JSngry Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 That's Joan Watson. Hell yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 I hadn't read this thread is some time, but I independently ended up taking a similar approach to Jim S. I really wanted to like this book and went out of my way to buy it. I DO like parts of it. Other parts really drag, and Crouch's tendency to go off for pages on distant tangents of little relation to Bird can be annoying. After more than a month, I have also have not been able to finish it, but will keep plugging away every now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 want a second copy? In case you accidentally set fire to the first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 If I set fire to the first, it probably won't be an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Enjoying it - looking forward to part 2 where the real action lies - and Stanley's take on that. Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 FWIW, I'll bet that part 2 never emerges -- given the amount of material involved, Stanley's approach in part 1, and the time it took him to write part 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 FWIW, I'll bet that part 2 never emerges -- given the amount of material involved, Stanley's approach in part 1, and the time it took him to write part 1. Well I'd say that pointing this out here, now, is better than jumping in to the inevitable RIP thread with "hey, at least he never finished Volume 2 of his Bird book!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Finally finished. Overall, glad that I read it, although damn, that was a lot harder than it should have been. Great raw data about Bird, good intentions (sincerely, I believe that), just...not a good final product. Or perhaps more accurately, a lot more necessary of a writing than a successful one. I anxiously await the white label remix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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