please don’t judge me/hate, i never graduated high school and was never good at reading or having a good attention span to begin a book. i love reading poetry cause it’s short but i wanna start reading an actual like chapter book and really read it. is there any recommendations on books? i like my sad poetry lol and poetry about growth but i wanna get like a story based book. lmk:)
by No_Dragonfruit_6770
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Best thing to ask yourself is, what types of genres of movies/tv shows do you tend to like? Any big franchises you love that also have books? I found that my love of Star Wars when I was a kid (forever ago now, lol) was one of the things that got me into reading as there was the expanded universe novels I could dive into.
Ted Chiang have novellas and collection of short stories.
Poetry is deeper, more layered and often a harder, read than most books. I’d be proud to call that your starting point!
I’d go gentle on yourself and give yourself grace and time to find books you like. You might have to kiss a few book-frogs, first.
Also, consider audiobooks and graphic novels as alternate ways in.
Books I’ve loved recently include:
– Project Hail Mary (best as audiobook)
– Remarkably Bright Creatures
– Code Name Verity
– Born a Crime (again best on audio)
– Six of Crows
– The Lesbianna’s Guide to Catholic School
Don’t think about being judged. Think about how you are now starting! Everyone starts somewhere ❤️