tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post8399766762553819275..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : Mini Rvws: If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by K. Vonnegut, Braving the Wilderness by B. Brown, Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, and a note about a buddy readBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-30893873775166781192018-02-03T12:56:39.211-06:002018-02-03T12:56:39.211-06:00I know. There's not much to it and some of it ...I know. There's not much to it and some of it is even a little offensive. But, the teenage mentality is apparently different from that of the old middle-aged fogey. Wild what becomes a bestseller, sometimes, isn't it?Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-81684617011349319312018-02-02T22:56:03.311-06:002018-02-02T22:56:03.311-06:00I thumbed through a copy of Milk and Honey when I ...I thumbed through a copy of Milk and Honey when I was working at B&N and couldn't see what the hype was all about. I especially couldn't understand how it could be on the Best Seller list for so long!Les in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053880852764886416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-65439171863770224212018-02-01T16:25:43.371-06:002018-02-01T16:25:43.371-06:00Well, they're both tricky. Short stories are s...Well, they're both tricky. Short stories are something not everyone does well, but in the hands of the right person they can be amazing. Poetry is more of a matter of taste for me. I either like it or I don't. Often, I don't understand poetry, so I prefer it straightforward. If you're looking to try to get into poetry and short stories, I recommend reading poets that are easy to comprehend, like Robert Frost or Billy Collins and, of course, Simon Van Booy is a mind-blowing short story writer but I also find the Russians have a particular skill for short stories (Chekov, Nabokov, etc.). Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-21205241486393432532018-02-01T14:09:03.643-06:002018-02-01T14:09:03.643-06:00You’re much better at reading short stories and po...You’re much better at reading short stories and poetry than I am. I don’t have much patience for either. :( Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.com