Top 5 Wednesday is a goodreads group that responds to bookish prompts each week.
This week’s topic:
March 15th: Book Intimidation
There are books we are super eager to read and then others that we keep putting off reading because of how they intimidate us. What are five books you’re intimidated to start or finish?
It doesn’t get much more classic than The IliadThis has been on my shelf for a long time. I just don’t gravitate to nonfiction that often.I love Stephen King’s writing, but am always hesitant with horror because my scare threshold is low.I’ve heard such mixed reviews of this one, I’m afraid it might ruin The Hunger Games for me. Part of me is afraid this will ruin reading for pleasure for me. Sometimes, I don’t want to read between the lines, I just want to enjoy the surface.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor was a more enjoyable read than I expected it to be. I can see your point of just wanting to read for pleasure, but for me it has made some of the more dense or complicated books more enjoyable.
I also read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes hesitantly, and it was wild. While it didn’t ruin The Hunger Games for me, your concern is certainly valid and I don’t blame you at all!
How to Read Literature Like a Professor was a more enjoyable read than I expected it to be. I can see your point of just wanting to read for pleasure, but for me it has made some of the more dense or complicated books more enjoyable.
I also read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes hesitantly, and it was wild. While it didn’t ruin The Hunger Games for me, your concern is certainly valid and I don’t blame you at all!