Goodreads.com
So you may have noticed a little box down there underneath the links section which links to reviews and/or ratings from my Goodreads account. It's a pretty good idea, although it's a little frustrating to see people so atomized -- voicing their lone opinions with so little conversation about the books they purport to love. Not all the reviews are terribly written, but interestingly enough I find myself scanning for negative reviews of books that I like -- it's much less dispiriting to read a few crappy negative reviews than a ream of faint praise.
The flipside of that, I guess, is having to watch extremely trite, boring internet conversations take place (I swear if I have to see someone kick off their weak-ass argument with "well everything is subjective and feel free to disagree and blah blah blah suck suck suck" one more time grrrrrr), or the only slightly better trollfests that usually ensue when talking about Ayn Rand or whomever.
Okay I'm not going to go off on too big of a rant here. I think my original point was mainly to point out the irony of a website like this that promotes reading but actually seems to generate very little discussion. It's also a little ironic that I would post over there instead of blogging my opinions here, but...oh well. Books I read from now own will probably get cross posted (actually that George Saunders review from a little while back already has been) assuming that I come up with something to say. Maybe I'll cross post that The Public Burning essay I've been meaning to write for, like, forever.
Oh also this is pretty funny. (via Fluxblog)
The flipside of that, I guess, is having to watch extremely trite, boring internet conversations take place (I swear if I have to see someone kick off their weak-ass argument with "well everything is subjective and feel free to disagree and blah blah blah suck suck suck" one more time grrrrrr), or the only slightly better trollfests that usually ensue when talking about Ayn Rand or whomever.
Okay I'm not going to go off on too big of a rant here. I think my original point was mainly to point out the irony of a website like this that promotes reading but actually seems to generate very little discussion. It's also a little ironic that I would post over there instead of blogging my opinions here, but...oh well. Books I read from now own will probably get cross posted (actually that George Saunders review from a little while back already has been) assuming that I come up with something to say. Maybe I'll cross post that The Public Burning essay I've been meaning to write for, like, forever.
Oh also this is pretty funny. (via Fluxblog)
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