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Since “Inspiration” is (or should be) the theme this week--what is your reading inspired by?My Response:
I love learning and I like to learn while I read. When I stumble upon a book that has an interesting story line, believable characters, and information that I had not known prior reading, I am inspired. Learning new things makes me smile.
As a caveat, I must say that profanity and graphic sex turn me off. I actually threw a book in the trash can after I read only one page and found it full of the famous f-word. I don't need to fill my brain with garbage. You've heard, "What goes in, must come out." I intend to protect what goes in.
I appreciate reading to experience problem-solving, distant lands, diverse cultures, and the goodness of God in man. I revel in books that make me THINK. I enjoy books with happy endings. The best moments are when I close the cover of a well-written novel and sigh, hoping that author writes again.
What is your reading inspired by?
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that's a nice answer. you got a nice giveaway here, unfortunately i reside in the philippines.
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I so agree with you on happy endings. It makes me feel content as opposed to reading a novel with a sad ending.
Lovely answer. I always enjoy the books with the happy endings the best.
Happy Thursday!
Being protective to what goes in is the right measure to control the output. Me too would totally ended-up my reading when I found the 'f' word.
Have a blessed Thursday!
I have problems with books that include a lot of graphic sex and profanity, too. And violence. I just don't read them. I suppose I might have been more tolerant of such things when I was younger. But I've grown up and these days I really prefer to read books that don't "fill my brain with garbage."
I agree. I also like to learn.
Simply wonderful.
I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only reading "censor"... I don't read stuff with a lot of course language, either -- there's some I'll tolerate, but there's much that I won't. People call me a "prude" because of this, but ya know, it's my right to choose what I want to "put in" and what I won't allow. ;)
Good answer! Thanks! ;)
Great answer! I agree about the profanity and graphic ***. I can't stand it and won't read it, either.
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I'm not bothered by sex or language in books, but I like books with well-developed characters too.
I'm with you!
http://www.readingtoknow.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_22.html
I think it's good to protect what goes in.
I like your answer.
I have only thrown one book away, and that was because it had such a twisted and perverse take on Christianity that I thought it belonged in the garbage. (It was a self-published book that in addition was not well written.)
I agree with the garbage in, garbage out. I'd rather not fill my head with those things.
I agree about books that make me think. That is why I read a lot of SF.
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I'm not bothered by sex or profanity, unless it seems added for shock value and not an integral part of the story. I love to get lost in books, so wrapped up in it that I can't put it down.
Sometimes sex and profanity bother me as well. It didn't use to but the older I get...things change.
I love to learn while reading as well. Inspiring my children to read has really become my passion. Reading is such a necessary foundation in life. I am appalled that illiteracy still exists even here in the US.
Great post, thanks for sharing.
A good book will helps, but there is my craving and mood.
Reading choices are always like double-edged sword. I want to be part of others' reading context but my whim sometimes just won't allow it.
In short, what inspires me is my own volition and whim.
I also enjoy reading to learn, and I love a happy ending too!
I have to say that yes, a book with a guaranteed happy ending does inspire me to read! :D
I like books that make me think as well. If they have a happy ending, so much the better. One of my favorite things to read is biography and memoir. I love learning how others deal with life. One of the most inspirational memoirs I've read so far this year has to be Terrell Dougan's That Went Well... which is about her relationship with her sister who has special needs.
Your last paragraph is a great summary of what inspires you. Yes, a SIGH upon reaching the end of a book is the clincher for me!
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