if they’ve just not found the right sort of fiction – maybe historicals are for them or a good mystery, etc?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:51:00 +0000

Absolutely, Imani – I have never felt I’ve wasted my time when I’ve enjoyed a good book (fiction OR non fiction).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:50:00 +0000

Table Talk: Well said; and I agree – it takes all sorts to make the world go ’round *smiles*
Jill: I couldn’t agree more – I hate when people judge other people’s reading likes/dislikes. It *is* very personal…as it should be.
Wendy: *nods* There are times I just want good entertainment, and other times I’m seeking intellectual stimulation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:49:00 +0000

I’m another reader who prefers fiction. No pursuit in which humans are being creative and enjoying it can be considered a waste of time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:55:00 +0000

I prefer fiction to nonfiction, but I do enjoy a non-fiction book now and then. I think what constitutes a waste of time is relative. I imagine that not everyone would think reading a mystery or romance novel would be worth one’s time, and yet I think they serve their purpose in their own right. A person gets out of his or her reading what he or she puts into it. And there are a lot of reasons why people read what they do. Whether it’s to learn something, grow on a personal level and/or be entertained, there’s no right or wrong about it.
I was met with the same statement years ago by a woman who only read non-fiction. I don’t think what she realized was just how much truth and reality fiction does reveal to the reader.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:22:00 +0000

I don’t see how reading anything could be considered “a waste of time.” If you enjoy that genre, then you should go forth and conquer. Reading is such a personal thing – it frustrates me to read people being so judgemental about the reading choices someone makes.
I hope your chicken soup was yummy! =)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:05:00 +0000

I am definitely a fiction reader and I think it is, in the main, that it allows me to consider issues set apart from the real world by the creation of a fictional world. If they are too close to reality they become clouded by my subjective point of view – how does this affect me – whereas I can remain more distanced and, if the writer is good, see more than one side of an argument.
But, we’re not all the same, are we? One of my favourite writers is Helene Hanff, a writer of non-fiction who herself very rarely read fiction. It takes all sorts, thank goodness.