Comments on: BOOKGASM’s Best (and Worst) of 2009 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: R http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64970 R Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:56:41 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64970 Hey, I don't just dish out comments that easily. They have to be earned, you know? Anyway, I hate lists like this. They just remind me how little I've read in the past year. Hey, I don’t just dish out comments that easily. They have to be earned, you know?

Anyway, I hate lists like this. They just remind me how little I’ve read in the past year.

]]> By: Peter http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64965 Peter Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:17:18 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64965 Agreed with your take on the Hollywood books - the plots seemed disjointed at first but it all seems to come together in the end. Wambaugh's best work since the 1970s. Lost City of Z was also great. I initially thought that Grann's incorporation of his own personal quest would diminish the story, but it actually worked well. Bartlett's Man Who Loved Books, however, was overrated. This was basically a magazine essay which was padded to make a book. She made the same points over and over. There are much better books about obsession and book collecting such as Basbanes' Gentle Madness or the Goldstone's Used and Rare. Agreed with your take on the Hollywood books – the plots seemed disjointed at first but it all seems to come together in the end. Wambaugh’s best work since the 1970s.

Lost City of Z was also great. I initially thought that Grann’s incorporation of his own personal quest would diminish the story, but it actually worked well.

Bartlett’s Man Who Loved Books, however, was overrated. This was basically a magazine essay which was padded to make a book. She made the same points over and over. There are much better books about obsession and book collecting such as Basbanes’ Gentle Madness or the Goldstone’s Used and Rare.

]]> By: Eric L http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64962 Eric L Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:51:34 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64962 I read the first 2 Wambaugh HOLLYWOOD books and I found that the plot actually slowed them down. I like the first hundred pages or so where it's just kind of a series of related vignettes more than the actual plot. Still, I'm really looking forward to reading the new one. For the most part I agree about the books I've read, am looking forward to reading some of the ones I haven't and will try to check out some of the ones I haven't heard of. And DETECTIVE COMICS has really been amazing. Williams is just too good. I read the first 2 Wambaugh HOLLYWOOD books and I found that the plot actually slowed them down. I like the first hundred pages or so where it’s just kind of a series of related vignettes more than the actual plot. Still, I’m really looking forward to reading the new one. For the most part I agree about the books I’ve read, am looking forward to reading some of the ones I haven’t and will try to check out some of the ones I haven’t heard of.

And DETECTIVE COMICS has really been amazing. Williams is just too good.

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64959 Rod Lott Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:30:07 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64959 It's not a dig at gamers, Louis, but a book that feels like it's pandering to them. I was referring to studies that suggest low readership of books among non-adult players in particular (blogs are another story). It’s not a dig at gamers, Louis, but a book that feels like it’s pandering to them. I was referring to studies that suggest low readership of books among non-adult players in particular (blogs are another story).

]]> By: louis rodriguez http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64958 louis rodriguez Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:34:29 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64958 Dig at gamers makes gamers reading bookgasm sad. Dig at gamers makes gamers reading bookgasm sad.

]]> By: Allan http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasm%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-64952 Allan Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:56:45 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=11962#comment-64952 Wow, the three of us put together don't merit a single comment? Ryun's list has 18! I guess it pays to hate women.... And Armenians.... And children.... And to spell your name weird.... Wow, the three of us put together don’t merit a single comment? Ryun’s list has 18! I guess it pays to hate women…. And Armenians…. And children…. And to spell your name weird….

]]>