I can find a morsel of enjoyment out of just about everything I read. And I'm all over the map with what I'll read. Has words? Will read, pretty much. Unless it is Cormac McCarthy. I tried, I really did. I just couldn't get past the first 2 or so pages.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2008 9:48:24 am PDT #8377 of 10001
erikaj - Mar 31, 2008 9:48:29 am PDT #8378 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No, wait, I guess I should say that, if I was already unhappy with somebody, I might factor the rotten reading taste in. Not that I could think somebody was lovely and sexy but he reads junk, so, hasta.(unless we're talking "Turner Diaries" or something. Racists are deal-breakers) I do sometimes use things like that to decide who to date, though.
Dana - Mar 31, 2008 9:48:29 am PDT #8379 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's like I don't even know you anymore.
Non-fiction is boring! I want explosions! Magic! British detectives!
Sean K - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:34 am PDT #8380 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Non-fiction is boring! I want explosions! Magic! British detectives!
Let's just be friends.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:38 am PDT #8381 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My sort of ex was horrified that I read the Stephanie Plum books. He felt slightly better when I explained I buy them from the bargain bin. :)
shrift - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:53 am PDT #8382 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Sometimes reading preferences reveal a deep philosphical difference and they've been a canary in a coal mine for me.
I read a lot and majored in English, but even so, there are loads of books that I haven't actually read. I think I'd be pretty angry if someone judged me unworthy.
Breaking up with someone because they've never heard of Pushkin? Ugh. I do not truck with that kind of elitism.
Unless you happen to be a Pushkin scholar and have told your significant other all about Pushkin, only to have your SO turn around and say, "Who is this Pushkin fellow?" Then I think perhaps that there are grounds.
Laga - Mar 31, 2008 9:50:20 am PDT #8383 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I suppose if I found out my lover thought The Celestine Prophecy was the best book ever written I might consider breaking it off with them.
Trudy Booth - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:30 am PDT #8384 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Would you break up with someone who read something too lowbrow?
Only if they never ever stopped talking about it.
Sean K - Mar 31, 2008 9:51:32 am PDT #8385 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think I'd draw the line at thinking the Left Behind books are the pinnacle of literature, but outside of that I'd like to think I'm open minded.
meara - Mar 31, 2008 9:52:27 am PDT #8386 of 10001
Would you break up with someone who read something to lowbrow?
Considering the trashy romances and scifi I read, I don't think I'd have a leg to stand on. I'd just be thrilled if I was dating someone who liked to read!!