Comments on: Come Saturday Morning: Hmmmm

By: Peanutcat

Peanutcat — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:08:15 +0000

Nine books a year is considered “an avid reader”? . . . . .

By: bob h

bob h — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:47:58 +0000

Liberals are also better looking. Turn the volume off on your TV and see if you cannot identify the affiliation of the talking heads by looks.

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:53:56 +0000

PoliShifter @ 160

Yes. Women read lots of Nora Roberts books, Danielle Steele, and other romance novels.

Was that counted as “reading”?

You mean like men’s romance novels, the ones written by Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler and the late Barry Sadler? (Though really, the Casca series by Sadler was some kick-ass stuff for that genre. It verged on real literature at times.)

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:01:14 +0000

Daaam, I was very disappointed in myself when my yearly total for this year (sept. 9 to sept. 9 –don’t ask) was only 109. It is all this blog reading on the interwebs. I long ago found out this about fiction. It can really open your mind. SF in my teen years made me so aware of what COULD be. It also allows you to be in other people’s minds and find out what other people might think, feel, etc. People’s reactions are often unfathonable in real life, but authors can put you in other people’s minds. I read both fiction and non-fiction, so do my daughters. My sons, raised the same way, read much less, though when they do it is good stuff. My husband read a lot when younger but nowadays reads only before bed…..does this say anything about boys and girls? Who knows.

By: pluege

pluege — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:43:13 +0000

Book sales have been flat in recent years and are expected to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

that’s because Americans are spending more and more time blogging on the intertubes.
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By: McSnatherson

McSnatherson — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:34:30 +0000

Good Lord. So-called “avid readers” among men read only 5 books a year? I’ve read at least 5 books in the past 4 weeks, and that’s on the low side for me (that’s about how long it’s been since my semester started, so I’ve had quite a bit of other activities consuming my attention).

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:26:47 +0000

newtonusr @ 140

punaise @ 139

youth soccer games in Oakland cancelled. games east of the tunnel (Contra Costa) are on, however.

Just think, Pun - you could be living in sunny… Antioch right now.

Or in sunny, dry Fort Bragg (CA)and be worrying about your well, right now. Actually, cloudy FB, with phantom predictions of Rain. (Rain Dance, Rain Dance, Rain Dance).

By: bhatten

bhatten — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:30:40 +0000

Wondering if the Iraq action against Blackwater may be the surge to get us out of there. W will not like for his guys to be mistreated or held accountable. The irony here would be lovely. Maybe Iraq would like to see W and Shooter and Rummy and Rice at The Hague.
This is a great thread this morning. Thank
My book club just read On the Road (its 50 Anniversary). A bunch of mostly Sr. Citizens reflecting on the 50s becoming the 60s. Really fun. I recommend the read; such a view of those times.

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:29:54 +0000

skippy @ 87

i was with you up to this sentence:

look at the fan fiction community: it’s overwhelmingly female, and has been ever since the 1960s when star trek fanfics were being mimeographed and circulated among the hardcore fans.

pardon my snobbery, but fanfic doesn’t say “literate” to me. it almost says the opposite.

Then I guess Shakespeare wasn’t a real author, because really, virtually all of his plays would qualify as fanfic as he didn’t invent the plots or characters.

And August Derleth must not have been a real author, either. ;-)

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:26:02 +0000

twolf1 @ 100

Looks like the Iraqi Gov’t is bringing charges against Blackwater…

Oooh! Glad that they’re actually trying something!