Some books I just can't read

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There isn't enough time in the day to read all of the books I want to read, and the situation gets worse every passing year. So instead I try to read books by authors I already like, books that come highly recommended or books by debut authors. But no matter how much I love an author, there are just some subjects I can't read about any more:

• The Holocaust: In recent years, this has expanded to be WWII books in general. Reading Summer of My German Soldier
  this past year was harder than I expected.


• Eating Disorders: Sorry fans for Wintergirls
  , after reading Second Star to the Right
  for a YA Lit class I took in college, I just can't do it any more. Body image books are still okay, but as soon as anorexia or bulimia are mentioned, I remove the book from my to-read list.


• Dying Narrators: As the newest addition to the list, the last book narrated by a dying teen I read was Going Bovine
  . Now I'm done with this topic.

It's not that I don't think there are fantastic books on these subjects out there or that no other books written could possible match the excellence of the books I've already read. And saying I don't think these topics are important to read about is like saying it's not important to vote.

So why don't I read books about anorexia/WWII/death? Because I can't take the emotional turmoil they put me through.