Books

[naath]

Books read recently:
The Forest House by MZB (later printings call it "Forests of Avalon"); one of the prequels to "Mists of Avalon". Part of my "re-read ALL THE BOOKS" project (it's not going so well). I used to really love (most of) this series; but I don't think it stands up so well to re-reading now I'm older and more atheist and less enthralled by the fact that it has OMG WOMEN CHARACTERS in it than when I was younger. To say that "Mists of Avalon" was a favourite of mine as a teen might be to rather understate the case; I'm not sure I'm looking forward to re-reading it tbh as I very much doubt it still has the appeal it used to have.

Nethergate by Norah Lofts. I picked this one up in the gym's charity book sale; kinda OK historical-fiction. Not that interesting. Going right back to the charity book sale...

Comments

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

I haven't reread Wuthering Heights as an adult. I loved it when I was 13, but I have a lot less patience for endless angsty doom now,so I expect I might get irritated rather than enjoy it.

[sath.livejournal.com]

There are lots of books I read and loved only 2 or 3 years ago that wouldn't stand up to re-reading now. I find my tastes change and become more demanding not necessarily over time, but definately in relation to how many books I've read.

(Especially if it was a genre or sub-genre that was relatively new to me at the time - I think I end up loving the first ones I read no matter how awful the quality..)

[naath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, often I go back to something and think "this was so cool when I first saw it but actually other people have done the same thing better". I don't think that's so much the case here - more a matter of when I was going through a wicca phase as a teen this sort of book really resonated with where I was right at that time. And now... I'm not. So it all seems a bit trite.