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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Every tried Aldous Huxley? I was stunned at his writing style. I remember thinking........."Now THIS is writing!"
"Visual storytelling" A nice phrase.........but is it reading?
I looked up the book "Maus".....the subject matter is serious, worthy of writing about. Perhaps the author feels he can reel in more readers, younger readers thru the artwork. I don't know.
Are graphic novels considered junk food or nutritious food in Henry Hazletts mind?
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Loved "Brave New World." And the Maus series was phenomenal. I thought it was a really interesting way to deal with the Holocaust.
I read mostly fluff, but try to squeeze in non-fluff. I guess sometimes guilt gets to me, but mostly I really do enjoy reading non-fluff. For years I wouldn't read classics, since I had a bad taste in my mouth from high school. But now I'm older and am able to appreciate books like "Brave New World," so it was worth it.
I mentioned this in another thread, but I'd like to point it out here. Normally I have no problem with what people read, ever. But recently someone who titled themselves "a romance guru" at their bookstore tried to friend me on goodreads. I did a compare books and found two things. One, there's no way she was a romance guru. I've read many many romance books and we barely had anything in common. Two, she had given Gena Showalter (who I adore, by the way) five stars, but gave 1984 three stars. Now I know that I rate books within the genre, so 4 stars in romance will be different from four stars in classics, but
come on, three stars for 1984? I just didn't get it. So I denied that request.