The Anonymous Widower

Is A Good Memory A Disadvantage When It Comes To Reading Fiction?

I rarely read fiction and the title of this post occurred to me as I travelled north today.

I read a lot of non-fiction, both in a printed and an Internet form, and most of it gets remembered.  Or at least hopefully the major facts do. As a child I was always reading encyclopaedias and other factual books and my mother was always telling me to read more fiction. C used to sometimes despair at my holiday reading, which could be a bit embarrassing to her.

So do I not read fiction, because it’s more about emotion and action, and not about facts I can remember for use later?

October 5, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | World | Books