where I show my wretched snobbiness

[thistle_verse]

I know I am a total snob about certain things. I try not to be about most big things in life, or at least I like to think I'm not. But certain small things...yes. I am a bit of a coffee snob (I buy Starbucks dark roasts b/c I can't stand weak coffee and they taste the best so far). I think I'm kind of a music snob, in that the majority of pop music

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[rillalicious]

I'm merely waiting until the day this Sparks releases a coffee table edition of his works illustrated by Thomas Kinkade. *dies

[thistle_verse]

There's no end to the glory that is Paul Bettany. I have Wimbledon on dvd now. If you don't, I'll bring it when we come.

You really should not read DaVinci Code. Not only is the writing pretty crappy, but you'll want to die at the insane liberties he takes with da Vinci's works. I actually thought the movie would be great because the writing was sho shallow and action-oriented. It felt like a screen play rather than a novel. But the movie actually did nothing for me, either. Except not like Tom Hanks at all anymore. :)

[rillalicious]

Yeah, that's what I've heard. Plus, my brother really liked it (DaVinci Code). Again, you've met my family.

OMG, I have Wimbledon, but full frame. If you have widescreen, bring it. *reaches new level of dorkness*

[lillithj]

I'm not fawning over Descartes in my spare time

Oh lord, I've done this. In fact, I was pondering re-reading the Discours in response to an article in The New Yorker.

I'm merely waiting until the day this Sparks releases a coffee table edition of his works illustrated by Thomas Kinkade. Then my head will simply explode and I won't have to feel ever-so-slightly guilty for this snobbery of mine.

I am so giggling.

[thistle_verse]

Hee! See, I've read Descartes, in a philosophy class, and really appreciated the work. But it's not something I'd dive into for enjoyment's sake alone. You are in a far better position to judge on reading than I am, for all my snobbery, LOL.

[lillithj]

I guess Descartes holds a special place in my heart, because he's the first philosopher that I really got, meaning, I understood what his project was and why he was doing it. Yeah, it's weird, but hey, so am I.

I'm a snob about many things, but not when it comes to reading. I'll read anything from bodice rippers to history

[thistle_verse]

I'll read anything from bodice rippers to history

Hmmm, I feel the same...I just want to see them well-written. It's not a genre snobbery (though maybe there's a teensy one with those pink chick-lit things).

[whitemunin]

Well, everyone has their deadly sin. ; ) Mine's greed. I write "rubbish" and make no apologies for it. That's because I want to be rolling in cash like Roberts or Sparks some day.

It's nothing new, toots. The literary critic slashes and burns the pop culture; the pop icons laugh all the way to the bank and secretly wish the literati accepted them. So embrace your snobbery. I'll embrace my greed, and we'll go to the pub and have a Guiness together. : )

For what it's worth I dislike Thomas Kinkade.

[thistle_verse]

See...I think the genre that Spark fulfills, as well as the one Roberts does...are fine. I'm not ranting against a genre of fiction AT ALL. I think they can and are done so much better than these two hacks. Really. And I'm sure you are among them, having read your writing before. I am basically decrying the fact that these two people are able to make all this money and sell all these books rather than really good writers and works who don't get picked up. Basically my snobbery is aimed at the tastes of the average American consumer, I guess, who seemingly can't be chuffed to exert any intellectual or inaginative effort...

[whitemunin]

Nora Roberts is a hit and miss for me. I don't understand the huge draw personally, but she seems to appeal to a greater percentage of the masses than other romances writers

[bloodcult]

Both my mother and my... um... Brandynn rant and rave and threaten bloody violence at the mention of Thomas Kinkade. There are quite a few of those things that drive me up the freaking wall. I'm with you, bunny.

[thistle_verse]

Ah, good. I'm pretty sure if a Sparks novel mated with a Kinkade painting, Vince Gill would come out. /end of insulting popular artists

Haha!

[thistle_verse]

LOL. Well, I felt like an utter heel when I commented on another public site of mine, under a category of "books" that if anyone called Nora Roberts or Nicholas Sparks "good writing", I would scream...only to see quite a few of the old high school pals who friended me on there list Sparks as their fav! Heh. (I took that comment off, btw!)