tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029827633604595044.post8771153107877250148..comments2023-06-29T03:31:29.221-07:00Comments on A Room with a View: July 25Nancy J. Parrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107417252662717576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029827633604595044.post-43765772035944864792009-07-26T06:24:55.823-07:002009-07-26T06:24:55.823-07:00"if the American of..." was that if real..."<i>if</i> the American of..." was that if really part of the text?<br /><br />Once on a bus, I read a book with a line SO bad I tried tossing it out of a window. The book hit the window sill and bounced back in my lap. I picked up that book an continued to read... in the end I loved "The Bourne Identity" - sometimes you have to forgive small faults in a great story.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048847365398559366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029827633604595044.post-88859374213575888062009-07-25T09:25:17.784-07:002009-07-25T09:25:17.784-07:00I agree. That's a very dull start to a book. ...I agree. That's a very dull start to a book. Startlingly lackluster, in fact.<br /><br />My own spare time is so rare and precious that I only give most short stories a page to hook me, most novels merely a single chapter. No more than that.<br /><br />I wouldn't even have gone on to the second sentence of that one.Martin Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178236776724050838noreply@blogger.com