tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post116282088857271620..comments2023-12-25T19:42:23.838-05:00Comments on Brown Betty Brew: Book Club UpdateCuppahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06015697402688623317noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162938960619484802006-11-07T17:36:00.000-05:002006-11-07T17:36:00.000-05:00thailand gal,I was not thinking of Eco. I think h...thailand gal,<BR/><BR/>I was not thinking of Eco. I think he is still alive. I enjoyed his Name of the Rose. I have seen the movie made from it starring Sean Connery many times. I love murder mysteries set in an obscure 13th century monastaries that revolve around lost texts of Aristotle buried in an huge unknown libraries.<BR/><BR/>As for the rest of Eco, I have not found anything I really like, so I stopped reading him.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303928618967944030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162906949265940172006-11-07T08:42:00.000-05:002006-11-07T08:42:00.000-05:00Maybe it wasn’t “sickness or busy schedules” that ...Maybe it wasn’t “sickness or busy schedules” that kept everyone away, maybe it was the thought of having to publicly admit that the book made no sense and reading it was to much like dancing in quicksand (never read it myself, just projecting).<BR/>I have a book club here at work (believe it or not) and instead of us all plowing through the same book that few of us would enjoy, we read whatever we wish and then, once a month, we talk about what we are reading. It’s a much more enjoyable time.<BR/><BR/>[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. - Al Capp<BR/><BR/>I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts. - Charles Rosinmethatiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774940594022381758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162869913109707072006-11-06T22:25:00.000-05:002006-11-06T22:25:00.000-05:00Well, Cuppa, I quickly 'googled' a review by a Ian...Well, Cuppa, I quickly 'googled' a review by a Ian Johnston that was pretty convoluted, but I kept skimming and came to one of his remarks: 'The town and the family are fated to die because they do not have what is required to continue. Their solitude, their commitment to withdrawal, fantasy, and subjective desires has doomed them.' <BR/>This is what is so danged difficult about book clubs. I don't want to have to commit to books that are confusing, distressing and ultimately downers. I've got to respect you for hanging in there, but maybe you should just read a few more reviews and move on :0)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162840545686406702006-11-06T14:15:00.000-05:002006-11-06T14:15:00.000-05:00Well,I've had people tell me that I just don't kno...Well,I've had people tell me that I just don't know how to look at certain paintings as well, but if I don't like it, and I haven't acquired a taste after a few exposures, I stop wasting my time with it and go for something I do like.Maya's Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183715043200608144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162838383177045342006-11-06T13:39:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:39:00.000-05:00I have little patience with obscure literature. Th...I have little patience with obscure literature. That particular book frustrated me. I like to understand an author clearly and know what he's saying. Sometimes things that supposedly "have meaning" really do not. :)<BR/><BR/>Lynn, are you referring to Umberto Eco? That's another one who flies right over my head. LOL<BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>Thailand Gal<BR/>~*~*~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162835849925445632006-11-06T12:57:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:57:00.000-05:00Question is - did they REALLY like it or were they...Question is - did they REALLY like it or were they trying to act like literary snobs?Heather Pletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975795000759157299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999214.post-1162829642742758862006-11-06T11:14:00.000-05:002006-11-06T11:14:00.000-05:00Good luck, but if it is not your cup of tea, do no...Good luck, but if it is not your cup of tea, do not try to force it down. :)<BR/><BR/>There was a famous Italian writer, whose name I do not recall, who was lying on his death bed and was asked if he had anything to confess before he died. The writer replied, "Dante bores me." <BR/><BR/>The anecdote relieved me of a lot of anxiety I had about reading Dante.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303928618967944030noreply@blogger.com