Comments for What Not To Read

Comment on What Not To Read’s Top 10 Books of 2011 by Brian Medford

Brian Medford — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:05 +0000

DebiA-The Top 10 are the best books of the year, what you should be reading- essentially – you should not read anything else!

Comment on What Not To Read’s Top 10 Books of 2011 by DebiA

DebiA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:45:30 +0000

Confused…is this the what not to read really, or the what to read?

Comment on What Not To Read’s Top 10 Books of 2011 by Tegan

Tegan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:54 +0000

Hooray! I always love checking your list to see what I missed… Now when can I find the time to read them before the end of the year (and my top 10 deadline)?!? Thanks for the great reading inspiration.

Comment on What Not To Read: September 2011 by Chris Blakeley

Chris Blakeley — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:08 +0000

Robopocalypse wanted very badly to be World War Z, a fantastic zombie novel that’s written as an oral history (a la Studs Terkel) based on interviews from around the world, making it a truly global struggle. Unfortunately, this only focuses on five or six characters who all eventually interact in one way or another, making for a much smaller story. We hear bits and pieces, but never get a sense of a global event.

Plus switching from zombies to robots means that there is, literally, an off switch. So the war ends and…. yep, that’s it. Game over. It ended and… yeah, whatever.

Check out World War Z, leave this well enough alone.

Comment on Buzz Book: The Submission by Amy Waldman by theoncominghope

theoncominghope — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:23:01 +0000

I just finished the novel, and I have to say, it’s one of the best books I’ve read recently. I wrote sort of a long treatise about it’s place in the Age of Hysteria and why it’s important here:

http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-amy-waldman-submission-and-age.html

Comment on What do you think? Three Cups of Tea by jon

jon — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:41:16 +0000

Fantastic Book!

Comment on What Not To Read: November 2010 (Short Edition) by Betsy

Betsy — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:38:50 +0000

You’ve hit the ball out the park! Iencrdible!

Comment on The Best of What To Read: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak by Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:19:04 +0000

I’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s imrpseisng me!

Comment on Just Finished/Just Started by Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:17:19 +0000

Thank you for including My Sweet Life in Paris…light and funny is what’s calling to me right now. I sometimes wonder if all great literature has to have tragedy and pain. (My adult child asked me once if there was any Newberry Award book he could read, where somebody or their pet didn’t die.)

I hope my sweet life in Paris include meat recipes and not just carb-loaded desserts.

I also appreciate, without knowing why, the use of the word mean-spirited in the Sedaris review. I just like the word.

Comment on What Not To Read: March 2011 by Brian Medford

Brian Medford — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:46:20 +0000

Bookcellarnh- That’s a little sad. Although I am glad the people are buying books (especially from small book stores), I’d much rather they buy Flavia!