June 21st, 2010 / 3:34 pm
Snippets

This should have thrilled, but rather bored. I think it’s the use of “luminaries”? More about the shop’s history than the actual festival? And the closing quote by Pullman? I’m grumpy?

12 Comments

  1. marshall
  2. Phil

      I would guesstimate that only 25% of the piece dealt with the shop’s history. And, it’s history thrills me.

  3. Kevin Spaide

      Yeah, that quote by Pullman seems to come out of nowhere, but you can’t hold it against him. He didn’t put it there. Or maybe I’m biased, since I read three of his books this week. Really liked them. Also, the shop’s history is – as far as bookshop histories go – right up there with the best of them.

  4. Kristen Iskandrian

      The shop has a fascinating history, absolutely. The piece was too broad and brief to do it, or the “luminaries,” justice.

  5. grammar hammer

      That should be its not it’s.

  6. Kevin Spaide

      That’s true. And “luminaries” is one of those words you really want to use sparingly.

  7. Guest
  8. Phil

      I would guesstimate that only 25% of the piece dealt with the shop’s history. And, it’s history thrills me.

  9. Kevin Spaide

      Yeah, that quote by Pullman seems to come out of nowhere, but you can’t hold it against him. He didn’t put it there. Or maybe I’m biased, since I read three of his books this week. Really liked them. Also, the shop’s history is – as far as bookshop histories go – right up there with the best of them.

  10. Kristen Iskandrian

      The shop has a fascinating history, absolutely. The piece was too broad and brief to do it, or the “luminaries,” justice.

  11. grammar hammer

      That should be its not it’s.

  12. Kevin Spaide

      That’s true. And “luminaries” is one of those words you really want to use sparingly.