So the other day, Audible had a daily deal on The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Super cheap. And it was narrated by the author. This is one of those books that I've been meaning to get around to reading. And I had a feeling that, getting to hear it narrated by the author would either be totally awesome, or a flop. If it's a flop, I could just
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Despite having a degree in Literature, I managed to miss out on huge swaths of classics/"Literature" and I know to some degree or other, I feel obligated to "catch up" on a lot of things I missed. I realize lots of folks who write in our genre, and many more who read in our genre aren't fans of "Literary" fiction, and I think that stems a lot from being crammed down our minds over the years by well intentioned teachers who also belittled our own proclivities. (Heck look at the recent nonsense practically yelling at adults for *gasp* reading and enjoying YA.) I believe the fact that I'm coming to many of these books in my own time and way makes them feel more accessible, as well as the fact that, yes I can just decide to put them down if I don't like them, and I don't *have* to read them just because some teacher/professor says they are supposed to be deep and awesome.
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