Why don't you trust our taste? Why do you keep seeking opinions of others in fear you're somehow wrong? "If everyone loves that book, why don't I like it? I should like it. Surely I missed something. There must be something there that ought to get me thrilled." But there isn't a thing and you push yourself to turn pages but you know you're not in it.
SET THE DAMN BOOK ASIDE.
I don't know how long it will take me to learn this lesson.
TRUST YOUR TASTE, KSENIA.
Read MoreYou know that feeling you get when you read a fantastic book and it gives you shivers? When every page you turn makes you want to read more and more, and every sentence is so bloody good you want to read it twice and when you get to the end you're devastated the book is over? I have been pondering about this lately, having recently read three books that took my breath away, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway and THE RITUAL by Adam Nevill and CRUDDY by Lynda Barry, and having dug up more information on all authors and having read this interview with Adam Nevill and having put WHAT IT IS by Lynda Barry (a book on her creative method) and Hemingway's ON WRITING on hold at the library, and all this pondering led me to write this post.
What was it so special about these books that got me?
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