[giraffe_lady]

Yeah I mean if I find out someone has read a thousand novels I'm not going to judge them about what they choose to read next.

Though actually. Stopping to think about it now for the first time I think I'm about there at this point. It has definitely changed what sorts of books I seek out and what I expect to get from them. But I still find reading fiction rewarding.

[hobs]

I have read significantly more than a thousand novels, and there's so much granularity, so much variation in voices, so many weird thoughts to explore.

I worked in a video store for years and watched many thousands of movies as well, and while I am almost completely burnt out of watching movies because there's so little innovation going on I could not imagine that being applied to books, the direct interaction with someone else's mind is too interesting.

The only problem with modern books is there's so much trash along with the treasure, there's never been a lower bar for self publishing.