#84-Reading Fiction Again

“The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world. Raymond Carver”

I think I read most of my fiction books when I was in high school. Our library includes more than 10,000+ books. I was in love with it. But, we have a small problem. Librarian let us only get two books at the same time. I really love to have all the books I want all in and wanted to keep in my dorm room. Also, if I didn’t take those books earlier than my friend, I need to go to the library and check every day to ask the books which I wanted to read is available or not. Long story short, I was stealing 2-3 extra books every time I was borrowing a new book. How I did that? Whenever our librarian turned back, I was putting books inside of my jacket or sweaters.

After high school, I was in more into Non-Fiction or Textbooks. I also couldn’t find any book, it was interesting to me. I always say “ If the books are interesting to you after reading 1-2 chapters it doesn’t matter what it is, just keep reading it”. You probably finish within a couple of hours or a day. So, It’s better to read anything than nothing.

These days, I came up a new idea. I’ll keep my non-fiction books as an ebook format. Those mostly reference books to me. I need to read either a couple of chapters from them or from time to time I need to visit them. I can’t keep all of them with me. So, having them on my Kindle (1) is way easier for me. On the other hand, I want to go back hardcopy with fiction books. It is also like owning a souvenir to me. It is great to have them nearby. It’s fun. You can read them before going to sleep. Instead of looking screen after all day long, that’s healthier. Another benefit, reading fiction books before going sleep, make u sleep better. Because your mind is going places or dreaming while reading.

So, I used to read a lot of non-Turkish writer’s fiction books. Now, I am picking up again. I try to read fiction books mostly written in the late 70s or 80s. If the book is still good and people keep reading after that long time that means I should read it. I don’t like long pages. I like either short stories or 150-200 pages of fiction books.

I just discovered Raymond Carver while I was listening to David Sedaris’s podcast. Raymond is considered to be one of America’s greatest writers. He was well-known for the creator of Minimalist Fiction. So, anything related minimalism can attract to me. I started his book“Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?” today. Already halfway through. I feel so good. He wrote so clean, minimal and easy to read it. I definitely recommend it. If you have a book recommendation fit on my criteria, please let me know.

(1)I don’t use a Kindle device, I have a dedicated iPad. It has only one app. That’s the Kindle App. I know pretty luxury:)