Comments on: The Emperor Has No Clothes [Book Review]

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:11:03 +0000

My determination to read books, even when I don’t like them, is somewhat perverse. Yes, it chews up time I could be spending on something more pleasurable. On the other hand, since I’ve set aside so few books as “unreadable” at this point, to do so now kind of seems an accolade of sorts. I refuse to give crappy books that mark of distinction.

Much easier to read them then bitch.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:09:23 +0000

I’ll look into that one. Right now, I have a new lot of 40+ books calling me. Oh, for a day when I have nothing more urgent than reading to do!

By: Charles Pergiel

Charles Pergiel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:22:08 +0000

I used to read everything I started, but at some point I realized something, er, that I was lazy, maybe? And struggling to read something I am not enjoying, bah, I have better things to do. There are plenty of really good books out there that you will enjoy reading. Don’t waste anymore time on crap just because some nitwit says it’s great.

‘Course, you can’t tell what’s good or bad until you start it. And if you are like me, you won’t like everyone elses recommendations.

By: ShyAsrai

ShyAsrai — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:18:12 +0000

i, too, alternate between brain-candy by the shelf and books that offer a scholarly insight into various things or people.

one of the best i’ve read is “The Jesuits” by Malachi Martin.

fascinating.

By: dustbury.com » In closing

dustbury.com » In closing — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:24:34 +0000

[...] Kate gave it the old college try, but One Hundred Years of Solitude didn’t do a thing for her: When I’d first mentioned that I was reading this book, Craig commented that “the last [...]

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:41:16 +0000

That doesn’t sound snobbish. It’s a wonderful thing to know a second language!

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:08:35 +0000

There’s no way to say it without sounding snobbish, but it really is better in the original Spanish.

(Spanish minor in college.)

By: rammer

rammer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:46:01 +0000

You should read Dracula. I am not yet finished with it, but it is really good so far. I mean really.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:13:10 +0000

Been there. Read that. Used it to heat my apartment shortly thereafter.

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:21:58 +0000

Sounds like you might be working your way up to Ulysses.