the good book?

[cacian]

this is inspired by the title
the good wife

what is according to you a good book?

[YesNo]

A good book is one I find entertaining or informative. Basically I am glad that I read it.

[Pompey Bum]

A good book is one that takes me somewhere I couldn't have got to without it. Being entertained (for me) is not an issue.

[free]

The one that makes me read many of its pages within a short time. The one I read quickly. Therefore, I think that a good book can, somehow, slow down the passing of time.

[cacian]

The one that makes me read many of its pages within a short time. The one I read quickly. Therefore, I think that a good book can, somehow, slow down the passing of time.

''slow down the passing of time''
that is deep :)
free who is that on your avatar picture?

[Pourya]

A personal answer is, a good book is a book i understand and enjoy, a book that makes me think and reinterpret my beliefs, gives me food for thought and opens new horizons to my perspective. I'm sure there are better answers, the moment i saw this post a poem by Dickinson came to my mind-" there is no frigate like a book", u can check it out, it gives a great definition of a book in general and a good book of course. Technically speaking... well it's gonna be boring so i'd rather not bore u with technical crap, but one thing is for sure and that is the FORM of a book. It's the form that makes a literary work effective. How a matter is expressed is most of the time more important that what is being expressed. To feel it, just try to summarize a short story by Chekov or Poe, and u'll see what i mean.And as for content, technically a good book is a book that delves into serious matters of human nature not Harry Potterish stuff...

[free]

''slow down the passing of time''
that is deep :)
free who is that on your avatar picture?


Thomas Parr. He lived a very long life. And when he was 100 he had a love affair. :)

:thumbsup:

[cacian]

Thomas Parr. He lived a very long life. And when he was 100 he had a love affair. :)

:thumbsup:

a love affair at a hundred?? how does one do that??admit i do not know who he is but i am sure google would be more then willing ;)
free thank you :)

[Pompey Bum]

a love affair at a hundred?? how does one do that??

Don't make me get graphic, casian. :)

[cacian]

Don't make me get graphic, casian. :)

LOL but it is true how does one at this age? LOL

[Pompey Bum]

LOL but it is true how does one at this age? LOL

The same way one does it on one's honeymoon. But with far more wisdom. And much less frequently. :)

[WICKES]

For me a good book should contain beautiful language, interesting characters, an enjoyable story (one that either takes me away to a new world or helps me see this world in a new way) and an original approach to the big issues that confront us all (love, ageing, loss, meaning, death etc). When I feel the need for beautiful language I turn to PG Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, Oscar Wilde etc and to individual works, like Aldous Huxley's 'Chrome Yellow'. For great characters it is Chaucer and Dickens...and so on.

[Lykren]

Right now I'm reading a great book entitled "The Beggar Maid" (aka "Who Do You Think You Are") that, whenever I read it, seems to reveal the essential humanity of the world around me at that moment. By this I mean it juxtaposes, quite clearly and unambiguously, the stormy grief and hurt which thread themselves through us with the uncanny, easy stillness of a universal and sublime indifference, the steadfast recklessness of the heart, beating.

[Lykren]

Incidentally, Pompey Bum, your avatar seems to have developed a mind of its own and removed itself from your posts, from which it has moved on to inhabit every single quote on the site. Don't you know you need to keep a close on these things? ;)

[Pompey Bum]

It has? Well it's beguiling me by appearing in the same place it always does. Those ancient gods can be pretty tricky, though. Please tell me if it gets back in the cave. (!)

[Lykren]

It's back home now, on my screen anyway.

[Pompey Bum]

Thanks. That was weird.

[free]

If you are a gourmand, you will understand if I compare reading a good book with eating the most delicious cake. Or, if you are a nature lover, with the most amazing landscape view. A good writer has a rich vocabulary, talent to see and describe the most impressive details of life to make his reader feel and understand the truth of his writing.