Negativism

A good part of my writings in this blog are about books that I found wanting for some reason or another.* Is this because its more compelling to write against something you dont agree with rather than write praises for a something you do find agreeable?

I rarely wrote anything about books that I did like. And there were many these past weeks from Eduardo Galeanos Upside Down, Karl Alexanders Papa and Fidel, Frederich Engels The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State to Orhan Pamuks My Name is Red.

So in the next few months, I will try to say something good about some books that I heartily recommend for reading to everyone.

* Of course, there were indeed other books that I didnt bother to write about even if I didnt like them because I thought it would be an utter waste of... [via Mis Readings]