Give me your book recs!

[threemeninaboat]

Last night I started a book that was listed on the "Best Young Adult Fiction" list. I lasted 3 pages (The Poison something or another). "I can't believe how much this sucks."

I try to read fiction so I don't totally turn into my father. But I mostly dislike fiction.
I also try to read books that are popular with my patients (no, not twilight) or ones that I think they might like so I can recommend them.

Maybe I'll just go back to reading the banned book list, but they are such a bummer. Slaughterhouse Five and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Cripes.

Suggestions?

Comments

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

Well... let's just break it down to, "how is your father like, in relation to this topic, that you are trying to avoid."

Dad hates fiction. Won't read it.

I want to like fiction, I do like a bit. I wish I liked more but I have a hard time with imaginary and unrealistic concepts.

I have to mull this over more. I am hungry and not sure what I mean.

[vagabondesque.livejournal.com]

I merely meant, is your dad a history or true-crime buff that ends up seeming unimaginative and not very creative, and maybe that's why you're trying to avoid turning out like him? ;0)

I love history, for example, but sometimes I find that I love historical fiction better, because it feeds the reader information in easy-to-swallow and attractive bits and requires me to fact-check on my own, which leads to better lines of inquiry and research. Straight non-fiction history can be dry and boring and often presents too much information without imaginative framing.