<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post5651383248598039995..comments</id><updated>2008-09-09T17:31:16.104-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Read for Pleasure: Book recommendations &amp; my crappy memory</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/feeds/5651383248598039995/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/5651383248598039995/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/2008/08/book-recommendations-my-crappy-memory.html'/><author><name>RfP</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16893174259391576697</uri><email>readforpleasure@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-3229377681680049256</id><published>2008-09-09T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T17:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>maybe they weren't really as good as we recall!My ...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;maybe they weren't really as good as we recall!&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My memory trips me up that way--some aren't as good and others are better than I remembered.  I'm sure some of it *is* our memories changing as we forget the details of a book.  But as you say, our reading tastes change too, and so does the genre itself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Then there's how we get to know the genre--e.g. a book might lose its </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/5651383248598039995/comments/default/3229377681680049256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/5651383248598039995/comments/default/3229377681680049256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/2008/08/book-recommendations-my-crappy-memory.html?showComment=1220995860000#c3229377681680049256' title=''/><author><name>RfP</name><uri>http://www.readforpleasure.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/2008/08/book-recommendations-my-crappy-memory.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-5651383248598039995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/posts/default/5651383248598039995' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-4963355120760474885</id><published>2008-09-09T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T13:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just did a post on the phenomenon of falling int...</title><summary type='text'>I just did a post on the phenomenon of falling into romance slumps, and feeling like none of them are as good as the first few you read.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Now that I have read your post, I wonder is this phenomenon is at work: maybe they weren't really as good as we recall!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/5651383248598039995/comments/default/4963355120760474885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/5651383248598039995/comments/default/4963355120760474885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/2008/08/book-recommendations-my-crappy-memory.html?showComment=1220982780000#c4963355120760474885' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://racyromancereviews.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.readforpleasure.com/2008/08/book-recommendations-my-crappy-memory.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-5651383248598039995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4788728147009985845/posts/default/5651383248598039995' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>