tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post3612292768726004879..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: Non-sequiturious Ax-grinding: A Book ReviewKristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-90875209278301679502019-07-15T20:06:43.682-07:002019-07-15T20:06:43.682-07:00Thanks as always for reading, Dale! That's a b...Thanks as always for reading, Dale! That's a beautiful thing about Garcia Marquez. I keep thinking I am going to start reading all of the classics...I should get on that. Contemporary novels are just leaving me cold. It could age, impatience, or impending stupidity...who knows? Kristen McHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-68720989193529873072019-07-15T15:08:07.003-07:002019-07-15T15:08:07.003-07:00Novels. Yeah, sometimes I think they're just a...Novels. Yeah, sometimes I think they're just a waste. Some kid is going to teach me what living in America means, or what the story of my life is, or what it ought to be? I doubt it. On the other hand, I reread García Márquez the other day and realized: this is the guy who convinced me that if you don't love anyone your life ends up stupid. When I was sixteen, in a way that I could actually hear it. How's <i>that</i> for value? I wasn't going to get that from a math textbook. <br /><br />But I dunno, I might be too stupid now to read novels. Maybe the window has closed :-(Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com