My view is that the right book has to reach you at the right time, and no person can be reached by every book. Literature is supposed to be beautiful and/or necessary—so if at a given time you don’t either enjoy or need a certain book, then you should read something else, and not feel guilty about it.
Elif Baufman in Tom Perrotta, Francine Prose, and others on “great books” that aren’t great. - By Juliet Lapidos - Slate Magazine (via housingworksbookstore)

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    I say this all the time! Not this whole statement! But the general sentiment! Don’t like that book? Stop reading it!...