Let Me Ponder My Response To This

[redbrunja]

''Few men work in book publishing, so there are few supporters in the industry for books that men in particular might like, causing fewer such books to be published or promoted and finally leading men to think that books are not for them.''

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate how that's true. And am rather proud that for much of my elementary and HS years, I refused to read any book that didn't have a strong female secondary character, if not a female protagonist.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Didn't you have to read books that were required for the curriculum, like Julius Caesar or A Tale of Two Cities? The way my school works, we have books that are units in class, and then we have personal reading on top of that.

However, it does annoy me that we haven't read a single book with a female protagonist since 7th grade. I love A Tale of Two Cities, but I can't believe that there isn't a single strong female protagonist that is worth time in a HS class.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I did have assigned reading and I wasn't talking about that - I was speaking of what I read for pleasure.

However, it does annoy me that we haven't read a single book with a female protagonist since 7th grade. I love A Tale of Two Cities, but I can't believe that there isn't a single strong female protagonist that is worth time in a HS class.

Oh, that is epic fail.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Just keep rereading Island of the Blue Dolphins and hope the pain goes away.