tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203696259149702296.post1602753273746065183..comments2023-08-06T11:59:01.089-04:00Comments on Turducken: What I'm not readingEve Properhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026926577142821030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203696259149702296.post-67250285455119465572010-01-07T16:24:24.405-05:002010-01-07T16:24:24.405-05:00I've sometimes thought about making people rea...I've sometimes thought about making people read "Left Behind" just so they could see the spectacular wrongness, but in the end I couldn't manage that level of cruelty.lutheranchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762991877928389101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203696259149702296.post-44023279503704466572010-01-07T12:12:04.148-05:002010-01-07T12:12:04.148-05:00I'm OK with present tense and second person, b...I'm OK with present tense and second person, but I definitely avoid writers's block/affairy professorial novels if I can. And the Da Vinci code.Eve Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026926577142821030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203696259149702296.post-18336811715047080522010-01-07T07:36:44.390-05:002010-01-07T07:36:44.390-05:00I also don't read novels without quotation mar...I also don't read novels without quotation marks, except for Cormac McCarthy, and I don't read books in the present tense (except American Psycho, which I read last weekend) or in second person. I try to avoid novels about professors struggling with writer's block who have affairs with their students or middle-aged women who are trying to discover themselves by sleeping around. And of course, the Da Vinci Code.Dave Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125423407293200732noreply@blogger.com