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Koland, I'm with you on some of your comments, although I disagree with you on the Oprah books. I'm thinking about The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen. In my opinion, this is a great Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Unfortunately, Oprah picked up on this book. Franzen expressed reservations about the book being chosen. Anyway, my point is that while I generally agree with you on the Oprah Picks, I'm ultimately unimpressed by her "stamp of approval." To me, her action is like a Sanitation Worker putting a sticker on a urinal. If you gotta go, you gotta go. I don't need her approval to read or not read a book.
This freebie from Amazon doesn't interest me one bit. The book may be horrible or the book may be good. I have no plans to read it, because the subject area doesn't interest me one bit. IF I do read it and didn't like it, I would try to interrogate my reasons for not liking it. (I apply the same rules on liking the book, as well.)
HOWEVER, this freebie was mentioned by chilady1 and it was kind of her to point this out, because there are some people who may want to read it, for any number of reasons. It would be good to read some reviews from people about this book, for those who are curious about whether or not they are thinking of reading it.
Not my kind of book, but thanks again, chilady1, for mentioning it.
Don
Last edited by Dr. Drib; 09-01-2009 at 07:41 AM.
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