tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post7380053089327708731..comments2024-03-27T17:50:20.086-04:00Comments on A Bookish Way of Life: A Thousand Pardons: A Novel by Jonathan DeeNadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315207186180201488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-63948763819044778652013-03-23T10:38:43.899-04:002013-03-23T10:38:43.899-04:00The characters were total jerks weren't they? ...The characters were total jerks weren't they? LOL, so true. DNFs are always such a bummer. (Time wasted, ugh!) BUT I think being able to put a book aside that you aren't in love with is a sign of a mature reader. So bully for you! The Relentless Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059240496186812005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-60039945857712589402013-03-22T20:53:55.358-04:002013-03-22T20:53:55.358-04:00Good for you to pull the plug. It's hard enoug...Good for you to pull the plug. It's hard enough to do, especially when so many other people like a book. Then I always keep reading thinking something's going to redeem the book for me, that there has to be something coming that made so many people like the book.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-66404808355282153192013-03-22T20:23:07.220-04:002013-03-22T20:23:07.220-04:00Oh, no! You didn't like it! And I had such hig...Oh, no! You didn't like it! And I had such high hopes from hearing wonderful things about it. But then again, I've heard it's for readers who like Jonathan Franzen, and I loathe that guy's writing, so maybe I'll find this one unreadable as you did.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-35573040518075147042013-03-22T11:58:50.166-04:002013-03-22T11:58:50.166-04:00You and I have such similar reading tastes that if...You and I have such similar reading tastes that if you didn't like this one, then I know I won't either. Too bad because it does sound like my kind of book. Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.com