Comments for The Bookmark at the U

Comment on Christmas is for Children by Cellulite

Cellulite — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:21:24 +0000

Book is always the best present. OK, well, book or chocolate Looking forward for your recommendations.

Comment on The True Value of a Book by Drew

Drew — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:45:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment Arsen. They are a great value! – I think simply for the fact that a book printed 200 years ago is just as readable as a book printed this year. No technology changes to have to account for (LP to tape to CD to iPod, or VHS to DVD to BlueRay to VOD). A book, is a book, is a book. It’s comfort food for the mind.

Comment on The True Value of a Book by Arsen

Arsen — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:57:00 +0000

Well said Drew. I couldn’t agree more. Not only do books hold their value over the years, they are a great entertainment value. It can take 20 hours to read a $15 book. Compare that to the price of a movie or a DVD.

Comment on Why Bother Going To A Bookstore? by Drew

Drew — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:49:18 +0000

I agree with you, and I have that same disease- unfortunately (or fortunately) there is no known cure. You can only occasionally bring the fever down, usually with the lack of money.

Comment on Why Bother Going To A Bookstore? by stacybuckeye

stacybuckeye — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:36:27 +0000

I cannot pass a bookstore or book sale without going in and buying something. I think it might be a sickness.

Comment on Alcatraz ain’t just a prison by Mel

Mel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:06:36 +0000

I have the paperback version of this book. I am completely out of the age range (36) for whom this novel was intended. I was lost from the first page. My initial want for purchasing this book (through my son’s scholastic order form given at school) was to visit other authors besides Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul, James Patterson, etc., and to gain a little more interest in what my son would someday be reading. I wouldn’t even give him this book. He would pick it up, read a couple pages, and then put it back down never to be picked up again.

Was it only in the paperback form that several pages had been repeated? In my book, the page after 188 is 157, and continues to page 188. At first I thought this was a clever joke by Alcatraz to throw the reader off. However, I read through the entire book and found nothing of the sort. Was it a mistake of the author, or a mistake of the printer? Either way, my interest was lost. I may have only paid $4.00 for this book, it was $4.00 wasted on duplicate pages of mindnumbing nothingness.

Maybe this paperback will be worth something after reprints are extinguished after 20 + years.

Comment on The Sacred Shelf of 10 by randall120

randall120 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:33:22 +0000

I have to agree with #5. There’s too many books out there for me to spend time reading one more than once.
That said there are three that over the years I have read more than once.
No particular order
1. Lord of The Rings
2. The Hobbit
3. 1984
That’s it. No more.

Comment on From books to movies… only 1 star by patrick

patrick — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:13:44 +0000

i agree with you for name of the rose but snow falling on cedars is a totally different thing for me. i love the movie for the absolutely beautifull pictures and i like some of the reworked dialogues much more in the movie than in the book

Comment on The Sacred Shelf of 10 by hmks

hmks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:26:09 +0000

I just blogged about how I’m having difficulty finishing “An Instance of the Fingerpost.”
You can read my dilemma at http://www.HeidiTown.com. Please check out my post! I’d love a comment on why you liked this book so much… I really enjoyed the first voice, but I’m stuck on the 3rd voice (page 385) – 300 more pages to go. I’ve suddenly become very bored with it. Words of wisdom?

~Heidi of http://www.HeidiTown.com

Comment on The Demise of the OED? by Denzel

Denzel — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:19:15 +0000

Oxford dictionary is the famous medium for getting the meaning of various latest words. Every year they have added many new words for its users. After reading your blog i got to know that they are not going to publish another edition it is really a loss for its followers. In this era where you can't live without the use of this beautiful language in such time oxford has taken a heartbreaking decision its a loss for many online dictionary users.