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Ep 467: I love literary fiction... don't I?

2025/2/25
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Phoebe Mellinger
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Anne Bogle: 我是一名播客主持人,致力于帮助读者选择合适的书籍。我理解阅读品味会随着时间和个人经历而变化,重要的是找到适合自己当前状态的书籍,享受阅读的乐趣。我不建议读者盲目跟风,而是应该根据自身喜好和阅读体验来选择书籍。 我注意到你提到有时会因为热情读者的推荐而选择不适合自己的书籍,这很常见。关键在于学会区分哪些推荐真正适合你,哪些只是听起来不错。 在与你的交谈中,我发现你对具有独特视角、超现实元素和深刻情感表达的书籍更感兴趣。你希望阅读的书籍能够探讨人生意义、人性以及情感,并能引发你对自身和人际关系的思考。 我建议你尝试一些结合了不同元素的书籍,例如具有独特视角的历史小说、融合了魔法现实主义的文学小说,以及探讨女性主义主题的书籍。不要害怕尝试新的类型,也不要害怕放弃不适合自己的书籍。重要的是享受阅读的过程,并从中获得启发和满足。 Phoebe Mellinger: 我从小就是一个 voracious reader,阅读口味在最近几年发生了变化。疫情期间大量阅读让我对惊悚小说产生了依赖,后来感到厌倦,想要尝试完全不同的类型。 我开始尝试一些新的类型,例如怪诞小说、科幻小说和恐怖小说,并逐渐发现自己更喜欢那些能探讨人生意义、人性以及情感的书籍。 我目前面临的困境是,虽然我更好地了解了自己的阅读喜好,但仍然容易被热情读者的推荐所影响,从而选择一些并不适合自己的书籍。我拥有大量的未读书籍,希望能够得到一些建议,帮助我更好地选择下一本。 我特别喜欢那些具有独特视角、超现实元素和深刻情感表达的书籍。我欣赏作者能够以独特的方式描写人们内心的感受,并引发我对自身和人际关系的思考。 我也喜欢那些具有历史背景的书籍,特别是那些包含悬疑元素并探讨女性主义主题的。我并不排斥阅读恐怖小说,但更倾向于那些具有心理惊悚或社会批判元素的作品。 我希望能找到更多能够引发我思考和共鸣的书籍,并享受阅读的乐趣。

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Phoebe, a lifelong reader, is struggling with a change in her reading tastes. She used to enjoy historical fiction and thrillers, but now finds herself drawn to literary fiction, speculative fiction, and horror. She's looking for help in discerning what kind of books she'll actually enjoy.
  • Change in reading taste
  • Exploration of new genres
  • Difficulty discerning good fit
  • 200 unread books

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Today's guest has a common readerly dilemma: what to do when reading tastes change?

In her submission to join Anne on the show, Philadelphia dweller and avid book thrifter Phoebe Mellinger shared that she'd had pretty consistent reading tastes for her whole life, until last year when she noticed that her taste suddenly and vastly changed. Her go-to genres just were't working any more.

This experience led Phoebe to embark on a year of discovery: she read a bunch of books in a range of genres, but she's not really sure where to go from here. While Phoebe is getting a better feel for what she enjoys and understanding how to talk about what she's looking for with more clarity, she's also picked up quite a few books based on enthusiastic recommendations, only to find they weren't her cup of tea.

Today she's here to get Anne's help in figuring out how to discern the difference between what simply sounds good and what may actually be a good fit for her. Anne has ideas, of course!

Please let us know if you have recommendations for Phoebe by leaving a comment over on our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/467), where we've also collected the list of all the titles mentioned today.

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