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writes:I'm embarrassed to say that my 39 year old brother has started to love reading family saga series - I find this pretty funny. I don't think I'd associate that type of fiction a male tends to read in his spare time. Ever since my family visited my mother on Christmas, she gave him the first book in Galsworthy's classic Forsyte saga because his wife had forgotten to put a pile of his beloved Tom Clancy books in their luggage (poor woman suffered his wrath) and he was in a fowl mood. His reading tastes have changed now, my sister-in-law told me that there are piles of these books cluttering the room. Whenever I see him he's always has a Catherine Cookson or Josephine Cox clutched tightly. There's a typical theme on the front of family sagas, there always in pastel shades with a ladybird-ish image of a half-starved woman - how attractive to the eye!!Can anyone suggest anything to cure his desire to read in that genre constantly?Cheers,L
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reader, Astrid  +, writes (13 March 2008):
 I used to read all those books when I was a teen then they all suddenly looked to me as the same one all the time but for Jane Austen's when taking my English Studies Degree I understood that people should only read whar they really really want and like dear.... It will probably go away on time, u can be sure of this honey, and I would seriously prefer him reading this stuff rather than Forsyth, Hammet, Marlow or even P.D James. What would u do if he was readind Harry Potter all the time? Literary tastes are varied and different and hopefully they evolve and change in time.
An idea is to buy him the biography of an actor or actress a politician like John Kennedy or even Mandela so he can get culture at the same time and relate it to history, politics, arts in general I think he would like this and then maybe move to historiographic fiction like Amos Oz books or something similar
:) lots of love and good luck and take into account that some reading whichtever bad genre it is is better than no reading at all.
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reader, eyeswideopen  +, writes (13 March 2008):
 Your brother is 39 years old, nuff said.
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reader, Fairy_Lu +, writes (13 March 2008):
 OMG your brothers reading a book shock horror!Its a book whats the big deal atleast he is reading something and using his mind and imagination just leave him alone let him read what he wants, i would get worried and ask for help if he starts reading "catcher in the rye" again and again (a favourite among seriel killers or so im told)
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reader, Jamer70 +, writes (13 March 2008):
 If he wants to read, let him read. Its not hurting anyone and reading can be good. Also i doubt it affects anyone and it makes him happy so leave him to it
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reader, Variety +, writes (13 March 2008):
 Let him read what he wants. How does it affect you in the slightest. This is not something that needs to be cured and it is a shame you feel this way. x
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 March 2008): I'm sorry if this sounds rude but how does your brother's reading habits have anything to do with you personally? Surely if reading these books make him happy you should be happy for him? xx
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