It's not a question of impressing other people. Anyone who trashes someone else for what they read is a jerk. But I find that the books that get posted don't interest me all that much. And I freely admit I have weird taste...I like little-old-lady British books-- which lots of people think are either weird or pathetic. Some of the people on the site read Great Big Important Books that freak me out, because I have a short attention span. Novelizations, romances, spy novels, mysteries, Great Big Important Reads--none of these amuse me. Many people love books that fall into one or more of those categories; I'm just not one of them.

And yeah, sometimes I think I read other entries and get all-eye rolly, and then I think, Who the Hell Do I Think I Am? and I don't like that about myself. So I need to find some other resource.

And Geek Love is an amazing, disturbing book...I hoped you thought it was interesting!