tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post3109795112169883848..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Blogging is NOT SERIOUS - Don't Read this! It may be dangerousTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-73181274538340911422007-07-13T14:36:00.000-04:002007-07-13T14:36:00.000-04:00thanks for your thoughts, Minerva.thanks for your thoughts, Minerva.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-18523344044174359782007-07-13T10:26:00.000-04:002007-07-13T10:26:00.000-04:00Hi Ted,Lovely post! I find myself enjoying - and c...Hi Ted,<BR/>Lovely post! I find myself enjoying - and concurring with - your views on '<I>reader</I> response' being the prime aspect that matters when it comes to relishing a beloved read (your third para. here).<BR/>Keep reading & sharing your joys with one and all,<BR/>Wishes, minerva*minervahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755000085918000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-52395588313631863522007-06-14T20:15:00.000-04:002007-06-14T20:15:00.000-04:00You're last paragraph nailed it...that's the stran...You're last paragraph nailed it...that's the strangest part of this whole thing. Why in hell does a book review "pro" want to alienate the very audience he's paid to attract? Unless of course, he's only writing to impress the rest of his snobbish buddies. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-383578698840862492007-06-14T12:08:00.000-04:002007-06-14T12:08:00.000-04:00That's funny how we had such similar titles.I comp...That's funny how we had such similar titles.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree that it doesn't matter how we come to read a book, if it's because of a critique from a "professional" or from a blogger. The important thing is that we're reading. This is why I think that Critics are more concerned with protecting their jobs than actually helping literature progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com