# What are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Not Games\ **Created:** [28 April 2020 21:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-are-you-reading/643 "2020-04-28T21:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [4 May 2020 14:57 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-are-you-reading/643/26 "2020-05-04T14:57:23Z")
Borrowing this from pillbox over on the film review thread: > [@Film Reviews... Or "Wot I watched and it was dead good"](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/film-reviews-or-wot-i-watched-and-it-was-dead-good/774/56): > > There are two categories of “good movies” in my mind. There’s “good cinema,” which represent an approach to consuming and appreciating movies based on their ability to leverage the medium to convey a story and characters in a way that would be impossible in another medium (such as literature or television or stage play). I don’t really put any time or effort into this sort of appreciation any more. > > And then there’s “good flicks” which are movies that are _not_ ‘good cinema’ but are enjoyable and I don’t feel as though I’ve wasted my time. because I think it applies to books too. In particular, I’ve been reading the Hugo-nominated novels (though I’m not a voter this year) and _Gideon the Ninth_ is my favourite of the four I’ve read… but it seems the least Hugo-worthy. It’s a good story told well, but it leans heavily on the structure of _The Hunger Games_ and _Divergent_; it doesn’t bring anything innovative to the field, but it’s got more joy in it than any of the others. --- _[View the full topic](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/what-are-you-reading/643)._