tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1724107771565234332..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: The Maid – Kimberly CutterDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-75699332746371759432011-07-12T11:55:35.630+01:002011-07-12T11:55:35.630+01:00I love a good argument about a book and I think it...I love a good argument about a book and I think it's great that people get fired up about what they read. It would be dull if we all agreed and shared the same taste, and in fact the best reading-group meetings I ever attended were those in which members disagreed strongly about the book in question and justified their standpoints. At the end, nobody's opinion of whether or not they enjoyed the book had changed, but our eyes were opened to things we'd missed.<br /><br />It IS hard to say you didn't like a book when someone else has just enthused about it. It's also hard to hear a book we love despised, because it can feel like an assault ourselves, books being so personal (although if someone poured scorn on my new sofa it would feel much the same). I suppose like everything else it depends on how it's done, you can discuss what's wrong with a book or what you disliked about it without suggesting anyone who disagrees is a raving moron. In fact, one of my dearest friends and my mother too dislike some of my favourite novelists and books. However, despite these terrible errors of judgement I do still love them. Just.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-33237944417787524202011-07-12T00:35:31.477+01:002011-07-12T00:35:31.477+01:00I think reactions to a book are so individualistic...I think reactions to a book are so individualistic that we just have to adapt "live & let live" to "read & let read." Which isn't to say I don't have strong opinions about authors and books. But I've given up what I call "book evangelism" (you have to read this great book! or at least read something besides Danielle Steele!), and I ignore the occasional comment about my weird taste in books.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.com