Comments on: The ideal reader http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/ Writing about reading Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mrsd http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-53 mrsd Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:53:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/#comment-53 Bess Streeter Aldrich, Isaiah, and Janice Holt Giles. Bess Streeter Aldrich, Isaiah, and Janice Holt Giles.

]]> By: Christa http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Christa Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:51:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/#comment-52 Ah, what an excellent question! I am the ideal reader for Stephen R. Lawhead. He wrote the Pendragon Series just for me, for the time that I wish I was born in. Alas, I was born in this time, so can do nothing but read of what my life could have been like. My whole life today for a week then. . . . Ah, what an excellent question!

I am the ideal reader for Stephen R. Lawhead. He wrote the Pendragon Series just for me, for the time that I wish I was born in. Alas, I was born in this time, so can do nothing but read of what my life could have been like.

My whole life today for a week then. . . .

]]> By: doulicia http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-51 doulicia Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:30:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/#comment-51 So far it has to be Jonathan Franzen. As I read The Corrections I kept giving him mental thank yous for writing this or that sentence that I've always wanted to write but never could quite express that well. Alternatively, my darker side is clearly George Saunders' ideal reader. His cynicism and use of degraded (not degrading!) speech resonate with my sense of where the world is going. But I'm still young in my reading life. I suspect I'll find better suitors as time goes on. So far it has to be Jonathan Franzen. As I read The Corrections I kept giving him mental thank yous for writing this or that sentence that I’ve always wanted to write but never could quite express that well.

Alternatively, my darker side is clearly George Saunders’ ideal reader. His cynicism and use of degraded (not degrading!) speech resonate with my sense of where the world is going.

But I’m still young in my reading life. I suspect I’ll find better suitors as time goes on.

]]> By: Diana http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Diana Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:21:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/#comment-50 Off the top of my head, I'd have to say David Sedaris. I recognize all of his weaknesses and inadequacies as being my own. I just wish I were funny like he is. I'd have to think to dredge up the others that I just know are in there. And yes, what a great question! Off the top of my head, I’d have to say David Sedaris. I recognize all of his weaknesses and inadequacies as being my own. I just wish I were funny like he is.

I’d have to think to dredge up the others that I just know are in there.

And yes, what a great question!

]]> By: Suzanne http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Suzanne Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:56:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2005/02/07/the-ideal-reader/#comment-49 Great question! For me, I think, it would be Carol Shields. So much of her work resonates deeply with me, and I will be revisiting some of the books again as I get older. Her books are filled with profound, simply stated observations about middle age that I'm sure will affect me differently when I reach that stage of life. Great question!

For me, I think, it would be Carol Shields. So much of her work resonates deeply with me, and I will be revisiting some of the books again as I get older. Her books are filled with profound, simply stated observations about middle age that I’m sure will affect me differently when I reach that stage of life.

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