Friday, February 29, 2008

On the state of the best-sellers (non-fiction) list.

What she said.

And while we're on the subject, no more metaphysics-lite books, please.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

You mean to tell me that you're not going to join Oprah's book club!!!!! hehehe

Natalie said...

Hey, Oprah should be joining my book club, Lady! ; )

Unknown said...

This is true. She really should.

Eric Shonkwiler said...

That makes three people that aren't joining hands and freeing egos. Have you started a petition yet? Here's a good title: "Save the Old Earth, First."

Natalie said...

Ha, ha! I love it! (I especially love how you reveal your own philosophical bent: "That makes three people that aren't joining hands and freeing egos." Very well-put! I admit, I'm more interested in aesthetics and epistemology than in metaphysics--although, and I'm sure I don't need to point this out but will do so anyway, it should be said that all three are often very much connected.)

Every time a customer asks me if I've read the latest best-selling tome of this ilk, I have to bite my tongue to keep from sputtering, "Never! Give me the real stuff!" Sigh. I'm afraid this makes me elitist. But I guess even Marx allowed for a certain degree of elitism. ; )