Hey, thanks for the shout-out, man! That means a lot to me, mucho appreciation. I don't know that I can name a book I wish I hadn't read but I can name one I wished, at the time, that I wasn't reading - Atonement, by Ian McEwan. I have no doubt it's a great book - not my genre. Not my vibe. It was the key assigned work for a university l…
Hey, thanks for the shout-out, man! That means a lot to me, mucho appreciation. I don't know that I can name a book I wish I hadn't read but I can name one I wished, at the time, that I wasn't reading - Atonement, by Ian McEwan. I have no doubt it's a great book - not my genre. Not my vibe. It was the key assigned work for a university literature course. Made me feel bad because part of me thought, as a writer and a Man of Culture, I should recognise and enjoy any Good Book, right? If it's won literary awards, if it's High Brow, but it bores me, what does that say about me? Is this a litmus test for the type of person I am?
Hey, thanks for the shout-out, man! That means a lot to me, mucho appreciation. I don't know that I can name a book I wish I hadn't read but I can name one I wished, at the time, that I wasn't reading - Atonement, by Ian McEwan. I have no doubt it's a great book - not my genre. Not my vibe. It was the key assigned work for a university literature course. Made me feel bad because part of me thought, as a writer and a Man of Culture, I should recognise and enjoy any Good Book, right? If it's won literary awards, if it's High Brow, but it bores me, what does that say about me? Is this a litmus test for the type of person I am?
Very welcome!
I think poor Ian McEwan has to carry a lot - in the literary community.