Good evening folks, I have a quick thought that I needed to share. I'm texting a fellow reader of mine, and the Russian novel Anna Karenina wiggles its way into our conversation. I laughably mention that I don't enjoy the movie, quickly followed by "book snob" and I try not to seem condescending to her. Well, you know what, to hell with that. I am a book snob. I enjoy books better, and I, for the most part prefer the books to the movie. Now, as you can imagine the barrage of disclaimers, nay sayers, and un-well wishers that quickly follows exclamations such as mine.
Well you know what? When you make a movie as beautiful and endearing and heart wrenching as the book, I will take back my book snobbery. But there is no movie that can compare to the written word with its minute details and tiny connections and refreshing prose. There is no movie that come close to the magnificence of The Bell Jar or can capture the beauty of a poem. and really, you're going to make a video game of Dante's Inferno and want to tell me its better? No way. Not a chance. When you see a film, it takes you in one specific direction, you see what the director wants you to see. But a book? Well, a book is a private experience. The words you read never mean the same thing. No two people read the same book. A book is a unique phenomenon.
I just prefer pages between my fingers.
Just a quick thought.
Yours truly,
Laura Bookworm, Mother of Pages
Well you know what? When you make a movie as beautiful and endearing and heart wrenching as the book, I will take back my book snobbery. But there is no movie that can compare to the written word with its minute details and tiny connections and refreshing prose. There is no movie that come close to the magnificence of The Bell Jar or can capture the beauty of a poem. and really, you're going to make a video game of Dante's Inferno and want to tell me its better? No way. Not a chance. When you see a film, it takes you in one specific direction, you see what the director wants you to see. But a book? Well, a book is a private experience. The words you read never mean the same thing. No two people read the same book. A book is a unique phenomenon.
I just prefer pages between my fingers.
Just a quick thought.
Yours truly,
Laura Bookworm, Mother of Pages
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