false 2099708 female Stafford, VA 03/2009 11/2009 11 595 372 true 5686631 read 6 true 4559976 currently-reading 217 true 4559975 to-read 122 false 4562939 reference 82 false 4651443 mysteries-crime-horror 63 false 4651487 non-fiction 63 false 4562947 research 53 false 4791459 household 45 false 4562952 guilty-pleasure 39 false 4791050 cat-lit 34 false 4789583 self-aware-management 32 false 4787513 classic-lit 31 false 4788052 kid-lit 30 false 4651569 my-classics-favorites 19 false 4788015 chick-lit 19 false 4787998 humor 17 false 4981490 reference-school 16 false 4912555 fantasy-scifi 12 false 4651548 seasonal-lit 10 false 4787784 poetry 9 false 4787711 stopped-reading 6 false 4795769 want The Book Thief (Hardcover) by Markus Zusak]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49771609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255579180s/19063.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:48:01 -0800 Elvis and The Dearly Departed (Paperback) by Peggy Webb]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73912294 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256048899s/6929640.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:23:46 -0800
I was really bother by the lead protagonist's absolute cluelessness. I didn't lik...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/156741-can-someone-write-too-well http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1236055416p2/15336.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:59:37 -0700 Patty wrote:
""So I ask again: Can someone write too well?"

it all depends on who is reading it. "

It definitely depends on the audience and on what's being written. I love prose that draws a picture but it should leave enough unsaid for me to add my own colors or accents. I suppose that's one reason I'm not always apt to enjoy a movie adaptation of novel...although I recently finished reading Auntie Mame and enjoyed both movie and novel in their own way.

At my day job I am frequently accused of 'writing too well'...a claim that holds no credence in this group...but, I recently included the words 'leviathan' and 'pinnacle' in a Gov't performance eval. To me they were great words that drew a more complete picture of the individual beyond the typical, over-used 'power-player' and 'superb'. When my boss asked me how to pronounce both words, I knew the picture I was drawing was too colorful for an audience trained to see only primary colors.
]]> Julia's Chocolates (Paperback) by Cathy Lamb]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49772538 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178568637s/807108.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:54:58 -0700 Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Paperback) by Patrick Dennis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51936194 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537146s/187060.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:53:45 -0700 Food Cures: Breakthrough Nutritional Prescriptions for Everything from Colds to Cancer (Hardcover) by Marianne Wait]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55181965 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BhZ1993YL._SL75_.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Wed, 06 May 2009 15:13:19 -0700 Strange Stories, Amazing Facts of America's Past by Reader's Digest (Hardcover) by Reader's Digest]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55181827 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210669654s/1932814.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Wed, 06 May 2009 15:12:37 -0700 Development (Hardcover) by Gerald Karp]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55179838 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 2099708 Connie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236299779p2/2099708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2099708-connie Wed, 06 May 2009 14:53:15 -0700