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Comment on Fifty shades of reading by John Grabowski

John Grabowski — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:52:28 +0000

From one of my subscribers, Susan Gabriel of http://www.susangabriel.com, who suddenly can’t seem to post comments herself anymore, for some glitchy reason:

Another great post, John. Deep and thoughtful writing. And I really like the tie! Still can’t figure out why I am unable to post. I hope you’re doing well.

Comment on Fifty shades of reading by John Grabowski

John Grabowski — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:03:53 +0000

Didn’t know you were into Marie Antoinette. Did you see the Sofia Coppola movie?

Comment on Fifty shades of reading by Maria Poole

Maria Poole — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:17:51 +0000

Interesting point (and who did we have for 8th grade history…do you mean Mrs. C?).

I may not always read the “right stuff” but I try to read what is interesting to me. Give me anything fiction or non about some of my fav subjects, and I will read it. I also read a lot of “popular” fiction, sure, but I don’t think I know one person who read The Wave in my circle of friends, an interesting recent nonfiction read. Other popular stuff like Twilight (threw it across the room the writing is so awful) and 50 Shades hold zero interest for me.

Sometimes I just want something mindless, sometimes I want to learn something (even if I’ve read 40 other books about Marie Antoinette…). A lot of times I agree with the statement “at least they’re reading”…but its not about he who reads the fastest wins so I do find the bragging a bit silly.

Great post, friend!

Comment on Fifty shades of reading by Sheila Jordan James

Sheila Jordan James — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:18:31 +0000

Good one, another good one. I’m enjoying following your blog too. Do you write anywhere else?

Comment on Fifty shades of reading by Charles Grass

Charles Grass — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:17:21 +0000

John – I’e been following your blog for a long time now and I have to say you really hit the nail on the head with this one. I mean, you do that a lot in other posts too and I always enjoy them; in fact, I print them and put them on our bulletin board at work. But this one really summed up the difference between grazing alot, which is what our tech-driven modern “quantity” obsessed culture is into, and really reading for understanding and depth, which judging from the arguments on everything from Fox News to the New York Times, nobody is these days into. Bravo. And hurry up and finish that book…I want to read it. And I _won’t_ skim.

Comment on Fifty shades of reading by carvedbytheshadows

carvedbytheshadows — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:48:24 +0000

This sums up perfectly how I feel about a lot of other bloggers – they put up targets of 500 books a year, and then write up their progress every week. I hate to say it, but a lot of the time the books they have read are all no-brainers. They don’t try for that much variety, or even to just slow down and enjoy the book. Then they call it a ‘reading slump’ if they have only read five books in the week! I’m going to stop ranting now haha…