tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post3907626671700126032..comments2023-11-09T02:06:49.126-06:00Comments on Rancho Santa Clara: In Praise of Occasional Trashalcubanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-22774885126773488112013-06-26T05:16:14.691-05:002013-06-26T05:16:14.691-05:00I first thought I'd say your idea of trash and...I first thought I'd say your idea of trash and mine are two different things - but when I read further to discover what you're finding the book to be about I thought no, you might even have one up on me with this one.<br /><br />And from your church no less! Gotta love that.<br /><br />Life's too short to spend time with anything that doesn't grab you. I'm easily bored - haven't watched TV in years, and a book has to grab me in the first chapter or I'm outta there.<br /><br />Your blog, however, is priceless. Love it, always.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10468337479462465608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-34715705188031343452013-06-25T17:06:22.913-05:002013-06-25T17:06:22.913-05:00Glad to take your mind off the carpenter.
alGlad to take your mind off the carpenter.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-40828927347635950472013-06-25T17:03:27.812-05:002013-06-25T17:03:27.812-05:00I'm sure you can get a sample... or find at a ...I'm sure you can get a sample... or find at a discount table at a yard sale.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-70416578978222734892013-06-25T15:37:11.776-05:002013-06-25T15:37:11.776-05:00I'm in a pretty annoyed mood now, waiting for ...I'm in a pretty annoyed mood now, waiting for a carpenter who is now 2 hrs late, at one hour late I had to call him, and he said he'd be here in 1/2 an hr. Oh yay! I just vented to complete strangers.<br /><br />Why I'm commenting is even in this bad mood I laughed out loud at "you'll just have to check your church's lending library"........thanks for that.<br /><br />I'm catching up reading blogs because due to anticipated work I have no place to sit except in front of my computer. As I was scrolling my blog bookmarks, I hoped you would have a new one. I knew if you did it would be interesting and hopefully funny. Lena JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-48390828923459788552013-06-25T12:50:54.915-05:002013-06-25T12:50:54.915-05:00I'm with Jennifer - 75 pages better pique my i...I'm with Jennifer - 75 pages better pique my interest. Many non-fiction books I have read lately seem to have a lot of bloat-speak (my words). The writer could have made his point in half the number of pages and often repeats issues three or four times - I hate having my time wasted that way.<br /><br />I can only assume it is all about page count. For me, I would prefer a short and to the point book and be willing to pay just as much as the 500 page epic.<br />Just saying....calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451271195865202718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-30967093104259440382013-06-25T11:59:48.068-05:002013-06-25T11:59:48.068-05:00Thanks for reminding me about all the sample reads...Thanks for reminding me about all the sample reads I have on my iPad. I downloaded them right before one of my last trips, in case I had some spare time. I never read one yet. I must say it's better then buying the actual books and lugging them around and "thinking" of getting to them.<br /><br />The church book hmm... interesting... I wonder if there is a sample… LOLAndeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-73688980824266525212013-06-25T11:13:27.116-05:002013-06-25T11:13:27.116-05:00Jen: Stew has the same cut-off as you, though I th...Jen: Stew has the same cut-off as you, though I think he quits after only fifty pages. Isabel Allende in a TV interview said the same thing, i.e. life is too short to spend it on so-so books. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-68435129301872302152013-06-25T10:56:49.475-05:002013-06-25T10:56:49.475-05:00I'm younger than both you guys, but I realize ...I'm younger than both you guys, but I realize my time on the planet's limited. If a book doesn't grab me by the first 75 pages, I might skip ahead to the end to see if it could possibly get better, but I'm more likely to toss it aside. Wait. I did that in school, too, remembering that the best grades I garnered were the result of snow jobs where I didn't even bother reading Cliff's Notes. I have always wondered about that teacher in 11th grade who swooned over a paper I wrote about the Bridge of San Luis Rey, when the only part relevant to the book I'd read was the back cover copy. Yep, even back then I was undisciplined and dishonest. <br /><br />I love reading trash! <br /><br />As for catch-up reading, I'm immersed in Borges and Cortazar.<br /><br /><br /><br />jennifer rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285568306915329954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-21354069353071267182013-06-25T10:30:13.560-05:002013-06-25T10:30:13.560-05:00Steve: You are so damn serious and disciplined. I ...Steve: You are so damn serious and disciplined. I know Amity Shlaes the columnist but I'm not familiar with any of her books. Coolidge? How about Jackie Collins for a change of pace? Off to try to get our own Ford Escape.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-59801043972708030852013-06-25T08:30:56.935-05:002013-06-25T08:30:56.935-05:00I love the sample aspect of my Kindle. But I find...I love the sample aspect of my Kindle. But I find that once I start on a book I will almost always finish it. That is why I am rather picky about what gets in the sample queue.<br /><br />I am reading Amity Shlaes's (great name, isn't it?) <i>Coolidge</i> bow -- after finishing Anne Lamott's latest.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.com