Comments on: Keeping the Gate http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: someday http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-21 someday Wed, 21 May 2008 13:40:32 +0000 http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-21 Bruce Henricksen has excellent taste. Too bad he doesn't get to keep a gate. Cheers Bruce Henricksen has excellent taste. Too bad he doesn’t get to keep a gate.

Cheers

]]> By: Skipster http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-20 Skipster Tue, 20 May 2008 13:36:11 +0000 http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-20 That's very true. One has to follow a reviewer for a number of books to get a sense of their level of standards. Which is why I stopped believing Diane Rehm of NPR. Her analysis and interviews were very compelling...of nothingness. Know any good gatekeepers? That’s very true. One has to follow a reviewer for a number of books to get a sense of their level of standards.

Which is why I stopped believing Diane Rehm of NPR. Her analysis and interviews were very compelling…of nothingness.

Know any good gatekeepers?

]]> By: someday http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-19 someday Tue, 20 May 2008 12:38:29 +0000 http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-19 If only the gatekeepers could be trusted to select the best of the best for us. Really the problem is a fundamental one. Where do standards come from, what are they, and who (of the gatekeepers) applies them properly? Cheers If only the gatekeepers could be trusted to select the best of the best for us. Really the problem is a fundamental one. Where do standards come from, what are they, and who (of the gatekeepers) applies them properly?

Cheers

]]> By: Skipster http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-17 Skipster Tue, 20 May 2008 01:39:03 +0000 http://losthillsbooks.com/blog/2008/05/19/keeping-the-gate/#comment-17 Did the NYTimes article also point out that fewer people are actually reading books? I find it increasingly challenging to receive trustworthy book reviews. Without a decent referral, these copious amounts of freshly published books won't get their spines cracked in my hands. It appears that unless one is ensconced in an academic environment, the adult American isn't putting the time into casual reading, which leads to casual referrals to friends/coworkers/acquaintances...ie: Me. I do have hope, though, I've been promised the next available spot in a coveted local 'closed' book group. Unfortunately, I have to wait until the death of one of their current members. Yuck. Did the NYTimes article also point out that fewer people are actually reading books?

I find it increasingly challenging to receive trustworthy book reviews. Without a decent referral, these copious amounts of freshly published books won’t get their spines cracked in my hands. It appears that unless one is ensconced in an academic environment, the adult American isn’t putting the time into casual reading, which leads to casual referrals to friends/coworkers/acquaintances…ie: Me.

I do have hope, though, I’ve been promised the next available spot in a coveted local ‘closed’ book group. Unfortunately, I have to wait until the death of one of their current members.

Yuck.

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