Goodreads in Stuff

I finished reading “Honeybee” by Craig Silvey. Not what I expected at all. I’m glad I didn’t read any reviews so I didn’t even know what the plot was going to be. It used real Australian cities with fictional characters and I really enjoyed it.

I forgot how much I enjoy reading and letting my imagination create an image of the characters. The main character of this book however was probably depicted on the front cover so I couldn’t really stray too far but the others I could.

I’ve been on the ‘Goodreads’ site/app for a while but hardly anyone I know uses it, other than a cousin and a friend’s boyfriend. I don’t know anything about him other than what he likes to read (oh and that he’s got a huge dick but anyway). Apparently he is also an author, according to his profile.

The problem with me wanting to leave reviews on my profile on ‘Goodreads’‘ is that I feel I’m easily entertained. I’ve tended to give most of my reviews 4’s and a few 3’s. This one got a 5. But I don’t really read enough to know what I should be giving deserved 5’s to. Some other reviews didn’t like the book at all. I found myself wondering, “What the fuck is wrong with you?” 😅 Had I read that review and it put me off reading the book, what a shame that would have been.

I’ve also been having fun going back and rating a lot of books I read in my childhood. Granted, I can’t remember what even happened in pretty much all of them, but there were a few who’s title stood out that I recall absolutely loving.

12-year old me would have given “Finders Keepers” by Emily Rodda 5-stars when I read it in the mid 90’s. Easily. 37 year old me still gave it the 5-stars because I can recall how it made me feel all those years ago. I wrote that in the review. Then I saw a guy I’ve never spoken to but happens to be on Goodreads added it to his “To read” list. Umm, it’s a children’s book and he’ll probably hate it, reading it as an adult, but okay 😅

Anyway, maybe I will read books I dislike. I only gave the Bible 3 stars, even though I’ve skipped a few of the boring books within it. Someone had written a comprehensive review of each book in the Bible. That’s dedication.

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