There are more written books that a regular person can read in their entire life. Even if what you say is true, no need to only read modern books.
replyYou are correct but there must surely be good modern books too. Problem is finding them.
replyCould also be an unavoidable effect from reading many books I guess, the more you read the harder the competition is for the next book.
A sense of which writing is better is the very thing that reading lots of books helps you discover.
replyAnd I don't think only reading "quality" literature is necessary, you just need to not mindlessly read the same thing over and over again.
I've found my enjoyment of all media improved massively when I stopped trying to find what made it bad and started to look for what made it good.
Though some techniques start to feel cheap, like how fast food makes everything palatable by being crunchy salt and sweet.
> I want solid pageturner pulp! :)
replyIn good news for some, Chuck Tingle isn't the only name in dinosaur-themed romance novels: https://nerdist.com/article/pulp-romance-novels-meets-paleon...