tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post5716402608461571819..comments2023-09-11T05:46:29.728-03:00Comments on Novel Readings: Summer ReadingRohan Maitzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-44356398415560073992009-09-08T14:37:47.370-03:002009-09-08T14:37:47.370-03:00I think the praise from ordinary readers is genuin...I think the praise from ordinary readers is genuine, and I think it comes from a desire for prurience which is made licit here through the sophistication of being Scandinavian rather than simply trashy and American. Putting a sexy thriller in the context of a society that's ultra-progressive socially and full of sort of calm, rational people who spend a lot of time out in the cold makes it nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-71942525595005872252009-09-08T12:10:05.708-03:002009-09-08T12:10:05.708-03:00I'm laughing at "prurient and dull" ...I'm laughing at "prurient and dull" even though I enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequel. I'll have to think more about why. I didn't read it in any intellectual way; just thought it was a grand mystery story.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-71853536410034541642009-09-07T15:22:49.374-03:002009-09-07T15:22:49.374-03:00Colleen: No good reason, just that usually when I ...Colleen: No good reason, just that usually when I was updating the list she would remind me of the titles and that's what I would jot down. I suppose I could (should?) go add in the authors.<br /><br />Nicole: So what do you suppose explains all the effusive praise and hype? Maybe people think they'll come across as unsophisticated if they admit not liking the latest European sensation? (Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-77311927454339904562009-09-07T14:52:41.766-03:002009-09-07T14:52:41.766-03:00"somehow managed to be at once prurient and d..."somehow managed to be at once prurient and dull"<br /><br />You sure nailed that one! The second book is even more so, on both counts. Sort of amazing, really...and not in a good way.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-9175963533448084692009-09-07T13:11:05.143-03:002009-09-07T13:11:05.143-03:00Question: You listed all the authors for the books...Question: You listed all the authors for the books you read and none for the books Maddie read - why?Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.com