Why Books Are Good

frost_light mentioned the other day that not all books are everyone's cup of tea. Taste is, in all things, subjective, so it's impossible to come up with that universal formula that everyone will appreciate. That got me thinking about why I like the books I like, so I thought I'd muse about it here.

I'll start with something that I don't actively look for, but am always wonderfully pleased to find. I love finding a novel that looks into issues of faith and spirituality without a) marketing itself as a faith-based book, b) making the analogies so obvious that the story hinges on them, and c) makes faith complicated. ( Read more... )