They say that you should never judge a book by it's cover.Then, how exactly should we judge a book?
I think we need ratings on books. I don't really care how we rate them. It can be the same rating system we have for movies: G, PG, PG-13, R. Or we can use the system used by some cable television systems: V(violence), S(sexual content), L(language).
Whatever I need a rating to tell me if the book has bad language. There is some language that I find offensive. I need a rating to tell me about sexual content. I do not need to know all the details!! Some books are almost pornographic in their descriptions. Yet we are not warned ahead of time!
I hate to spend money on a book only to find out later that it should have had an "R" rating on the cover! I have thrown away more than a few books because of their content. (I don't donate them because I don't want to subject others to things that are offensive to me!) So.....being that books don't come with ratings...how do we decide which ones are 'safe' so to speak?
I am currently looking for a 'new author'. I tend to find authors that I enjoy, and then read everything they've ever written until I run out and have to start my search again.
I like Clive Cussler, Dick Francis, David Baldacci, Robin Cook.
Please tell me some of your favorite authors. If I don't find something soon, it's going to be a L-O-N-G summer!
3 comments:
I'm assuming you've read all the Vince Flynn books, I haven't but everyone else has. My favorite book of all time is by Nancy Turner and it is called "These is my Words" . I also love "The number one lady's detective agency" By Alexander McCall Smith his books are funny, entertaining and a delight to read. No gore like Robin Cook. If you like historical fiction I've read a few books by Lisa See she writes about China. I always ask Katie for book ideas since she is a librarian, she has good ideas. I have lots more good ones, if interested.
GoodReads is my best source for new literature to read. You can sign in to see what your friends have read & how they rate a book. Then you can read other peoples' reviews to see if anyone says, "And the bad part on page 29 really made me mad."
And usually if Oprah has recommended something, I run the other direction.
Liz,
As a mystery lover, you probably know of P.D. James, but if you don't, you have several summers of wonderful reading ahead of you.
smiles,
rb
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