tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post5777272165913337862..comments2024-03-26T17:48:13.000-07:00Comments on The Clerk Manifesto: Greatest book of twentieth centuryFeldenstein Calypsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-57689833800399888772016-10-31T14:04:37.476-07:002016-10-31T14:04:37.476-07:00Experience taught me not to expect to convince any...Experience taught me not to expect to convince anyone so it's purely a perk it got you into reading him again, even if it is less points than if you were reading him for the first time. <br /><br />It only takes me a couple years to almost entirely forget a book. Thirty is downright impressive.<br /><br />I am such an inveterate rereader that instead of being the sort of person who says "Oh what I would give to be able to read that again for the first time!" I say "Oh what I would give to read that again for only the second or third time!"Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-65079721740590153952016-10-30T21:58:10.735-07:002016-10-30T21:58:10.735-07:00Wow, I love that story. You got me into reading h...Wow, I love that story. You got me into reading him again. I was afraid I'd remember them all and be bored, but it's been so many years (30?), they're like new again! I'm reading The Doorbell Rang now. <br /><br />I'm not much of a re-reader because they're so many books to read, but I just read Beautiful Ruins and that was a big waste of time. Ugh. I could have re-read something good. So maybe I'm changing my mind about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-78041788312605966882016-10-24T14:55:47.046-07:002016-10-24T14:55:47.046-07:00Naw, I don't mind what your reader vehicle is....Naw, I don't mind what your reader vehicle is. I'm so glad you love Nero Wolfe. I read one on my way to Rome and finished it early on. Later I needed a book and ended up at the Anglo American Bookstore in Spanish steps (near one of the best Gelaterias: La Strega Nocciola). I thought maybe another Rex Stout would be great, but the place had almost no mysteries and I ended up getting a Terry Pratchett book. Later I was back there and found a little section I missed with largish collections of (vastly overpriced) books by just two mystery authors: Agatha Christie and Rex Stout!Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-163625602375981992016-10-11T21:08:55.824-07:002016-10-11T21:08:55.824-07:00Ah! I'm just wandering around randomly and I ...Ah! I'm just wandering around randomly and I found another reference to Nero Wolfe! I gotta read that one again. I have all of them, but....and I know you're going to hate me for this, but I can't stand to read real books anymore. The great thing is, though, they're digital copies of the Nero Wolfe books at several libraries (and I have seven library cards). And you know what? They're all checked out! People are still reading them. That makes me very happy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com