1. Qualities of a good book in my opinion are; fiction or non-fiction life stories, a book that is moderately detailed (isn't excessively detailed...like Lord of the Rings) and I also like a good action or drama.
2.The books I've read have included at least two of these qualities. For example, I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for probably the third time so far. It is a book that includes a lot of detail, but isn't excessive. At the moment I'm reading the second book of the Maus collection. It has all the qualities I look for, except the only critique I have about it is that it trails off a bit at times ( Vladek might start talking about how he's irritated by his current wife etc..). At basically the end of the book though, there was a real picture of Vladek (Art Spiegelman's father [the guy he's interviewing]) from a bit after the war. It made the stories you just read about seem more real, so that was something I liked about the book.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus2 ; a survivor's Tale.Random House, Inc. 1992. Print.
