This is it I think. I picked up numerous, numerous books from the library this year and returned most unread or after the first few pages. No guilt as well. So I am in Stage 6 of this graph by cartoonist Grant Snider. Again actually.
Most were fiction of different genres like YA, romcom. I just couldn't plod through them. Story line wise I could predict them, or couldn't bear to feel those mundane ones ; the been-there-done-that ones. But its also about some of the authors. They have nothing new to offer - either in terms of story, or sub-plots or presentation or even language. Like they say in vernacular - everyone is getting published now.
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| Stages of the Reader (by Grant Snider) |
With that, I might have to shift to non-fiction big time. And also reshuffle my time to be able to focus on those book; given that NF needs more focus than interesting Fic. I have a handy list of authors I want to read further; I just need to create a schedule for order & read.
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet - by Pamela Paul
When I picked up the book, I assumed it would be a text version of that meme picture - shows camera, calendar, alarm clock, boombox etc on a table, all objects which got replaced by Smartphone.
But this book was much more than that. It has 2-3 page essays on numerous social and individual behaviors and traits that have changed with the spread of smartphone and apps.
I ended up buying a copy of this book.
For the First Time, Again (2023) - by Sylvain Neuvel
Last in the Trilogy and a neat finish to it. In appendix, he added the much needed list of all 200+ Kibsu, coz I was mulling over them. They were short but captivating portion of the novels. And a bonus chapter which ties this trilogy to the other one.
Basically I have read all 6 of his books in 2 years.
Did I say, SN is my fav recent sci-fi writer.
God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee – by Michaele Weissman
That was interesting non-fiction, all about coffee giving a tour from the specialty coffee shops in US to their sourcing from South America and Africa. Characters were the author and the coffee owners & distributors she travelled with to the different continents for auctions.
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