Such a good point - I also think selecting your novels (and other content) is critical. I’ve been chuckling lately at how many of my extremely smart, thoughtful and well educated friends have Goodreads lists full of (at the risk of being real judgmental) tragedy porn family dramas, historical romance a lá bridgerton, and second tier YA fantasy…don’t get me wrong, I love a guilty pleasure as much as the next person, but to paraphrase Jesus, man cannot live on McDonald’s fries alone…
Such a good point - I also think selecting your novels (and other content) is critical. I’ve been chuckling lately at how many of my extremely smart, thoughtful and well educated friends have Goodreads lists full of (at the risk of being real judgmental) tragedy porn family dramas, historical romance a lá bridgerton, and second tier YA fantasy…don’t get me wrong, I love a guilty pleasure as much as the next person, but to paraphrase Jesus, man cannot live on McDonald’s fries alone…