Jilli, life is too short, and if you're anything like me, there are too many interesting books/series you haven't tried yet for you to waste your time forcing yourself through something just because other people enjoy it.
ETA of course there ARE exceptions. I'm glad I gave the Aubrey/Maturin series a second chance, because now I love those books beyond reason. But I can't think of any other books where the second read was vastly different from the first except when I'd changed, and that's big picture changes like enjoying books as an adult that I didn't get as a teen.
Jilli, my roommate slogged his way all the way through Eragon for this very reason. In the end I think he was pretty upset that he didn't listen to me and give up after three pages.
Don't do it, Jilli!
Signed,
Read 4 Dune prequels before convincing myself that, no, they really weren't ever going to stop sucking.
Oooh, cool book cover design from the New Directions series of the 40s-50s.
Full gallery of the covers - really gorgeous. Classic mid-century design. Perfect for beatniks.
How do people feel about books re-released as a series imprint?
Do you like collecting things like Virago Modern Classics or the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series?
I don't collect them, but I have discovered a lot of great female fiction through the Virago Modern Classics series. People like Elizabeth Hardwick, Storm Jameson and Grace Paley. I would take a second look at things because they've been chosen for that series.
I'm not very married to having older versions of books, just because I find musty book smell unbearable.
As a child I used to wash my hands fanatically after handing library books, they just felt dirty. (As a student job in a library, I actually had washing books--well their plastic covers-- as a duty.)
Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
I mean, it's art, but those poor books!
Okay, why has no one told me about Gideon Defoe before?
I mean, it's art, but those poor books!
I know. I thought the "autopsy" title was quite apt. I was fascinated and horrified. I told the friend who sent me the link that I found the books hauntingly beautiful.
Wow... carved books. I am torn between the horror of book destruction and helpless admiration for the artistry of it all.
I wonder how that would look with one of those big Gray's Anatomy books?
