After posting the newest installment of my blog this afternoon I walked away thinking it was rather boring. I reflected on that thought all afternoon. Why did I feel that way? Is it because when you get a good author, writing a good book, with no controversy, there is simply nothing to bitch about? The book was good. The book had no gratuitous sex or violence. The book was not controversial in any way. It was simply a good book. Do good books make for boring blogging? Perhaps they do. Not a bad thing if you're the author of the book. :+) What do you think?
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Next Please!
So Robin Cook is no longer in Crisis as I have finished the book. (I'm sure the good Dr. Cook would be thrilled to hear that). It was a good book. An easy read. In fact, as Robin Cook novels go, perhaps too easy.Though perhaps not as well developed as most of his earlier stuff, it was still a good read. I also answered my own question about whether or not one could enjoy something when one did not always understand the terminology being used. Absolutely! After all with lines like "despite a cacophony of horn blowing and screeching tires, Jack's car managed to merge into traffic".(Robin Cook, Crisis, p255)ya gotta be impressed! How can you not love a line like that? I mean really? Does that not appeal to the wordsmith in all the avid readers among us? I love that line. It's so descriptive and....well ...loud. What can I say...I'm a city girl and can relate to those sounds so very well. I could not however have put them down on paper that well. Which is why he's earning the big bucks and I'm writing about him earning the big bucks.
Not all was wonderful with his words though. It took almost all the way to the end of the book but eventually the serious medical terminology did rear it's head. I spent a good 4 paragraphs wading through page after page of medical lingo that I neither needed to know for the purposes of this book nor wanted to know for any other purpose. Oh well, I suppose when you are as learned as Robin Cook, you will tend to lean toward your chosen field in whatever endeavor you undertake. In this case he simply took the reader along with him for a few rather tedious chapters. All in all it was worth the boredom. The book was well written, contained characters who were like old friends and even established new relationships with old characters. That's always nice as it leaves open a door for old and new to merge into a new book. That might be nice.
So what's next? I would really love to find a good old fashioned controversial book. Rabble rouser, sh** disturber, controversy queen.....that's me. Well at least a little bit. (even I have my limits). Something like the DaVinci Code would be nice. Lots of action. A great read and something to bicker both "for" and "against". Nice thought that. However, I've found nothing even remotely resembling that either in my own library or the Public Library. I think what I'm saying here in my own not so subtle way is, I need a good book to read. Something that I can sink my teeth into. Something that will keep me awake at night trying to finish. (I'm sick of being awake at night for no good reason). I've looked at all my favorite authors and no one has anything on the go right now. I can't wait for Dan Brown's new release but as I am # 161 on the waiting list at the library, methinks it will be a while before I get to that particular eagerly anticipated novel. I really think it's time to find a new author. One who's novels I have yet to sample. Preferably one I will like and has written a few already as that would provide good reading material for some time. Any suggestions anyone? I really could use a good book.
All of which brings me to my next question. Is being a Rabble rousing, sh** disturbing, controversy queen ( I flatter myself here) such a bad thing? Is it wrong to enjoy a good book simply for the sake of a good read despite the controversy that might surround it? Especially given my "Christian" status? There are many I know who would suggest that as a "Christian" I should be reading only "Christian" materials. What think you gentle readers? This is a question that has given me pause often. I mean, not only do I read material that I know many "Christian" people would shy far away from, often I relish it. How appropriate is this? Or not as the case may be? Please, let me know what you think and for goodness sake could someone please suggest a good author?! Or at the very least, a good book?! Thanks, I appreciate your help. :+)
Until next time, read on MacDuff......etc. (yes I know it was lame but it was there!). Apologies to die hard Shakespeare fans who don't see the humour.
PS - Thanks for the tip Dennis :+)
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Not all was wonderful with his words though. It took almost all the way to the end of the book but eventually the serious medical terminology did rear it's head. I spent a good 4 paragraphs wading through page after page of medical lingo that I neither needed to know for the purposes of this book nor wanted to know for any other purpose. Oh well, I suppose when you are as learned as Robin Cook, you will tend to lean toward your chosen field in whatever endeavor you undertake. In this case he simply took the reader along with him for a few rather tedious chapters. All in all it was worth the boredom. The book was well written, contained characters who were like old friends and even established new relationships with old characters. That's always nice as it leaves open a door for old and new to merge into a new book. That might be nice.
So what's next? I would really love to find a good old fashioned controversial book. Rabble rouser, sh** disturber, controversy queen.....that's me. Well at least a little bit. (even I have my limits). Something like the DaVinci Code would be nice. Lots of action. A great read and something to bicker both "for" and "against". Nice thought that. However, I've found nothing even remotely resembling that either in my own library or the Public Library. I think what I'm saying here in my own not so subtle way is, I need a good book to read. Something that I can sink my teeth into. Something that will keep me awake at night trying to finish. (I'm sick of being awake at night for no good reason). I've looked at all my favorite authors and no one has anything on the go right now. I can't wait for Dan Brown's new release but as I am # 161 on the waiting list at the library, methinks it will be a while before I get to that particular eagerly anticipated novel. I really think it's time to find a new author. One who's novels I have yet to sample. Preferably one I will like and has written a few already as that would provide good reading material for some time. Any suggestions anyone? I really could use a good book.
All of which brings me to my next question. Is being a Rabble rousing, sh** disturbing, controversy queen ( I flatter myself here) such a bad thing? Is it wrong to enjoy a good book simply for the sake of a good read despite the controversy that might surround it? Especially given my "Christian" status? There are many I know who would suggest that as a "Christian" I should be reading only "Christian" materials. What think you gentle readers? This is a question that has given me pause often. I mean, not only do I read material that I know many "Christian" people would shy far away from, often I relish it. How appropriate is this? Or not as the case may be? Please, let me know what you think and for goodness sake could someone please suggest a good author?! Or at the very least, a good book?! Thanks, I appreciate your help. :+)
Until next time, read on MacDuff......etc. (yes I know it was lame but it was there!). Apologies to die hard Shakespeare fans who don't see the humour.
PS - Thanks for the tip Dennis :+)
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