Is it possible to *not* have a favorite book?
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Is it possible to *not* have a favorite book?
I'm not going to say I've read an infinite amount of books in thirty years; however, I've read many, and many kinds, distributed amongst fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary, poetry and prose.
I can't pick.
I thought Animal Farm.
Then, I thought The Handmaid's Tale.
Then, for the longest time I thought, The Bell Jar, which I've reread the most. However, I tried to read it again, last year, and I just couldn't get into it---and I hadn't read it in like six or seven years.
Besides, I think our tastes change over the years, don't they?
Thoughts?
-Jess
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And yes, experiences change us (and our tastes) over the years. I only pray that mine will make me a much better person in the end.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with having or not having a favorite, and I do agree that our tastes change. Sometimes they change a lot.
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However... if I had to choose only one book... for example:
If I was in The British Library or the Library of Congress and say that for some reason the building, or world for that matter, was about to be destroyed (by man or nature) and I had to choose only one book to take, what would it be?
With certainty, I would be walking out with their biggest dictionary in my arm.
(Please dont ask what type...
I would not even go to the monolingual section! Just the English one is suffice.)
I would not even think or consider about anything else...
Not the best or biggest selling. Not even the oldest or most expensive...
I can live without the books of the famous or great authors,
but not the book that contains the greatest meaning of words.
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Yes. Our tastes so change and I also don't have one single favorite book per se.jkmalik wrote: ↑28 Jul 2019, 17:54 Is it possible you can love to read, be a complete and total "bookworm", but not have a favorite book or author?
I'm not going to say I've read an infinite amount of books in thirty years; however, I've read many, and many kinds, distributed amongst fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary, poetry and prose.
I can't pick.
I thought Animal Farm.
Then, I thought The Handmaid's Tale.
Then, for the longest time I thought, The Bell Jar, which I've reread the most. However, I tried to read it again, last year, and I just couldn't get into it---and I hadn't read it in like six or seven years.
Besides, I think our tastes change over the years, don't they?
Thoughts?
-Jess
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I actually don't have any one favorite.
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If I really enjoy a book, I'll buy a paper copy of it, not just an e-book, to make it easier to read again and again. That said, I still don't have a favourite out of the paper books on my physical shelf. I suspect if I ever did enjoy one more than another, then the next year it might be the other way around. I agree with what you said about tastes changing over the years.
So the closest thing I have to a favourite book is actually a bookshelf of paper books that I like a lot, which I suppose can be considered as my shortlist of my top all-time favourites. But I don't have one book that stands out among the others on that list.
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