My sort of ex was horrified that I read the Stephanie Plum books. He felt slightly better when I explained I buy them from the bargain bin. :)
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:38 am PDT #8381 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
shrift - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:53 am PDT #8382 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Sometimes reading preferences reveal a deep philosphical difference and they've been a canary in a coal mine for me.
I read a lot and majored in English, but even so, there are loads of books that I haven't actually read. I think I'd be pretty angry if someone judged me unworthy.
Breaking up with someone because they've never heard of Pushkin? Ugh. I do not truck with that kind of elitism.
Unless you happen to be a Pushkin scholar and have told your significant other all about Pushkin, only to have your SO turn around and say, "Who is this Pushkin fellow?" Then I think perhaps that there are grounds.
Laga - Mar 31, 2008 9:50:20 am PDT #8383 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I suppose if I found out my lover thought The Celestine Prophecy was the best book ever written I might consider breaking it off with them.
Trudy Booth - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:30 am PDT #8384 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Would you break up with someone who read something too lowbrow?
Only if they never ever stopped talking about it.
Sean K - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:32 am PDT #8385 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think I'd draw the line at thinking the Left Behind books are the pinnacle of literature, but outside of that I'd like to think I'm open minded.
meara - Mar 31, 2008 9:52:27 am PDT #8386 of 10001
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Considering the trashy romances and scifi I read, I don't think I'd have a leg to stand on. I'd just be thrilled if I was dating someone who liked to read!!
flea - Mar 31, 2008 9:53:16 am PDT #8387 of 10001
information libertarian
mr. flea probably reads two books a year. Plus a lot of Scientific Americans and some New Yorkers (and, of course, tons of kiddie books.)
I pretty much read nonfiction and mysteries and romance, and have done for maybe 10 years. I have to read Suite Francaise for book club for next month, and I'm kind of afraid.
Kat - Mar 31, 2008 9:53:21 am PDT #8388 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Steph, I totally get where you are coming from. It's not the consumption of the lowbrow, but thinking that it's quality would be the issue.
(says the girl who loves to read Jodi Picoult).
beekaytee - Mar 31, 2008 9:54:04 am PDT #8389 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
The Celestine Prophecy
What am amazing phenomenon of popularity vs. horrible writing evah.
Jessica - Mar 31, 2008 9:55:05 am PDT #8390 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not for that alone, but those choices can be telling enough of other issues that they should not be ignored.
So very much this.
I think the problem I have is that I think of books as short hand for other aspects of one's personality.
And this.
I also think that if you are a person who believes either of these things, you will probably not get along (in a long-term relationship) with someone who does not, because you're going to be approaching the media you consume in such vastly different ways as to make conversation difficult.