I suppose it is bound to happen once in a while.
I set out to read the 2nd book in the series of Call the Midwife because I was in the mood for babies. Sweet, precious, life-giving stories of birth.
but instead I got:
Stories of workhouses and soldiers and old age and loneliness.
The stories were quite good. They were educational. I am glad to have read them.
but:
I was in the mood for the sweet contentment of birth stories.
I leave you in quite a rumpled state of mind and off to search for a title that matches the story inside the cover.
I am not feeling slighted. Just a little off kilter.
Oh no! I hate when that happens. Good luck. I hope you find something that is fun and light.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving my current read: The Love Goddess' Cooking School
I'll go check that one out now.
DeleteI hate when that happens. Hopefully, your next reading selection will met your expectations and even exceed them!
ReplyDeleteI know because the book was not at all bad. It just wasn't what I was craving at the moment.
DeleteI think that you have hit on something characteristic and relating to human understanding and appreciation for certain things. Sometimes a very worthwhile work of art is not what we are expecting thus we are not ready for it and thus we cannot appreciate it. It certainly happens to me especially with music.
ReplyDeleteBrian are you a psycho-therapist in your real life?
DeleteHa Ha - No. i am in insurance. many of my colleagues think that it is akin to psychotherapy!
DeleteYes, yes, I believe it is.
DeleteWell boo :( I hope the next book that you read knocks your socks off!
ReplyDeleteI know. I don't get *that* much reading time as it is! I deserve to have every book knock my socks off. (joking).
DeleteI hate that. I read the book Mayflower (nonfiction) hoping to find all kinds of details and interesting information about the Mayflower. Right? Since that's what the book was called? No such luck--the first chapter was basic information about the Mayflower and the rest was about settling in & King Phillip's War...all very interesting but not what I picked up the book to read about. Grr.
ReplyDeleteYes and so the question begs how do these books manage to get published with these titles and that story? I don't get it.
DeleteI know the feeling. It happens to me all too often.
ReplyDeleteit can be so frustrating when what you pick up to read is not what you thought it was going to be, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteout of curiosity, what kind of kindle do you use?
Kindle HD Fire. I love it because I have access to all my media. However, I have been entertaining a Paperwhite Kindle for lightweight travel options.
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