Yesterday I started writing a blog about reading, my love for it and what books I am reading. I reread what I was writing and said to myself,' Wow that's boring.' So now I start over again.
I spend a lot of time reading and thinking about reading and writing. Probably more than I should, and surely more than your average person. I love reading for many reasons. I think you absorb a little of a persons point of view when you read a book. Whether you agree with it or not I think it is good to see life from multiple angles, and think about what you saw.
Reading is my main way of recharging. I pick one of several I am reading at any one time, sit down and jump in, fiction, non fiction, doesn't matter. If I don't want to exert myself too much I pick up a comic(so called Graphic Novels), if I feel like a challenge I pick up a 'classic'. I usually find classics to be hard to get into, and more word to get thru, but they tend to have more to them in terms of content, sometimes. Occasionally they are simply garbage (Naked Lunch, anyone). Anything 20th century or after is usually not too bad.
I must say one thing tho. If I don't like the book in the first two chapters I stop and don't bother with the rest. I am very picky about my reading time, I don't like wasting it on trash.
More on reading later. At the moment I HIGHLY recommend a book called The Book of Absolutes by William Gairdner. Every time I open this one I am blown away.
Peace
Don't worry about whether other people find your blog interesting or not unless you're trying to monetize it. Write a blog with stuff that *YOU* are interested in as the contents. If others find it interesting as well, that's a bonus.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I used to read a whole lot. I had the master bedroom in my two-bedroom apartment arranged with two walls being my desk and workbench (for computer stuff) and two walls being filled literally from floor to ceiling with books. And I had the walk-in closet of the master bedroom also filled with books. And the other master bedroom closet filled with games.
ReplyDeleteOh how the mighty have fallen. :(
Chris, your writing is definitely not boring. Like you said, it's a person's point of view. Trust me..you're not boring.
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