Andy Holly Clarke

i am actually the opposite.

i almost always prefer to read fiction. non-fiction is just too much of
what i already have - usually. also, non-fiction (at least the non-fiction
i have been exposed) is way to big of a downer. i am so into happy endings.

holly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn Adams" <Wishbone@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Playing


> Nancy writes:
> This is sure me too. I even got to a point where I couldn't stand to read
> fiction, because I felt life is too short, there's too much "real"
interesting
> stuff out there I want to read before I die!
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> You've touched on a pet peeve here. :) I used to have people who would
come into the bookstore who proudly told me they never read fiction. My
response was a quote from somewhere, "Non-fiction has the facts but fiction
holds the truth". A good history book can tell you lots about WW11 Germany
but Jerry Kosinski's The Painted Bird will take you inside and shake you up
like nothing else. That all said I've been devoured historical stuff lately
and ignoring my fiction shelves.:)
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