Comments on: Missing the Boat http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/ At least 65 percent not depressing. Tue, 15 May 2012 03:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Collin Kelley http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-2999 Collin Kelley Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:31:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-2999 I've never found Morrison's writing bland...opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge...it's not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really "read" every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I'll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham. I’ve never found Morrison’s writing bland…opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge…it’s not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really “read” every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I’ll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham.

]]> By: Collin Kelley http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-4800 Collin Kelley Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:31:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-4800 I've never found Morrison's writing bland...opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge...it's not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really "read" every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I'll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham. I’ve never found Morrison’s writing bland…opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge…it’s not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really “read” every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I’ll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-2998 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:23:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-2998 rebecca: you'd be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity. benny: sorry "gilead" was a bummber. and you're not 92, not even in dog years. br.: you don't even merit a response. rebecca: you’d be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity.

benny: sorry “gilead” was a bummber. and you’re not 92, not even in dog years.

br.: you don’t even merit a response.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-4799 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:23:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-4799 rebecca: you'd be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity. benny: sorry "gilead" was a bummber. and you're not 92, not even in dog years. br.: you don't even merit a response. rebecca: you’d be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity.

benny: sorry “gilead” was a bummber. and you’re not 92, not even in dog years.

br.: you don’t even merit a response.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-2997 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:20:27 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-2997 courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion. don't do bitter. it wears down the soul. doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don't think i could stand watching "beloved" as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all. fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing. courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion.

don’t do bitter. it wears down the soul.

doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don’t think i could stand watching “beloved” as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all.

fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-4798 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:20:27 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-4798 courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion. don't do bitter. it wears down the soul. doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don't think i could stand watching "beloved" as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all. fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing. courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion.

don’t do bitter. it wears down the soul.

doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don’t think i could stand watching “beloved” as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all.

fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing.

]]> By: Collin Kelley http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-1208 Collin Kelley Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:31:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-1208 I've never found Morrison's writing bland...opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge...it's not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really "read" every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I'll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham. I’ve never found Morrison’s writing bland…opaque in places maybe, but never bland. Reading one of her books is a challenge…it’s not beach reading. You have to concentrate and really “read” every line rather than skim, which is what most people do when they read. If I want to skim and read bland, I’ll go get DaVinci Code or John Grisham.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-1207 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:23:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-1207 rebecca: you'd be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity. benny: sorry "gilead" was a bummber. and you're not 92, not even in dog years. br.: you don't even merit a response. rebecca: you’d be surprised what is considered great literature these days, and density is often confused with profundity.

benny: sorry “gilead” was a bummber. and you’re not 92, not even in dog years.

br.: you don’t even merit a response.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-1206 bookfraud Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:20:27 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-1206 courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion. don't do bitter. it wears down the soul. doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don't think i could stand watching "beloved" as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all. fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing. courtney: i may be as qualified as anybody, but nobody in power is listening to my opinion.

don’t do bitter. it wears down the soul.

doublebagger: the worst feeling after a movie. i don’t think i could stand watching “beloved” as a flick, guns pointed at my head and all.

fritz: jonathan franzen said the same thing.

]]> By: Br. http://bookfraud.com/2006/06/12/missing-the-boat/comment-page-2/#comment-2996 Br. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 06:41:58 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=102#comment-2996 No, I think the remark stands on its merit. No, I think the remark stands on its merit.

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