The letdown after reading a really good book...
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The letdown after reading a really good book...
I was at sixes and sevens today, not ready to start a new book because I just finished a Grisham novel (whatever, okay? They're so well-crafted). Bored. Anybody else get this?
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Yeah.
I sorta dread the coming end at times... especially with Covenant books or ones by Modessitt.
Maybe one or two other big, involved stories.
I sorta dread the coming end at times... especially with Covenant books or ones by Modessitt.
Maybe one or two other big, involved stories.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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You're all silly 
(Especially you, Fist 
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I've gotten to the point where I usually enjoy a sort of sublime feeling after reading a "bonafide" really good book. The other reaction is sometimes a need for a "palate cleanser"... something fun and light (like Malazan
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It helps to have plenty of access to books and knowing, through experience, that there will always be fantastic reading experiences awaiting me, and they are not going to be so hard to find!
(Especially you, Fist )I've gotten to the point where I usually enjoy a sort of sublime feeling after reading a "bonafide" really good book. The other reaction is sometimes a need for a "palate cleanser"... something fun and light (like Malazan
) It helps to have plenty of access to books and knowing, through experience, that there will always be fantastic reading experiences awaiting me, and they are not going to be so hard to find!
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I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
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