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re: SECrOTB Book Club: I need a good book to read
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:49 pm to Patton
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:49 pm to Patton
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What if some person genuinely enjoys Rascal Flatts more than Jason Isbell?
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pretentious
The pretentiousness of music and all things is absurd. It's annoying, yes. It's all kinds of things.
But I don't think pretentiousness is in play when it's decided that Rascal Flatts is junk and Jason Isbell is better. One is McDonalds, the other is Morton's Steakhouse. McDonalds can taste good, it's enjoyed by people all over the world, but it is, in fact shite. We know this, it's qualifiable. Morton's is better quality. This is undeniable. There are most certainly people out there that would actually rather eat McDonalds, but we know they're making a poor choice. Morton's is better for you, better quality, better tasting. It's real. Mickey D's is fake.
Better books, yes. There are qualifiable, quantifiable, sabermetricfiable better books out there than the commercial pop books sold in airport terminals. That's not pretentious.
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Posted on 4/16/15 at 4:21 am to hipgnosis
We all know how universally heralded John Grisham and Tom Clancy are as authors. A majority of their work penned on paper has sold millions and eventually made the big screen. Everybody knows this. However....
I'd like to add that both of them, in my opinion, share the fact that their best work stayed in book form for reasons unknown.
"The Partner" by Grisham and "Without Remorse" by Clancy are amazing start to finish. There's so much ownage in both of them, it just makes it so hard to put down.
Another really good read is by James McManus called "Posetively 5th street" Its a memoir on a dual story regarding a big-time murder trial and himself a simple writer on assignment for a magazine covering the World Series of Poker in the year 2000. It's being turned into a movie coming out next year, I believe. Amazing story. Loved it.
I'd like to add that both of them, in my opinion, share the fact that their best work stayed in book form for reasons unknown.
"The Partner" by Grisham and "Without Remorse" by Clancy are amazing start to finish. There's so much ownage in both of them, it just makes it so hard to put down.
Another really good read is by James McManus called "Posetively 5th street" Its a memoir on a dual story regarding a big-time murder trial and himself a simple writer on assignment for a magazine covering the World Series of Poker in the year 2000. It's being turned into a movie coming out next year, I believe. Amazing story. Loved it.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 5:32 am to hipgnosis
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Better books, yes. There are qualifiable, quantifiable, sabermetricfiable better books out there than the commercial pop books sold in airport terminals. That's not pretentious.
It is pretentious to assume that just because a book is widely produced/consumed that it's not good.
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