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The older I get, the more I realize this no longer holds true. Nor should it. I doubt I'll ever respect Charlie Sheen, even if he were to live to the age of ninety.

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I trump you in both actual years and BAR years. I say a good rant is good for controlling blood pressure. However, if you're going to share the rant (i.e. post on a public forum as opposed to talk to yourself in front of mirror), then the rant should also be coherent.

Welcome to BAR from a fellow Canadian. :)

I think what you describe has always been a part of reading. The interpretations and connotations as you describe above are a natural part of the reading process. The interpretation and in some cases misinterpretation of an author's words will always be an inherent part of reading. To then...

Is AB/Pontiac now -Carlos-? Maybe we should all have multiple names.

Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami. I loved this even more than Hard-Boiled Wonderland. It was in turns enigmatic, sad, disheartening and hopeful.

I think you are mixing two separate, albeit intertwined, processes. To read is to read and all that implies vis a vis interpretation of the words, etc. To write is to write. And back to one of your original questions, "Is this a significant phenomena, or is it sophistry?" Sophistry.

Aaah, thank you. That's what I thought you meant. I tend to start skimming when I'm losing interest in a book. Just finished Kafka On The Shore by Murakami - an excellent read, 4.5 stars.

Surely it's a given that different people will react/respond differently to any particular book. The book - i.e. the words as written by the writer- don't change. Therefore to state, "Consequently, the book you are reading is unique and cannot be read by any other person but you." is a bit of...

You might like We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.

Ahhh, Stepford Welk singers. No wonder the bouffant hairdos stayed up.

Yep, I'm old as the hills, old and grey, older than your granny's slippers, . . . OLD! The reason I'm member #3 (am I really?) is because the original owner of the site saw one of my original websites (circa 2000) and invited me. He then sweet-talked me into becoming a moderator and the rest...

What is skimped?

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Calibre It seems to get good reviews. There are others as well.

I thought the same as one of the commenters from the Slashdot article: Isn't that how it should work? The library purchases ebooks the same way they buy physical books and can only lend out the number of copies they actually own. Making more copies would be an infringement of copyright laws...

Recently finished the Giller Prize winner, The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud. I give it 3 1/2 stars mainly because of the slow and rather muddled beginning.

It's been awhile, but I read the book first, then saw the movie. I enjoyed both, but the movie was very much a Jack Nicholson vehicle. I think you'll find more depth of character in the book. So, yes, read the book.

This is one of my main reasons for getting (well, requesting) a Kobo rather than Kindle for my BD. I borrow library books almost as often as I purchase books, so I don't like having to jump through additional hoops in order to read Epub versions from the library.