Skip navigation

Category Archives: Ideas About Reading

Looking Past The Story

Today I thought I would write about a book Ian mentioned. He said he hadn’t read it, but it had a “cool dude” on the cover. It irritated me a bit that he hadn’t read it, but I never said anything to him about it. There was a reason I told him he should read […]

Unique Books

I am a big fan of books that are unique in stories of subject matter. Most are antique books I have, but some are new. I find that now matter how poorly written they are that they are special to read. I used to spend a lot of time in antique books stores, but lately […]

Feeding Frenzy Reading

Monday in the newspaper there was an article on a new subject to be added the the local school curriculum. I found it very strange. The subject is UFO’s. As I read the whole article it actually made sense. Well at least sense to a goof like me. The justifications are that it will bring […]

My Opinion of Opinions—Including My Own

Opinions whether mine, Ian’s, your friends, or some literary critic are not the reason to buy a book or read a book. Why? Because they are based on what the person likes or dislike and as such are always biased. Critics says they are impartial but I find they are human like the rest of […]

Bestselling Dribble

My Dad, again. He hates your favourite author. Well, not really…
I just about gave into temptation today and bought a book off the best seller list. All the literary pundits are high on the author. Every few year it happens to me. I forget what is important and get swayed by all the hype […]