I am sorry if I offended anyone by dissing Vampire books. Let me be clear. I do not see anything wrong with enjoying a book for sheer pleasure, and not just because it won a prestigious award or offers a unique and artistic world view. I just think we should differentiate between "my favorite" and "the best". I may say that Napoleon Dynamite is one of my favorite movies, but I would be an idiot to claim that it is one of the best movies ever. For categories such as best, there should be some discernment and standards, such as the people who hand out Pulitzer and Booker prizes use. ( this does not necessarily apply to the people who hand out Oscars. Titanic?! right.)
I may not always like the books that win these awards, but I recognize that they have some merit. Of course in this society there seems to be some resistance to trusting authority, as in "so what if he is a Nobel prize winning climate scientist, what does he know about global warming",and, "who cares if my president is a moron, I would like to have a beer with him", and, "who cares if those people are authorities on English literature, my Vampire book was the best book of the year." You have every right to have your favorite book be a vampire book. But, you know what? If you read the pulitzer prize winner, you might actually even like it better!
OK so this has turned out not to be an apology really, but more like another rant. As in I am sorry if you don't like my opinion, but there it is; even though there is the word sorry in that sentence, it is clearly not an apology.
Sorry.
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OMG I was just rereading this blog and I heard the guest on ATC say something about " liking Napolean Dynamite" wow and then the commentator said that he and his friend simultaneously and independently quit netflix because They had liked Garden State and Netflix recommended Harold and Kumar. wow talk about your elitist snobs, no wonder NPR gets a bad rap.
I really liked a movie called Into Great Silence which is an amazing movie with no dialog about monks who have taken a vow of silence and Netflix made so inane recommendations about some stand up comedian with balloons and such.Wow.
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