tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603087915470708671.post477799099484792676..comments2024-01-02T21:10:53.585-08:00Comments on Maggie Alderson's Reading List: MORE ON MY LITERARY PIN UPMaggie Aldersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17576780843903768274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603087915470708671.post-70789464977760003402010-06-11T06:49:07.888-07:002010-06-11T06:49:07.888-07:00I'm sorry, Maggie, but I call bullshit on that...I'm sorry, Maggie, but I call bullshit on that. Oh yes, those poor benighted judges, sitting around deliberately choosing the worst, most unreadable books to give awards to. No wonder no one ever buys or reads or enjoys the (for example) Booker Prize winners... oh wait. Wolf Hall anyone?<br /><br />I enjoy challenging literary fiction and I object to those books being disparaged equally as much as I object to popular/commercial fiction being disparaged. Each has its readers (and they are often the same readers) and each has its place on the bookshelf.<br /><br />Personally, I've never been able to get past the first couple of pages of an Amis novel. Didn't enjoy them, actually. I guess "enjoyable" is in the eye of the reader.Misrulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005874586861016523noreply@blogger.com