OK so I'm a technical guy. When I'm not reading engineering books I'm reading factual history books. I find that it fills my life with more pertinant information and I just find it more interesting.
My girlfriend, on the other hand, is still technical (she's a chemist) but she's real big on the fiction reading. But she hates any of the 'best-sellers.' She calls any sort of thriller book 'trash' and constantly reads more intellectual books than what I would read if I were to read fiction (i.e, I would read Clancy). I actually refused to tell her that I started to read Without Remorse over this break. But to be honest the book just doesn't interest me. I fail to see why reading fiction is considered to be as important as it is given the amount of emphasis it has. It seems to be an ivory tower thing and not really useful for those that don't live in one. Granted, I know that if I did read more literature I would be a better writer than I am now, but that's besides the point because I don't write much outside message boards and technical documentation. Even in high school, I just read spark notes to get by my english classes, and never really took any interest in any of the literature that we were assigned to read. I understand that literature has more of a value than most of the thrillers that are sold today, but neither can hold my attention for the amount of time required......
My girlfriend, on the other hand, is still technical (she's a chemist) but she's real big on the fiction reading. But she hates any of the 'best-sellers.' She calls any sort of thriller book 'trash' and constantly reads more intellectual books than what I would read if I were to read fiction (i.e, I would read Clancy). I actually refused to tell her that I started to read Without Remorse over this break. But to be honest the book just doesn't interest me. I fail to see why reading fiction is considered to be as important as it is given the amount of emphasis it has. It seems to be an ivory tower thing and not really useful for those that don't live in one. Granted, I know that if I did read more literature I would be a better writer than I am now, but that's besides the point because I don't write much outside message boards and technical documentation. Even in high school, I just read spark notes to get by my english classes, and never really took any interest in any of the literature that we were assigned to read. I understand that literature has more of a value than most of the thrillers that are sold today, but neither can hold my attention for the amount of time required......
