Michelle, that's correct for you, me, and a good portion of other people. I'm also very happy that the hype games that NYTR plays slide right off of you, because you know exactly what you desire. To borrow a sports term, you are "playing within yourself", not trying to become something you're not.
At the same time, lyssabits is right in that there are people who believe the hype that NYTR and literary fiction are promoting. They may be potential readers of genre fiction who instead parrot what they are told about the inferiority of genre fiction. It's a shame, really, because what's important is whether you enjoy what you read, not how important it is to read the right things. Books aren't kryptonite, and people shouldn't act like they are.
And that's not even getting into the argument about whether restrictions on reading from a political and/or religious viewpoint are valid either, which is a can of worms that could completely derail this thread.
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Date: 2010-08-31 08:58 am (UTC)At the same time,
And that's not even getting into the argument about whether restrictions on reading from a political and/or religious viewpoint are valid either, which is a can of worms that could completely derail this thread.