And I’m still reading each one hoping it will hook me so I HAVE to read it. I’m still going to support my fellow indie authors by reading and reviewing the books that appeal to me. New books, new authors who know how to engage readers. These books weren’t like, “Well, I guess I can read a little now.” They were like, “I’ve GOT to read. Trevor pulled me into his life completely. But then I remembered some books I’ve read lately. But a good romance should, don’t you think? Am I not still a woman? Is my heart not still beating? Last time I checked, yes to both.įor a little while I thought, well, it’s just me, I’m jaded. Somethings just don’t get to me like they used to the old been there done that. Like I said earlier, I’ve been around the library stacks quite a few times, and around the proverbial block. And the movie doesn’t do enough to make me want to stop what I’m doing, so I don’t. Kind of like watching a movie while doing something else and realizing I’m getting enough of the story to know what’s happening so I don’t have to stop what I’m going to focus. The characters experience something, but not deeply enough to pass on to me. I don’t feel the loneliness of the protagonists before they meet the one, or the elation or the frustration when they do. Because that’s sort of what I write.Īnd most aren’t satisfying. So, I’ve been reading contemporary romance. But I try to leave a review, especially if there are not many posted. I kind of hate to admit, as a person who would love to live by my writing one day, that I get most of my books for free. Romances are easy to come by on Kindle for free. They tend to think the same things over and over. They’re just not deep enough, three-dimensional enough, not emotionally there enough. It’s not that I don’t like them as…people. I don’t care as much as I would like about the protagonist. Unfortunately, I’m find a common flaw with many of the books I’m reading. These days I’m reading my indie-author peers quite a bit. And L’Engle, Leguin, And of course there are many more that escape my memory. I tend to gravitate toward the classics and literary contemporary books of various genres. I adore bookstores, especially used bookstores where I can afford to buy something. I’ve been reading on my own for 50 years. It’s that last bullet that I think about the most. Lots of writing fails to draw me in and engage me with the characters.I can more easily recognize and explain what I don’t like about books.I better appreciate a well turned phrase more.I can more easily recognize and explain what I like about books.Being a writer has ch anged the way I read books.
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