Reading...

I don't think it matters much what you read...I never have thought that actually. The important thing is THAT you read. I seem to be on a romance kick lately - someone actually told me that what I was reading was "mind candy." Interesting, that one would choose to be a snob in regards to someone else's choice of reading material. Do I need to be reading Hemingway and Tolstoy in order to live up to someone else's standards?

I don't necessarily disagree that what I'm reading is mind candy, you understand, only that I am perfectly entitled to indulge in it as I see fit. (The Twilight Series, if anyone is interested, and I devoured all four books in 3 days). Now I am re-reading some Johanna Lindsey and Rebecca Brandewyne. I do love a great historical romance, and these ladies know how to write them.

I could expand this argument further to say that censorship, in any form, is wrong. Even my very conservative parents never censored my reading material as a child. I find that quite intriguing now, actually...I wonder why?

By the way...the same person who scoffed at my reading of Twilight also finds the Harry Potter series to be juvenile....c'est la vie. Her loss.