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Withur We Q&A on Goodreads.

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gocrew Posted: Mon, Feb 20 2012 4:04 PM

If anyone is interested, I recently started a Q&A group, ending March 18, on Goodreads. There is also a book giveaway going on too. Stop by if you're interested.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64651.Q_A_with_Matthew_Alexander

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gocrew replied on Tue, Feb 21 2012 6:35 PM

I've got a couple subscribers. I'd love to have more.

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Wheylous replied on Tue, Feb 21 2012 7:12 PM

I'm sorry, but the title is really phonetically unappealing.

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gocrew replied on Wed, Feb 22 2012 8:24 AM

Wheylous:
I'm sorry, but the title is really phonetically unappealing.

Is this meant to be serious? What does that even mean?

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I don't really have a question at the moment but I thought I'd drop in and say I finished it a month or so ago and really enjoyed it. The only criticisms I have off the top of my head was that on occasion you seemed to drop into unnecessary simile, perhaps even purple prose, that made me groan a little. Secondly, though this is probably confirmation bias, sometimes I felt you were beating the reader over the head with the concepts but it's impossible for me to know since I was already a "true believer" before I started reading.

Otherwise, thanks for the book; I'll try to get around to leaving a review at some point but I might need a refresher (already) to make sure I don't screw it up.

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gocrew replied on Wed, Feb 22 2012 5:39 PM

BiPolarMoment:
Secondly, though this is probably confirmation bias, sometimes I felt you were beating the reader over the head with the concepts but it's impossible for me to know since I was already a "true believer" before I started reading.

That could be an interesting topic to bring up.

Thanks for the read! Hope to see you at the Q&A.

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