tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post3123689768945589513..comments2024-03-10T02:24:16.162-07:00Comments on The Scarlet Letter: My Thoughts on Tao Lin's, Shoplifting from American Apparel: A ReviewLBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-60338562634769426382011-04-06T18:07:51.880-07:002011-04-06T18:07:51.880-07:00Jessica- Thanks for stopping by. I didn't min...Jessica- Thanks for stopping by. I didn't mind the style. Like I said, I think I would read another of his books.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-86114642112940423452011-04-06T12:08:02.819-07:002011-04-06T12:08:02.819-07:00I love minimalist book covers too. I think simple ...I love minimalist book covers too. I think simple designs can be just as iconic (if not more so) than overdesigned covers.<br /><br />I've read Lin's "Richard Yates" and "Eeeee Eee Eeee", but haven't made it to SFAA yet. I really like his writing style, though I can see how others could be turned off by it.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271915137645309148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-50231354656666055762011-03-30T23:04:17.089-07:002011-03-30T23:04:17.089-07:00He is definitely hipster-y. There are moments of ...He is definitely hipster-y. There are moments of inanity that do read as realistic to me, and others that are definitely hyperbole.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-7033571081526829792011-03-30T22:44:59.231-07:002011-03-30T22:44:59.231-07:00I've never read Tao Lin because he seems, I do...I've never read Tao Lin because he seems, I don't know, so cutesy or hipstery. Even though the lives he writes about sound kind of like my friends' lives and like what my life will be in a year or so (see: wasting all day on gchat), I don't think I could bear reading this. I'm glad you quoted from him, that's the first time I've actually READ him rather than ABOUT him - and really, does anyone actually speak like his characters speak?<br /><br />-- ellenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com