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Originally Posted by Eric
We don't all judge books by their covers. I also ignore the synopsis, and the critics are no better judges than any other reader. And every reading is a re-writing.
Sure, I found Bee's postings a little tedious. But that was because of the subject rather than the tone, which was always calm and reasonable. Never were there angry outbursts at the outrageously nasty responses. I kind of admired his restraint, a model for some others on here. And his threads were no more tedious than some of the ones I initiated. Not too many folks in your part of the world are interested in hockey, the weather in K'town, whether or not the Queen's Golden Gaels were going to win the Vanier Cup/Coupe Vanier etc.
I understand there were issues with his profile; but aren't all autobiographies fiction? Boswell admited as much; so did Cardinal Newman in his "Apologia Pro Vita Sua". And I lied about my age. I'm actually only 16, although I claim to be 65  This is why I'm not allowed in the over 18s  
I also would like to suggest that a too strict adherence to rules, allowing no latitude, is not necessarily a good thing. Sometimes it's ok to cut someone a little slack. Rigidity in thinking and procedure leads to things like the Battle of the Somme.
I hope at some point that Bee returns. |
So you take no notice of the cover at all Eric, and you discount the synopsis and also the critiques of books that you choose? How do you choose your books then? I am not being 'fly'....I just would like to know what criteria you use to decide whether a book is worth spending your time on.
I appreciate that every reader will see a different aspect of the same book.
Some will pick up sub plots, others won't.
I don't always pay attention to what the critics write, but I do look at the cover and read what the book is about.
As for the relaxing the rules...I think there was a legal issue about age.(I am sure someone will tell me if I dreamed this...but I think it was in a post by Less)
Apparently the server is an American company and so American legal rules have to be applied with respect to the person's age.