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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
Hmm... I guess my standards are more subjective. When I am going through a large selection of books, online, at a bookstore, at the library, whatever, I am trying to find a book that I am sufficiently interested in, to buy it. I am not very much interested in rating the books by some measure of their "Quality", just if the book might be fun to read or provide useful information. Imperfection is not an issue. Relative measures like "Mediocrity" effect me, not at all. I certainly would like it if the majority of "mediocre" ebooks were ones that I enjoy. It must be very limiting, if the only books you want to read are the few (by definition) "Extraordinary" books that you can find.
I wonder if, for some of you, your motto might be: "Life is too short to ENJOY a mediocre book!"
Luck;
Ken
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I don't know if mediocre is the right word. I enjoy a good plot and good writing, I enjoy an exciting story, witty dialogue, or characters that I can relate to in some way. I also like books that are based in different cultures, different times where I gain a little bit of insight or knowledge.
It is a rare book that has all of these factors but there are quite a few with several of them. Probably I enjoy a lot of what you term as mediocre, and occasionally I fall upon a rare gem, that is so good I get endorphin rush while anticipating reading the rest of it or more works by this author.
Strangely there are some books that I would term mediocre if I was to examine them for literary merit or even for the things that I listed above, that I get a really good feeling anticipating reading them and of course in the reading itself. and vice versa.
I like the majority of books I read, even those found at a bus stop, and that is enough for me.
Helen