tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1276394408877128460..comments2024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00Comments on Book Chase: There But For TheSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-7251622869856664012011-12-12T11:19:50.994-06:002011-12-12T11:19:50.994-06:00Ted, whichever way I tipped the balance, I hope it...Ted, whichever way I tipped the balance, I hope it was the right way for you.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-32633753859198917682011-12-12T11:19:17.566-06:002011-12-12T11:19:17.566-06:00I very much understand that reaction, Library Girl...I very much understand that reaction, Library Girl. I find those multiple-page paragraphs to be a real chore with no apparent payback for the extra effort. Perhaps I'm dense, but I do not understand that style at all.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-73470255454256586222011-12-09T07:05:52.249-06:002011-12-09T07:05:52.249-06:00I've been waffling on whether to get this one ...I've been waffling on whether to get this one or not. You may have tipped the balance.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-47571868267118748342011-12-08T19:00:56.171-06:002011-12-08T19:00:56.171-06:00The author's style would probably annoy me too...The author's style would probably annoy me too much for me to ever finish the book. One of the reasons I abandoned Kazuo Ishiguro's <i>The Unconsoled</i> was because of its long, rambling paragraphs and everything else about it that seemed designed to exhaust readers. I'd rather not feel like I'm slogging through my recreational reading. That said, <i>There But For The</i> sounds A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.com