Comments on: Little Book: Of Molehills and Mountains http://therumpus.net/2009/04/little-book-of-molehills-and-mountains/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Onnesha http://therumpus.net/2009/04/little-book-of-molehills-and-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-2846 Onnesha Fri, 01 May 2009 01:18:22 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=15704#comment-2846 Charles! I assure you that you can get lost in Little Book of Days. Each time I go back (to find a certain quote, to remember a certain passage) I always end up reading the whole damn thing all over again. The narrator's voice just pulls you right in. As for the math: Yes. It's bad for you. If the good lord had wanted us to count to such ridiculously large numbers, he would have given us more fingers. Charles! I assure you that you can get lost in Little Book of Days. Each time I go back (to find a certain quote, to remember a certain passage) I always end up reading the whole damn thing all over again. The narrator’s voice just pulls you right in.

As for the math: Yes. It’s bad for you. If the good lord had wanted us to count to such ridiculously large numbers, he would have given us more fingers.

]]> By: Charles Dodgson http://therumpus.net/2009/04/little-book-of-molehills-and-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-2840 Charles Dodgson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:22:57 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=15704#comment-2840 Beautiful review! Question: I'm afraid that, being someone who worships at the altar of getting-lost-in-a-narrative, I won't be able to love this book. Is this a book for those who love feeling that their day is full of annoyances and impediments to getting back to the hijinks and dilemmas experienced by the characters in a given book? Also, hearing that we have millions of minutes to go through made me stop and do all the math in my head. Indeed, most of us do live for millions of minutes. Over 40 million in the average case. Is math bad for you? Beautiful review!

Question: I’m afraid that, being someone who worships at the altar of getting-lost-in-a-narrative, I won’t be able to love this book. Is this a book for those who love feeling that their day is full of annoyances and impediments to getting back to the hijinks and dilemmas experienced by the characters in a given book?

Also, hearing that we have millions of minutes to go through made me stop and do all the math in my head. Indeed, most of us do live for millions of minutes. Over 40 million in the average case. Is math bad for you?

]]> By: Hazel Vaalbara http://therumpus.net/2009/04/little-book-of-molehills-and-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Hazel Vaalbara Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:37:30 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=15704#comment-2838 Splendid review! Interesting discussion of genre, wonderful interweaving of Casper's daily observations with analysis of the mind that put them all into one small book. As always, Onnesha Roychoudhuri's insights are brilliant. Splendid review! Interesting discussion of genre, wonderful interweaving of Casper’s daily observations with analysis of the mind that put them all into one small book.

As always, Onnesha Roychoudhuri’s insights are brilliant.

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