I Don't Believe In A Room With That Many Stienbeck Fans

[redbrunja]

So, for my editing and publishing class we had to write a letter about our personal reading and writing tastes.... and while a lot of people mentioned the trashy books they loved as children (seriously, I think loving horrible books is part of growing up), each one was sure to list the books they liked now, all of which were the kind of books you would never be embarrassed about to be caught reading in public (with one bonus diss at fanfic, just for kicks).

Which, given my genre tastes, made me really sad. Seriously, am I the only person who didn't grow into reading classy books?

This week's fannish5 :

Name your five favorite fictional kids.

5.) Bailey, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

4.) Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family.

3.) The Listener, Legend of the Seeker.

2.) Scout Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird.

1.) The Archive. (Ivy! How are you so awesome, little Miss Badass?)

Comments

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

I think, especially in a class where people seem to want to be editors or somehow involved in publication (which the class title seems to lead one to believe) there is a certain... persona these people might feel they and/or certain books will project. As if liking "classy" books equates being classy oneself. I'm sure these people probably do like many of the books mentioned but I also think it might be a case of wishing to appear a certain way that no one mentions less-than-"classy." Ironically, I would think liking diverse types of books would make you/the jobs you look at in the publishing world more diverse to. But then, who knows....?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I do thing there is an element of wanting to present yourself a certain way. The second day we did this (today) there was a much broader range of tastes being mentioned and I think people were being more honest.