tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post4231517833471655004..comments2023-07-17T11:47:52.463-04:00Comments on Pirate Penguin's Reads: discussion post: how your reading taste changes over time SLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061611122645753460noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-47441755839956464582014-06-30T23:35:55.749-04:002014-06-30T23:35:55.749-04:00LOL oh Melanie. We are getting older but we're...LOL oh Melanie. We are getting older but we're not old!!! <br /><br />I still love YA but I'm much more...what's the word... picky? about what I think is a good book now. Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-61704381002026377322014-06-30T23:34:45.166-04:002014-06-30T23:34:45.166-04:00I used to try to push through with books too but l...I used to try to push through with books too but life is too short to waste it on books that you don't care about! Also, you never know, you might even go back to a book even if you've DNFed it. <br /><br />Ah. I still love SHIVER but I have loved her later works even more. She seems to get better and better with each book :) <br /><br />Thank you for commenting!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-32234414691768281792014-06-30T14:00:32.815-04:002014-06-30T14:00:32.815-04:00Oh yeah. I've noticed that I like the age of t...Oh yeah. I've noticed that I like the age of the MC's to be the same age or a little older than me, which may be why I'm starting to read less YA. I first noticed this when an MC was talking about getting her driver's permit and I felt really, really old. :DMelaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140433918676433539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-11774470771044851172014-06-30T00:29:45.697-04:002014-06-30T00:29:45.697-04:00My book tastes have definitely changed, in a sense...My book tastes have definitely changed, in a sense that I am just a lot pickier with my book choices today. Before I would have stayed with a book even if I was getting bored with it. Now I can't be bothered! I remember sort of liking Shiver by Maggie S. before, but today, I don't think I would be interested in it at all. I recently did a donate-pile as well, and it's interesting how the titles got in there.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629286727932554109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-47478882666003563952014-06-28T12:20:03.980-04:002014-06-28T12:20:03.980-04:00Is it just me or has paranormal YA or paranormal i...Is it just me or has paranormal YA or paranormal in general taken a nose dive?? I remember that I used to love them too but now not so much. Hah! But hey, your feelings were genuine once. :)<br /><br />Sebastian is all that is needed. Love that man ♥<br /> Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-7045286620972163102014-06-28T07:41:55.712-04:002014-06-28T07:41:55.712-04:00THIS.
I too am looking back on books I loved a f...THIS. <br /><br />I too am looking back on books I loved a few years ago and wondering why I liked them so much and embarrassed by how much I professed to love them back then. It was mostly all that YA paranormal romance nonsense.<br /><br />I've reread Devil in Winter like half a million times and it's always just as good as the initial read....because....Sebastian. Laura @ A Jane of All Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543791973035448627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-86790528048190077952014-06-28T05:30:06.682-04:002014-06-28T05:30:06.682-04:00Yes!!! Evermore is another good example. I only re...Yes!!! Evermore is another good example. I only read the first book in that series and I think my review for it was positive but now I look back going ugh, no, what was I thinking? <br /><br />Thank you, Kristen :)Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-26257934354184521062014-06-28T05:28:19.513-04:002014-06-28T05:28:19.513-04:00I'm starting to reread more too now that I'...I'm starting to reread more too now that I'm letting myself lol. I used to reread more before I had the blog but since I'm not actively looking for more review books and such, I can go back to my old ways. Anyway, I agree with that saying! It's absolutely true and a variation of what my professor was saying all that time ago.<br /><br />Omg, don't get me started on the great and terrible beauty books. I've since accepted the ending but I will immediately start ranting about it!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-3639063656851577812014-06-28T03:10:06.449-04:002014-06-28T03:10:06.449-04:00It's funny that you decided to take up this to...It's funny that you decided to take up this topic because I've been thinking a lot about cleaning my shelves because i got books crawling all over the place and its getting to be a little out of control. <br /><br />I actually re-read a lot, so I keep in touch with books I read 5 or even 10 years ago, yet with those books I just read once and then I try to pick up again, I'm often stuck with how uninteresting I find them later on, like "Really? I was excited about this?"<br />I usually still like them but sometimes I really wonder what I saw in those books to begin with - This happens to me a lot with say, Maureen Johnson for example, and I own almost all of her books, but when I pick them up again, I just don't care; Heck, I've been trying to find a good home for my Great and Terrible Beauty books for years because I just see them there, taking space and I never feel like reading them again. <br /><br />And it makes me a little sad but I came to terms a long time ago that, as the saying goes, we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Though the really good stuff, the things that speak to you at a fundamental level? I Think those stay, no matter how many years pass, maybe you see them in a different light but they still linger somewhere. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-4638656907714916342014-06-27T20:35:45.461-04:002014-06-27T20:35:45.461-04:00This is so me. I read Alyson Noel's Evermore a...This is so me. I read Alyson Noel's Evermore about 10 years ago and LOVED it. I reread it probably 2-3 years ago and wondered what I had liked so much about it. I definitely think our expectations of books grow with us, I love this post. Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089936646594784828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-63597221943813982792014-06-27T19:46:50.001-04:002014-06-27T19:46:50.001-04:00*CLUTCHES HEART* I could never imagine a future wi...*CLUTCHES HEART* I could never imagine a future without YA!!! <br /><br />But I understand--we all have different tastes and are in different stages of our lives. <br /><br />I hope your kids love YA so that you can fall back in love with it! There are some amazing additions to the genre :)Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-86365586611748911012014-06-27T19:30:57.811-04:002014-06-27T19:30:57.811-04:00YES! This is so me too.
I've noticed it happ...YES! This is so me too. <br /><br />I've noticed it happens after major life changing events. For example: I used to adore YA. Like adore. Now I can barely tolerate it. That changed when I became a mama. Totally unforeseen. But who knows, one day when my kids are teenagers I may love YA again. <br /><br />So yah I totally feel ya.Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-77856564214719159322014-06-27T19:17:55.945-04:002014-06-27T19:17:55.945-04:00Good point about the getting saturated with a genr...Good point about the getting saturated with a genre vs growing out of a certain book. <br /><br />I haven't read enough angel books to be tired of them so I don't have anything to compare HUSH, HUSH to. I do have Cynthia Hand's UNEARTHLY on my bookshelf so that may change in the future. <br /><br />LOL. Nora was a little foolish but I think back then I was more willing to forgive MCs who put themselves in dangerous situations for x, y or z. Now I'm not so lenient. Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-66224182312083319222014-06-27T19:05:38.469-04:002014-06-27T19:05:38.469-04:00I think I'd probably have similar feelings abo...I think I'd probably have similar feelings about some books, though I'm not sure if it's as much about "outgrowing" books as it is about getting saturated with a particular genre and becoming more discerning as a result.<br /><br />When <i>Hush, Hush</i> came out, it was one of the first angel books (well, that I'd read, anyway). I gave it four stars, even though I thought the main character was too stupid to live. I thought the angel concept was new and fresh and interesting.<br /><br />Fast forward a few years, and I've read a number of other angel books. Some have been worse than <i>Hush, Hush</i>... but some have been better. The concept doesn't seem that unique anymore. A book with a premise like <i>Hush, Hush</i> would have to be something pretty special to come out on top... and it just isn't that special anymore.La Coccinellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118313017081994087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-16570652028031754112014-06-27T18:43:52.608-04:002014-06-27T18:43:52.608-04:00I never read Frankenstein in high school so I feel...I never read Frankenstein in high school so I feel like I missed out! Thank you for sharing your reading experience with Mary Shelley's classic. :) <br /><br />And I am with you about YA lit. It will never waver for me either ♥ Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119179764394966859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187739559904585581.post-55018070778863800652014-06-27T18:20:44.729-04:002014-06-27T18:20:44.729-04:00I absolutely hated Frankenstein in high school whe...I absolutely hated Frankenstein in high school when we read it. When I read it again in college a few years later, I loved it and felt that I was at a place in my life where I was able to appreciate the aesthetic that Mary Shelley created. There are some books that I don't think I will ever learn to love or even like, nor will my love of YA lit. ever waver. :)Devan @ Book Stringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692881238773953392noreply@blogger.com