#dailyprompt2761 — Public Fediverse posts

Overrated

You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1