What kinds of books do you like to read

What kind of books do you like to read?

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And what are your thoughts on your favorite books? The emotions they evoked?

I realize there’s a book review forum, but I’m more interested in how INFJs relate to certain books, certain genres of books, and why.

I’ll go first and list my top three books

Well, first off, I love Harry Potter. It’s very nostalgic to me. My mom, brother and I used to bond by reading books on my mom’s bed. Ever since I was in a baby carrier, she was reading Harry Potter to us and I was following her finger on the page—that was actually how I learned how to read. Some of my fondest childhood memories come from Harry Potter (such as the Midnight Magic Party at Barnes and Noble the night before it was released at midnight, several friendships formed over Harry Potter, watching the movies with my big brother, etc.) I’m that one nerd who wore thick-rimmed round glasses and drew a Death Mark on her wrist and took a wand with her and wore a Gryffindor tie when I went to see the last movie. I bawled like a baby in the movie theater at the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2—leaving my bewildered INFP best friend to comfort me awkwardly, lol—when the credits started to roll because I just couldn’t believe it was. over. To this day, it evokes a sense of home to me. I love JK Rowling’s quote—«Whether you return by the page or in the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.» In a way, in every way, I grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione. It’s probably the biggest thing other than people like, say, my mom, that I can remember in my childhood. I am very, very, very fond of it. (I was also Hermione Granger 3 Halloweens in a row until I outgrew the robes. XD)

My next favorite book is probably Perks of Being a Wallflower. I’m very strong in the belief that Charlie was an INFJ, and his two best friends remind me very much of my ENFJ and INFP friends. Thankfully, I don’t have the painful past nor the disorders that Charlie has, but I relate very, very much to his personality. It’s the way that he relates to people, the way he watches them, the way he loves books, the way he sees the world, the way he talks about the world in his letters. His mistakes and the strong points in his personality all strike me as very familiar, and there are several scenes in the book that remind me very much of things that have happened between me and my two friends. I also think that reading things from a wallflower’s point of view, despite the fact that I am a wallflower, was very interesting and intriguing. It was very thought-provoking. It was honest and unbiased, and the author did a brilliant, brilliant job with so many different facets in the book and so many flip sides of every character. There’s also something magical about the book to me, even though it’s very bleak and almost too honest and up close and personal, when it comes down to it. Then again, I’ve always found beauty in sadness and deep emotions.

And, in third place, Thirteen Reasons Why. I couldn’t put it down. Literally could not. I cried so much during the book, but it was completely life changing. I’ve always been very aware to the most important topic the book brings up—which is how many teens consider, attempt, and commit suicide, and how nearly, if not, every case could have been prevented. It was wonderful to read a book about that, because it’s always been something very important to me. Throughout the whole book, I was riveted. The storyline was very incredibly realistic and depressing, in all reality. But, again, magical (probably the whole sadness and deep emotions thing again). I thought Hannah’s character was striking, easily relatable to a large group of people but at the same time she was very much her own person and I have never met anyone quite like her. I think, was she a real person, her and I would be friends. I also thought Clay was fascinating, and it was interesting to hear his narrative as it went through Hannah’s tapes. I thought the ending was very symbolic and a very good choice on the author’s part on how to end it. I put the book down feeling like there was a second chance at absolutely everything and that I could help so many people. And I have, because the book extended my hyperawareness to the way other people are feeling when they’re sad. I thought that the book was very well thought out, and I couldn’t find any paradoxes or plot holes in the book. The way the storylines crossed and intertwined was very intricate and impressive, because, speaking as a writer myself, I definitely would have lost track of all those threads. I also kept thinking they were real people, so the character development was done very well. In conclusion, it was a good read and one that I’ve read many times since the first time I read it.

So, how about you other INFJs?

What are your favorite books? Your favorite kinds of books? Why? What are your thoughts on them?

And if you’ve read my favorite books, or books similar to them, what were your thoughts on them and your thoughts on my thoughts?

More or less, let’s all have a big literature thought-fest!

(Either this topic is going to be insanely popular or it’s going to fall flat, and I will feel embarrassed and slink back into the shadows. :ninja: )

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