Assuming none of us are reading for classes anymore, and therefore choose what we want to read, we're reading solely to entertain ourselves in any given frame of mind.
Except that's not always the case. There are plenty of people out there who do things because they believe it's expected of them. Reading the NYT reviews is part of it --and the NYT's commercials on satellite channels like A&E and Bravo highlight their implicit superiority-- and people who want to fit into certain social strata may feel the need to pick up literary novels for reasons other than entertainment. Reading for entertainment is simply one reason among many, and people don't always read with fun in mind.
(Disclaimer: this is not me I'm describing. I'm more like you, Michelle, in that I really don't care what people think of my reading habits. I read what I like to read, and there's no snootiness involved iwth that at all.)
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Date: 2010-08-31 04:14 am (UTC)Except that's not always the case. There are plenty of people out there who do things because they believe it's expected of them. Reading the NYT reviews is part of it --and the NYT's commercials on satellite channels like A&E and Bravo highlight their implicit superiority-- and people who want to fit into certain social strata may feel the need to pick up literary novels for reasons other than entertainment. Reading for entertainment is simply one reason among many, and people don't always read with fun in mind.
(Disclaimer: this is not me I'm describing. I'm more like you, Michelle, in that I really don't care what people think of my reading habits. I read what I like to read, and there's no snootiness involved iwth that at all.)