Violence in Books/ Book rating system (Weekly Discussion)

I have recently read "Fifty shades of Grey" and that book made me think: How and when is violence in books enough? I know that there has been a lot of violence and suggestive situations in books, that's why they have a banned books list, yet when a book like "50 shades of Grey" comes out and it actually takes the reader into the world of BDSM. Who is to say that this book wont end up on the banned books list?

Let me say that I did enjoy reading this book, and I would more than likely read the next two books in the trilogy.. and I am not bashing the book. I just think that the book was a little graphic. Now given that hopefully kids would not be  reading this or such other graphic books. My opinion and this may just be me and maybe a few other people who are conservative, I think that books should follow a rating system like movies and games.

It would cut down on books like this being read by such suggestive minds, maybe I am over thinking this whole graphic concept of books and the effects that they have on young minds. I sure don't think that I am the only one who has thought like this before. If books did follow such a rating system would that make people more tempted to read them? Like taking "Fifty shades of Grey" this book would be rated R or M for mature. Would that makes people like minors want to read this book? Or would imposing such a rating system on books put them on the banned books list?

I would love to here feedback on this and what do you think about the idea of a book rating system..

Thoughts on "50 shades of Grey"

I must say this is one interesting book, the fact that it started as twilight fan fiction. You can really see the influence Twilight had on E.L. James' book. It even took after Twilight with the very simple cover. As for the book as a whole I did enjoy reading it. It did have it's moments were it was "wow" steamy, and I do see why suburban moms got all steamy.. Just kidding.. I did think the ending was a big let down. Makes me want to read the next one. But it was a very very interesting book. I would love to know what made Christian the way he is.

Seeing the Movie vs. Reading the books

Maybe it's just me but I am the kind of person that likes to read the book first then watch the movies, I think that if you read the book first it makes the movie more enjoyable. What I have also have found out that 99.9% of the time the book is going to have some stuff that the movies leave out. For example, with the book "The Help" was pretty detailed but when it came to the movie it left giant chunks of the book out. I have also noticed this with "The Game of Thrones" series. In the books they go into so much detail and they explain the characters so well, however when they go into the series made for tv things are left out.

That is why I think that it's important to read the book first because it will not only give you better understanding of the movie yet you will also understand the plot more fully. Maybe I am not the only one that does that but I find that it's a real big help to seeing the bigger picture of the plot..

Thought's on Steve Job's Biography

I said awhile back that I was going to give bio's a chance and I did. I thought I would start with a very interesting person: Steve Job's. I read threw his bio and at point's it was interesting but then I continued to read on and I realized that even though he was a genius, he was a ass. Seriously, Steve was a immature, spoiled ass. Maybe it's because he had a rough time with being adopted still doesn't change the fact that he was a douche.

I didn't care for the story of his life, maybe it's how it was written but I really couldn't stand reading about someone who was spoiled and treated there employees like trash.. I am sorry he was a very smart man and yes I am blogging from a Mac and I own a i pod, but the man was a grade a douche.. I might continue to read biographies but I am looking at Steve in a new light...

Thoughts on Biographies

I personally think that biographies are great and they help tell the person's life but I really cant sit down and read the biographies unless the person is a very interesting person. I might give them another chance but I can't really sit threw the whole thing on someone's life. I did try reading Steve Job's bio and I didn't care for it. I will give my thoughts on it in a later post.

I think that bio's are very boring and very dull. Maybe that's just me but I just can't sit threw them... to each his own right?