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As human beings, our tastes change, sometimes on a daily basis. I do not expect to eat a pastrami sandwich everyday, so I switch to vegetarian, soups, casseroles, cereals, etc., on other days.
The same seems to apply with books, after glancing through this thread. I can be awed by Faulkner, James Lee Burke, Thomas Pynchon, and other "great" writers. But, then I have to put their books down, and read more accessible books from Elmore Leonard, Lawrence Block, Walter Mosley, etc. Even raunchier books by Jim Thompson and Bill Pronzini are needed when the mood calls for them. I wish our e-readers had a synopsis of the previous six chapters, when we hop from book to book.
Last but not least, I feel sorrow for the huge numbers of authors whose books are placed in Kindle Unlimited's vast library. I do tend to skim over these novels much more than I do with purchased books, or Overdrive books that I have been waiting months to borrow.
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