I'm an incredibly patient man. I suffer fools (myself chief among them), but rarely do I suffer foolish books. Those books that rate a strong three, a four or five stars are proudly displayed, the rest get-the-boot!
My reading preference ranges from non fiction and turn of the century history, to memoirs, travel and adventure writing. I...
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I'm an incredibly patient man. I suffer fools (myself chief among them), but rarely do I suffer foolish books. Those books that rate a strong three, a four or five stars are proudly displayed, the rest get-the-boot!
My reading preference ranges from non fiction and turn of the century history, to memoirs, travel and adventure writing. I treasure good humor and descriptive prose and despise most love scenes, long soap boxing and bad mysteries. I love great fiction... but it better be really unique. I also enjoy the intensity of a compact short story and the raw truth found in the emotional banter of a great contemporary play.
I've lived and worked in downtown Chicago for 25 years. I guess I'm a city kid now, but I was raised as a corn-fed, Midwestern, Detroit suburbanite. I've been happily married to my wife Carrie for 7 fast years. We have three fun loving kids (Grace 6, Hayden 4 & Taylor 2).
I would like to be part of a meaningful exchange targeting one of the books I have recently read. I would also like to find a few select readers with similar profiles that I can trust for quality references. I'd be happy to return the favor. After every book I read, I write a short informal review. I invite you to pick one of your favorite books from my shelf, read my review and start zinging me. I'll promise to return the favor.
In closing, I'll tell you why I read. It's been said that our reading memory retention is less than 10%. I don't dispute the point (in fact, I might personally be closer to 5%). In defense of what appears to be a negative, I offer the following quote from S. Maugham, "Now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me." I just love it when a new thought or emotion is so vivid that it is seared into my memory and that is why I keep reading.
Have a great day, Dave
(In case you were wondering, Garcon was my nick name in college)
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