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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"books",<br>"author":"jacobtothe",<br>"permlink":"librarian-s-questions",<br>"title":"Librarian's Questions",<br>"body":"Anyone who works in a library or bookstore might have already had these questions,<br> but the casual observer may be oblivious. I hereby take up the solemn duty of pointing out these oddities to a wider audience.\n\n1. Why do so many novels have the pointless \"A Novel\" subtitle? It's pretty obviously a novel even without that extra clarification.\n2. Who designs the thriller covers that depict a speeding *cartridge?* That's not how guns work.\n3. How does James Patterson release new books so often? He's released about a dozen books this year already. I suspect either he has a legion of ghostwriters,<br> or he sold his soul to a malignant entity in exchange for superhuman power. Both are plausible.\n4. What is the appeal of cheap romance novels? Judging by the plot synopses on the back covers,<br> these are each full of more fantasy than the entire section labeled as such. If these have real literary merit,<br> please enlighten me.\n5. Why is the \"Young Adult\" category such a magnet for bad writing trying to pass itself off as \"cool\"? The YA genre is a strange blend of good authors who happen to be writing about teen protagonists and bad authors pandering to teens with pointless vulgarity. If your writing isn't good enough to appeal to an adult audience,<br> it probably shouldn't be thrust upon the group of readers most in need of engaging literature.\n6. When will people stop shelving things in the wrong place and just bring items to the front desk for us to shelve properly? Probably when pigs fly,<br> but I have to ask anyway.\n7. Where did all the readers of old books go? Classic literature seems to be largely ignored. Do schools destroy interest in good books somehow?",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"books\",<br>\"literature\",<br>\"library\",<br>\"libraries\" " |
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