tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post4633386120509099557..comments2024-03-27T05:41:49.609-04:00Comments on Ask And Ye Shall Receive: Catcher in the Why, God, Why?Love Biteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-62000933711005726322009-10-10T06:38:09.101-04:002009-10-10T06:38:09.101-04:00Rassles - try Franny and Zooey, it's much bett...Rassles - try Franny and Zooey, it's much better than CITR.Sack Possethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149646494377478785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-4690490696347791762009-10-10T03:54:18.895-04:002009-10-10T03:54:18.895-04:00likes. with an 's'.likes. with an 's'.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-38081577839917685112009-10-10T03:53:27.976-04:002009-10-10T03:53:27.976-04:00I've tried to like Catcher in the Rye. I'...I've tried to like Catcher in the Rye. I've really, really tried. But it bores the shit out of me. It's too masculine and too blah for a naturally sunshiny motherfucker like me. <br /><br />And Tumbling is boring too. But, if it hadn't been for him, there wouldn't have been this post, and there wouldn't have been all the comments, and I wouldn't have know that Franklin like Nine Stories, and I would be possibly missing something good. <br /><br />So, for all the dross comes some glow.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-39563878122335394562009-10-09T20:16:17.272-04:002009-10-09T20:16:17.272-04:00It's ok, Rass. We'll always have Ignatius....It's ok, Rass. We'll always have Ignatius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-85725795067597382082009-10-09T10:58:15.771-04:002009-10-09T10:58:15.771-04:00And I've never read any other Salinger.And I've never read any other Salinger.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-19583804596936944582009-10-09T10:57:58.167-04:002009-10-09T10:57:58.167-04:00I guess it all just depends on your definition of ...I guess it all just depends on your definition of interesting. I feel like someone can write about a piece of toast and make it interesting, or a paper clip. But to take a good story and dull it up with horrible narration is just a fucking crime.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-78247775853193014082009-10-09T08:38:25.827-04:002009-10-09T08:38:25.827-04:00And Teddy -- I remember reading that and bawling.And Teddy -- I remember reading that and bawling.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-47120703304578207682009-10-09T07:53:38.896-04:002009-10-09T07:53:38.896-04:00I think Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters is my...I think Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters is my favorite. And A Perfect Day for Bananafish. Shit...my favorite is all of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-39223169926950501252009-10-08T22:42:25.253-04:002009-10-08T22:42:25.253-04:00I loved A Perfect Day for Bananafish!I loved A Perfect Day for Bananafish!Erinhttp://www.poorpenmanship.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-8935378357091336102009-10-08T22:05:14.996-04:002009-10-08T22:05:14.996-04:00hereinfranklin: Nine Stories is one of my favorit...hereinfranklin: Nine Stories is one of my favorite books of all time. In an entirely different class from Catcher.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-54011942681023557472009-10-08T21:32:25.605-04:002009-10-08T21:32:25.605-04:00It not for Catcher in the Rye I would have never r...It not for Catcher in the Rye I would have never read Salinger's short stories or learned about the Glass family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-48131323685170202612009-10-08T18:07:17.627-04:002009-10-08T18:07:17.627-04:00Well said, Romius. You can pretty a story up with...Well said, Romius. You can pretty a story up with interesting words, but if there is no substance to the story in the first place it wouldn't work for me. I also agree that some people have interesting stories to tell, they just don't know how to tell them. I think Slow Tumbling Life does have some cool experiences to expound on, but he failed to captivate me. I just never got a real sense of who he was. Maybe he doesn't know and that's why he's quoting Catcher in the Rye in his About Me.Sylvia Wrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16598265515601742290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-1916760451823355352009-10-08T17:03:02.053-04:002009-10-08T17:03:02.053-04:00I did not read HC until I was in my 30's and I...I did not read HC until I was in my 30's and I ended up liking the book far more than I thought i would.<br /><br />The whole debate about style over substance is what rassles has hit on I think.<br /><br />There maybe some cross talk here.<br /><br />I have a friend I get in debates with all the time. He wants to write a book because he has had some interesting stories.<br /><br />In fact if you ask the average person they think their life is so interesting that it deserves a full blown book, but that;s just because their lives are interesting to them.<br /><br />And even if their lives are interesting that does not mean they can tell the story in an interesting way.<br /><br />I think the other thing is does someone's brilliant style (here i am thinking of a David Mamet who I can love!) or the guy who wrote and directed BLOoM BROTHERS-i liked brick) obfuscate and confuse us into thinking we are seeing or reading greatness when all we get is flashiness.<br /><br />Flashiness is fun and cool and it can wow you. But ultimately it lacks heart. Sometimes the flash makes it good enough for you to want to take a ride with it, but a lot of time technical skill that prodigious fails to develop any other parts of the story telling genius that is needed to get us to identify or love a story.Romius T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18043032468436393210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-78370554354546775622009-10-08T16:41:46.929-04:002009-10-08T16:41:46.929-04:00Slowtumblinglife - Now, now, now, don't go &qu...Slowtumblinglife - Now, now, now, don't go "die or something". As I said in my review, I think you are a good writer. Your "Autumn Leaves" post was great and if I get a chance I will check out the short stories. There was just a lot of stuff to read on your blog and most of it had me dozing off. Your more recent stuff is definitely better but still a snoozefest.Sylvia Wrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16598265515601742290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-54024516079749167622009-10-08T16:26:12.052-04:002009-10-08T16:26:12.052-04:00You can't imagine how happy I would be if the ...You can't imagine how happy I would be if the links opened in a new window. And I didn't have to crawl between the links and the post on a dial-up connection. Rural life - can't beat it with a big stick.<br /><br />The review? What Sci Fi Dad said, plus general opinion of Catcher in the Rye.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-73551139370936455562009-10-08T14:34:29.967-04:002009-10-08T14:34:29.967-04:00Hello SW,
What can I say I couldn't agree wit...Hello SW,<br /><br />What can I say I couldn't agree with your review more. <br /><br />The Blog is in fact filled with much mundane stuff, it is mostly from a time I had little to do otherwise. <br /><br />Nowadays I spare the blog my every boring thought. <br /><br />Oh, but maybe you should try some of the short stories. You might like those, and if you don't, what can I say? I should just go die or something.. <br /><br />Anyway,<br />Nikhil. <br /><br />PS - Also guys stop it with Holden Caulfield. I mean say what you like, actually, all I'll say is that I never really meant it to be in the About Me bit. Honestly. Just too lazy/lacking-of-ideas to put something else up.slowtumblinglifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935718833775964889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-87462579158551290452009-10-08T14:09:20.871-04:002009-10-08T14:09:20.871-04:00I mean, the book itself is fine, whatever. I just...I mean, the book itself is fine, whatever. I just really don't like HC. Never did, even when I was sixteen. <br /><br />By the way, S. Wrath: nice review. "the bloodier, the better."Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-26083495631518122092009-10-08T13:57:27.576-04:002009-10-08T13:57:27.576-04:00I liked it better at 43 than I did at 23. Maybe b...I liked it better at 43 than I did at 23. Maybe because it's my job to catch kids who fall through the cracks, somehow.<br /><br />But I can think of better books for my kids to read, truthfully.Love Biteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-46258056035807757512009-10-08T13:08:49.722-04:002009-10-08T13:08:49.722-04:00Even when a writer describes things very carefully...Even when a writer describes things very carefully, I don't like to read it unless there is some central narrative tension. Maybe if Slow Tumbling Life concentrated more on storytelling his thoughts would come out in a way that captivates me. Even Catcher in the Rye has a story. The snarky observations might be what makes Holden seem cool to people, but no one would have finished the book unless they wanted to find out where he'd be at the end of his runaway night.<br /><br />I wasn't wild about Catcher myself. Read it at 14, 18 and 22. Never got into it.Erinhttp://www.poorpenmanship.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-81398264294090757092009-10-08T13:08:14.501-04:002009-10-08T13:08:14.501-04:00Exactly. Why would you take something interesting...Exactly. Why would you take something interesting and make it suck? <br /><br />That's what flaming fingers are for.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-54893709083124333072009-10-08T12:48:28.166-04:002009-10-08T12:48:28.166-04:00Come on Dad, please read me Catcher in the Rye?Come on Dad, please read me Catcher in the Rye?The Real Jesus Christnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-88254735038031933912009-10-08T12:47:36.023-04:002009-10-08T12:47:36.023-04:00Key - I thought you were going to church now.
R...Key - I thought you were going to church now. <br /><br />Rassles - That sentence is the one that stood out for me to as the biggest horseshit on earth. Say anything in an interesting manner and I love you. Say something interesting in a lame manner and I hate you.Blueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014949557018388159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-37904573176475071702009-10-08T12:43:55.666-04:002009-10-08T12:43:55.666-04:00Well...I ummm...I just don't get it.Well...I ummm...I just don't get it.Daddy Fileshttp://daddyfiles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-60592609590960632952009-10-08T12:43:23.503-04:002009-10-08T12:43:23.503-04:00yeah, Rass, I still think my boy would be better o...yeah, Rass, I still think my boy would be better off not being exposed to that shitpiece.Reverend Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617171719225432871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-17828495300623920322009-10-08T12:42:09.375-04:002009-10-08T12:42:09.375-04:00I can make you twice, nazarene.I can make you twice, nazarene.Reverend Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617171719225432871noreply@blogger.com