Alabama Skankycat's Journal

Alabama Skankycat's Journal

Yesterday through the fluke of a fortunate 'google' I found a new book group. Ah the joy of fellow readers. I greedily read as many previous posts as I could, then brazeningly posted a few responses on my own.

This morning I eagerly went back to the group - I'm in with a cold so this passes for major excitement - and read more posts. And began to notice just how critical and grumpy many of the posters are. Are we readers confusing mindless criticism and naysaying with literary criticism? Do we all use our reading expertise to cudgel others into recognizing our intellectual superiority? Just why does reading bring out the prick in people?

Oh Lord, please don't let me grow up to be that like. Let me read for joy. Let me just toss out the bad ones and luxuriate in the good ones. And dear Lord, please help me not use my intellect [what there is of it] to bludgeon anyone. anytime. for any reason. unless that anyone happens to be related to my spouse. amen.