I've pushed my favorites on very close family or friends, but not generally. Probably because a friend in college gave me her absolute favorite book in the world and I hated it. It was decades ago, so not sure if I would still hate it, but not going to give it another chance. It was The Mangus by John Fowles. My vague memory was that I thought all the characters were sickos. Now I loved Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and they were all sickos, so my embrace of sicko characters may vary.
Other than a number of classics, the ones I recommend include
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
and
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
I would already know if that was the person's thing before I pushed them.
Loved a lot of classics including
As I Lay Dying,
and
Grapes of Wrath.
People ought to read lots of the classics!
If he's trying to make you read THAT you probably already understand him ... and don't think it's worth the time.
I was not so smart when I was 21.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
That's on my TBR list!
a friend in college gave me her absolute favorite book in the world and I hated it.
Freshman year of college, my roommate tried to get me to read Prince of Tides, but the cover made it look like a cheesy romance novel, and I was also not super open-minded as a lass of 18. I did eventually read it, I think the summer after freshman year, and I absolutely loved it. And my roommate has teased me about that—initially refusing to read it, but then loving it once I finally read it—ever since.
And even though I do still love Prince of Tides, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to people, because it falls squarely in the category of books I like to call "Holy Shit This Family Is Severely Fucked Up." And while I tend to like those books, I never assume other people will.
GUILTY eta: I just can't see that word enough
ON. ALL. 34. FUCKING. COUNTS.
And even though I do still love Prince of Tides, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to people, because it falls squarely in the category of books I like to call "Holy Shit This Family Is Severely Fucked Up." And while I tend to like those books, I never assume other people will.
For the three seconds before my phone list up with breaking news alerts, I did think Tom was responding oddly strongly to this.
Prince of Tides is good, but I wouldn't give it to everyone.
A little happier than I expected about this verdict.
I didn’t think it would be such a quick verdict!
