http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/ concept to publication Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-25191 kimberly fassinger Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:27:42 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/#comment-25191 ancient evenings is probably the best book i have ever read. 2nd choice; the baroque trilogy by neil stevenson. ancient evenings is probably the best book i have ever read. 2nd choice; the baroque trilogy by neil stevenson.

]]> http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-24910 Nancy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:29:08 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/#comment-24910 No love for Norman? Tsk, tsk! I think that I read his first novel when I was a teenager or maybe in my early 20? I certainly read the one with the story of the woman who was raped and the whole thing just disgusted me. Later, when I found out about him stabbing his wife and his life long male chauvinism as well as his roll in helping a dangerous criminal get released from prison, well, I just could not get past that into appreciating another person who celebrated violence. However literary and artistic. I realize that there is more to Mailer than that but there are so many books and so little time, I prefer to read authors whom I love - Marquez, Borges, Lessing, among others. No love for Norman? Tsk, tsk! I think that I read his first novel when I was a teenager or maybe in my early 20? I certainly read the one with the story of the woman who was raped and the whole thing just disgusted me. Later, when I found out about him stabbing his wife and his life long male chauvinism as well as his roll in helping a dangerous criminal get released from prison, well, I just could not get past that into appreciating another person who celebrated violence. However literary and artistic. I realize that there is more to Mailer than that but there are so many books and so little time, I prefer to read authors whom I love – Marquez, Borges, Lessing, among others.

]]> http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-24803 DMS Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-taste/#comment-24803 Some very interesting case histories do the rounds of business schools on the taste wars between the major soft drink sellers and they all bear out what this article talks about. Taste is something that is highly individual and expert comments are only to give people who wish to talk about it a handle. Just like reviews of books. How often we get fooled into buying/reading books based on a review by a reputed reviewer! Some very interesting case histories do the rounds of business schools on the taste wars between the major soft drink sellers and they all bear out what this article talks about. Taste is something that is highly individual and expert comments are only to give people who wish to talk about it a handle. Just like reviews of books. How often we get fooled into buying/reading books based on a review by a reputed reviewer!

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