Favourite Books to be Suspicious of

ARTICLE: 28 "Favourite" Books That Are Huge Red Flags

I don't know if you've noticed, but I like a good list. Especially if it's a list that is someone's opinion so that I can argue with is. ;) I'm pretty sure this one got posted to Facebook a while back, and I had a few issues with this list. A bit for disagreeing with the books that are on here, and also for the ones that are not... but Buzzfeed is always good for a couple laughs, even if I disagree. So check out the list and the reasons why.

But, these are the ones that jumped out at me. Some for good reasons, and some for bad...

1) The Great Gatsby - I honestly think you have to be an adult to enjoy this book. I don't think I have ever heard of a person that loved this book when they were forced to read it in Highschool English. And I think the reason this person hates when people say it's their favourite because s/he hated it in highschool and hasn't read it since.

4) The DaVinvi Code - GOOD CALL! I couldn't agree more. I also think people like this book because they have read nothing else, so the short chapters make them feel like they read really fast ("I read 15 chapters of my book tonight!", At a page and a half per chapter that's only 22.5 pages. Not all that impressive.

5) The Twilight Series - I liked the Twilight series, but it also is not my favourite, and I wonder about people that claim to love it THAT much. If you are a teenage girl, fine. But I also might try to talk you into reading better books and be sad if you refuse. But if you are an adult, I am going to question your sanity.

14) The Harry Potter Series - C'mon! REALLY? I disagree! These books are amazing for SO many reasons. I understand they are meant for children... well... the first few are anyway.... but they are AMAZING! The classic myth research that went into them, and the progression of writing.... you all have heard this before (but if you haven't, read the bottom of THIS blog entry). So these are amazing, and you should revere rather than be suspicious of people who love them.

15) The Perks of Being a Wallflower Another disagree. I mean, I didn't LOVE this book either, but I think it had some valuable lessons in it.

19) I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - I couldn't agree with this one more! People who like this book are not readers and I have pegged as douchebag assholes who want to justify their man-sluttiness.

22) The Game - This one too. Same as the above one. I think many people might buy these books at the same time to limit the number of times they go into a bookstore.

27) Lolita - I couldn't finish this book. It basically glorifies pedophilia. If you love this book, I will probably unfriend you from facebook, avoid all contact, and NEVER let you near my daughter.

28) (Go look ;) ) Yup. Pretty much.

I actually haven't read a lot of these books, so it's hard for me to comment on them. But I have made rants before about "Classics" (most recently in my Great Gatsby review), so you see why I haven't read a lot of these books. But I think some people choose to peg them as their favourite to seem more High Brow. ("oooOOOooh! You must be a big reader if you love THAT book!") But I think that just means that you lack originality... or that is the only book you have ever read.

Titles that were lacking from this list.

1) The biggest oversight ever!! 50 SHADES OF GREY! I have unfriended people on facebook for stating that they LOVE this book. I don't even think I need to explain why this is SO wrong. This is almost on par with #28 on the list. No. Just... No.

2) Any novel classified as "Romance". I think this is on par with the reason that people like the DaVinci code. They are easy to plow through at a breakneck pace, so when you say you have read 15 books last month, you have actually read 15 100-page harlequin romances. Which, in my opinion, translates to mean that you waste all of your spare time reading crap.

3)... I'm sure there are more. But I can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment. I could list a bunch of books here, but I don't think I have ever heard anyone tell me that they were their favourite (Like the Shopaholic series, I know lots of people that have read them, but no one has ever classified them as a favourite)


Did any titles stick out for you? Or ones that were missed that you feel deserve honourable mentions?