http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/comment-page-1/#comment-154231 Mona Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:12:35 +0000 http://hownottoactold.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-154231 THIS is where anyone with half a brain should realize that the advice in this book should be taken as social commentary rather than advice! And I do hope, Ms. Author, that this is the case! THIS is where anyone with half a brain should realize that the advice in this book should be taken as social commentary rather than advice! And I do hope, Ms. Author, that this is the case!

]]> http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/comment-page-1/#comment-75807 How Not To Act Old » Blog Archive » #155: Don’t Read Mass Market Paperbacks Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:01:03 +0000 http://hownottoactold.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-75807 [...] trashy novels?  Or maybe: Don’t read fiction at all?  Didn’t you tell me way back at Number 42 that I wasn’t supposed to read anything at all? And what is a mass market paperback [...] [...] trashy novels?  Or maybe: Don’t read fiction at all?  Didn’t you tell me way back at Number 42 that I wasn’t supposed to read anything at all? And what is a mass market paperback [...]

]]> http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6559 CS Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:27:36 +0000 http://hownottoactold.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-6559 Ridiculous. Reading quality books, magazines and articles is good for one's mind. Society is too tech dependent and too tech crazy. Important to have a balance. Ridiculous. Reading quality books, magazines and articles is good for one’s mind. Society is too tech dependent and too tech crazy. Important to have a balance.

]]> http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Amelia Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:15:12 +0000 http://hownottoactold.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-1007 Calling bullshit here - lots of people don't read books, but I've never gotten any flak from my friends for having an awesome 70s SciFi collection - it's retro and cool. Bookwise, the graphic novel is coming back (Watchmen). Calling bullshit here – lots of people don’t read books, but I’ve never gotten any flak from my friends for having an awesome 70s SciFi collection – it’s retro and cool. Bookwise, the graphic novel is coming back (Watchmen).

]]> http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/23/42-torch-your-books/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Lexi Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:50:25 +0000 http://hownottoactold.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-107 No, no, no... don't stop reading books. Read trendy books. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a good bet. If you want to read Anna Karenina, do it online through www.dailylit.com. They'll send little bits of novels to your inbox every day, and it's totally young to read a novel as long as you do it on your iPhone. (I'm eighteen, btw. Young enough that walking around with a massive tome under my arm like a football makes people think I'm trying to get my summer reading done.) No, no, no… don’t stop reading books. Read trendy books. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a good bet. If you want to read Anna Karenina, do it online through http://www.dailylit.com. They’ll send little bits of novels to your inbox every day, and it’s totally young to read a novel as long as you do it on your iPhone. (I’m eighteen, btw. Young enough that walking around with a massive tome under my arm like a football makes people think I’m trying to get my summer reading done.)

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