I’ve noticed I tend to enjoy reading specific articles way more than books. I want to enjoy books and get hooked by a good story, but it almost never happens in books. There’s something about the writing style in books that gives me a weird “professional” or overly formal feeling that I just can’t get into. I can't understand why I can't get into general books.
Maybe I’m just illiterate in a hard literature kind of way lol, or being a overly social media addict, but even so, though I want to get into the better habit of books, I have a hard time sticking with books, so
(I would love some recommendations of books that give the same type of feel as I'm writing)
I'm providing an example of book and an article, the first hooks/sentences:
Book ex: "Kya ran to the porch, she saw her mother in a long brownskirt, kick pleats nipping at her ankles, as she walked down the sandylane in high heels. The stubby-nosed shoes were fake alligator skin.Her only going-out pair. Kya wanted to holler out but knew not torouse Pa, so opened the door and stood on the brick-’n’-board steps."
Book writing often feels like this to me, very descriptive but slow to emotionally connect, and it introduces characters at the very beginning
Meanwhile, article-style writing feels much more engaging, take for example these 2 articles, as the hook:
1: Peace. I just want peace. I want friendships that aren’t fragile. I want relationships that aren’t volatile. I want people in my life where the connection between us isn’t delicate — where it isn’t easily broken. Where you trust me and I trust you and things are talked out.
2: Every time I see apartments, these thoughts immediately flood my mind. They’re like shoeboxes stacked against the dark. Some squares glow warm and golden, some radiate purple from LED lights, while some stay cold and black. And I can’t stop wondering what lives breathe behind each pane of glass. A soft yellow light flickers on the seventh floor — maybe someone is reading a bedtime story, a child’s sleepy head resting on a shoulder.
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I hope I don’t come across as judging or insulting people who really love these types of books or more professional literature. I honestly respect it a lot, as someone who hasn't developed the patience or vocabulary level to fully appreciate it. I really do want to get into reading more, so I’m trying to to clue in what books I actually like.
(And if anything else, as a bonus, I’m looking for suggestions on books that talk about anxiety, being independent, becoming better, empathetic, responsible person, or just general stories with good morals. I do enjoy my bit of self-help, but even those seem too factual to me. )
thanks all 🙂
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