I love reading, as if that would be a surprise.
In another Pods of Thought blog I mentioned that my tastes in reading material have changed lately. I used to enjoy the Best Sellers list, checking out everything I could from the library in the summer. Of course when my daughters were little, library visits were a regular thing, and we all came home with our arms full of delightful books to read on a hot summer day, under the trees in the back yard.
Now I read SOME of the Best Sellers, but only if a friend recommends one. I am drifting more to biographies, historical based fiction, and inspirational/motivational books. When I visit Barnes and Noble, I glance at the NEW IN FICTION tables, but I spend most of my time of the right side of the main aisle in the Lafayette store.
Why the change? Just as many of you are noticing, as you grow older and more mature, you have a deeper appreciation for different styles of writing. Many of you are exploring authors and titles that you may have scoffed at during your high school years. Reading through more mature eyes, with an adult mind and heart, makes a difference. Perspective changes. Situations may seem clearer.
What is at the top of the My Library list on my Nook?
Gap Creek ( by Robert Morgan - a Free Friday selection last week)
A Confident Heart (by Renee Swope for my online Bible study)
Made to Crave (by Lisa TerKeurst - another book from Proverbs 31 Ministries that I am readying)
Summer of Fire (by Lisa Jacobs about the Yellowstone National Park fires few years ago, interest caught because a former high school student was one of the firefighters and two other friends work at the Park each fall)
Good reading...different from what I read five-ten years ago.
How have your reading interests changed?
Common Sense
14 years ago
I grew up reading Stephen King books. My cousin and I would read them together often, at home in our own beds. We'd talk about them the next day, going over and over the best parts. After his car accident, his style of writing changed. Perhaps, it was even before that. I remember hearing that his horror books now scared him.
ReplyDeleteIronically, the older I've gotten, the less tolerant I am of being scared as well. While I was never one for scary movies myself (always had to watch with a pillow on my lap so I could quickly cover my face), I attribute it quite possibly to motherhood as well. I never wanted my kids scared, and as a parent, real-life events caused new threats to emerge. Parenthood was the only real thing that mattered.
I now read Joyce Meyers, Dean Koontz (some of them, but not if they make me fearful), other Christian writers whose name I cannot remember simply because I haven't had my coffee yet. Perhaps my reading material has changed because I am a single parent. Regardless, for me, I believe that what you read reflects your beliefs and your interests.