Now, before y'all get yourselves all hussied up, let me explain the title of this post. I, actually, proudly announce myself as an avid bookworm -- it's one of the first talking points that comes up in any conversation I have. Unfortunately, the genres of books that I prefer to stock my personal library with don't always come across as "legitimate" enough for me to be called so. Yes, I'm talking about series like "The Hunger Games", "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", and my personal favorite, "The WaterFire Saga". So these are all young adult fiction, and so these are looked down upon by many in the literature world. However, I also quite enjoy the classics -- all they have to do is appeal to my particular tastes. For example, Jane Austen was truly a goddess among women (even sharing a personality type with me, INTJ), and I barely consider myself worthy to trace the leafs of any Nathaniel Hawthorne novel. But on the opposite side of the coin, there are authors like Charles Dickens, a truly brilliant man, but whose plotlines and style of writing fail to pique my interest for more than a few pages, or until I can convince myself to read far enough for it to grab me. While I may be judged for this, I must say that I consider myself very well-read in many genres, but these are just my personal favorites.
And, yes, this was all inspired by the fact that we are currently reading "A Tale of Two Cities" in British Lit. :/
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