no two people see alike

I'm a member of several book-related listservs, and maybe it's the August weather, but everyone (including me) seems more contentious and quick to take offense than usual. No two people will react to a book in exactly the same way, and that's fine. If you don't enjoy one of my favorite books, that doesn't mean that I'm stupid, or that you hate me.

Last book I read: Beginning the World by Karen Armstrong. I didn't like this as much as I did Through the Narrow Gate; occasionally, I worried that my interest in the details was the same sort of interest that she didn't like. So I felt that my response to the book was slightly constrained.