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Fiction is starting to Bore Me

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Barney Who-Ah

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As the title says fiction is starting to bore me. I'm finding that whenever I read a novel these days I'm get nothing out of them. I'll spend a week or so reading something and when I finish I'll put it down and think well that was pointless. I guess I feel the need to read stuff that has meaning.

Anyone else ever feel like this?
 
Barney Who-Ah said:
No. I don't think so. I think fiction itself is what I'm finding boring.
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Well, in that case, why not read non-fiction? There's plenty of fascinating non-fiction books out there. Nothing wrong with not enjoying fiction, I guess the only part I disagree with is the implication that fictional stories somehow don't have meaning. Then again, I'm not sure what sort of meaning you are looking for or how you even mean that.
 
I go through phases.....I will be mad on autobiographies for a while, then get on a reading about diseases kick, then fiction....I always get really keen on one type of thing at a time generally and then just give it a rest for a while and try something new before I come back to it whenever.. :)
 
To me fiction and non-fiction are the same. If I read the right book at the right time it can make everything assume its correct proportions and give me a better understanding of the world. I read fiction because I generally find it more entertaining, not because I believe it's going to give me any sort of insight. That's just an added, usually unexpected, bonus.
 
If you find fiction boring then try a new direction go get some books on theoretical physics or something or a book written by che Guevara, there is so much out there that is non fiction that is out of this world. Get "new dawn" magazine it's usually a good read and is alternative thinking
 
My cure is simple...alternate between fiction and nonfiction. When I read fiction for more than a month, then I usually get burnt out pretty quickly. Read nonfiction for a month, and the same thing happens.

Switch it up. With luck, you'll keep both fiction and nonfiction fresh.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys. I tried Blood Meridian, The Watchmen and How The Dead Live but gave up on them. I also read a couple of crime novels which didn’t do much for me either. Recently I’ve read: The Outsider, Lanzarote, The Wasp Factory and Under the Skin. The Outsider was probably the best and the others were okay. I also go through phases of reading non-fiction stuff. I went through a recent spate of reading books on Atheism by: Dawkins, Hitchens and Sam Harris. I reckon Dawkins' book The God Delusion was the best. I’ve also read a few books on Buddhism over the past year or so and I enjoyed some of the insights I got from them. Anywho, back on fiction, I’ve reserved copies of Paul Auster’s The Book of Illusions and The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, so I’ll see how I go with them.
 
love jim thompson. got a stack of his books for a buck at the library fundraiser.
check out harry crews. "scar lover" or "body" are both good. maybe sam harrison, "walls of blue coquina" if you can find it.
 
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