Comments on: Black Beard’s Review of Books He Doesn’t Want to Read: The Corrections http://wehavebeards.com/2010/04/14/black-beards-review-of-books-he-doesnt-want-to-read-the-corrections/ Discussing Movies, Books, Music, TV, Art and Food Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RedBeard@WeHaveBeards http://wehavebeards.com/2010/04/14/black-beards-review-of-books-he-doesnt-want-to-read-the-corrections/comment-page-1/#comment-618 RedBeard@WeHaveBeards Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:19:00 +0000 http://wehavebeards.com/?p=1263#comment-618 I feel like the The Old Man and The Sea comparison is a little hard for me to see. And I haven't yet read Freedom, and not sure if I will. So you'll have to come back and let me know how it was. I feel like the The Old Man and The Sea comparison is a little hard for me to see. And I haven’t yet read Freedom, and not sure if I will. So you’ll have to come back and let me know how it was.

]]> By: Adjusterbeard http://wehavebeards.com/2010/04/14/black-beards-review-of-books-he-doesnt-want-to-read-the-corrections/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Adjusterbeard Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:10:00 +0000 http://wehavebeards.com/?p=1263#comment-615 I read this article a few months ago because, well, I too have put The Corrections down a few times. However, when I finished reading it I felt like I finished a marathon, like, "well that sucked, but I can't believe I did it!" Even though it was extremely depressing, which I credit to the excessive diagnosis of depression, I liked that I finished it and was able to understand its popularity. To my generation, the late twenty somethings, it was what The Old Man And The Sea was to my grandparents generation. Thus explaining its popularity. But his new book, Freedom, that intrigues me. Begrudgingly, I spent $28 on it a week after it has come out. I bought it without reading any of the critics, because I want to read this work because I want to, not because it is the thing to do in book clubs. I am curious if you, Black Beard, have had the time to pic this one up a couple of times yet, and what your synopsis is? I will finish it, but whether or not it is one that remains on my bookshelf for second and third readings is yet to be decided. I read this article a few months ago because, well, I too have put The Corrections down a few times. However, when I finished reading it I felt like I finished a marathon, like, “well that sucked, but I can’t believe I did it!” Even though it was extremely depressing, which I credit to the excessive diagnosis of depression, I liked that I finished it and was able to understand its popularity. To my generation, the late twenty somethings, it was what The Old Man And The Sea was to my grandparents generation. Thus explaining its popularity. But his new book, Freedom, that intrigues me. Begrudgingly, I spent $28 on it a week after it has come out. I bought it without reading any of the critics, because I want to read this work because I want to, not because it is the thing to do in book clubs. I am curious if you, Black Beard, have had the time to pic this one up a couple of times yet, and what your synopsis is? I will finish it, but whether or not it is one that remains on my bookshelf for second and third readings is yet to be decided.

]]> By: RedBeard@WeHaveBeards http://wehavebeards.com/2010/04/14/black-beards-review-of-books-he-doesnt-want-to-read-the-corrections/comment-page-1/#comment-310 RedBeard@WeHaveBeards Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:33:04 +0000 http://wehavebeards.com/?p=1263#comment-310 "Inserting a qualifier into one’s title is like advertising the limits of one’s abilities."<br><br>That's brilliant and so very accurate. “Inserting a qualifier into one’s title is like advertising the limits of one’s abilities.”

That's brilliant and so very accurate.

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