I appreciate book series like Harry Potter and the Hunger Games because I see them as a young person's gateway into decent literature. They're by no means highbrow stuff (I call them "Hollywood literature"), but they're not mind-numbingly stupid either, and they're exciting enough to keep an otherwise easily-distracted teen engrossed.
The unfortunate thing is that the threshold for quality is just getting lower and lower. Case in point: Twilight, 50 Shades of Bullshit, etc. Stupid sells well, though...
I'm sick of hearing about 50 shades of grey, it is so poorly written I'm surprised it was even able to get published. I read a fair bit of women's erotica and it just doesn't measure up against the top books of the genre.
IIN to have been depressed when I wasn't reading the Hunger Games?
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I appreciate book series like Harry Potter and the Hunger Games because I see them as a young person's gateway into decent literature. They're by no means highbrow stuff (I call them "Hollywood literature"), but they're not mind-numbingly stupid either, and they're exciting enough to keep an otherwise easily-distracted teen engrossed.
The unfortunate thing is that the threshold for quality is just getting lower and lower. Case in point: Twilight, 50 Shades of Bullshit, etc. Stupid sells well, though...
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I'm sick of hearing about 50 shades of grey, it is so poorly written I'm surprised it was even able to get published. I read a fair bit of women's erotica and it just doesn't measure up against the top books of the genre.