Re: 3 new topics

>Proposal #3) Friends tell me that when I go through months of >reading nothing but JDS, I become maudlin, even morose. I think >it's because of his take on love, which, except for familial and >unrequited, seems terribly unsatisfactory. Not that I want to read >romance novels, simply that he takes the hope from me, part of the >beauty of his writing. Okay, I'm overstating it, being a bit >melodramatic, but you know what I'm saying. What's your take on

>"salinger on love"?

I love that about Salinger.  I do the same thing, and I also notice my seeming more moody, cussing more and talking about how they don't care about anything when they read his books too.  So strange.  I think it's because he shows relationships where it seems like the characters are only concerned with themselves and disregard other characters' feelings.  I think this attitude is then pushed into life and applied to people the reader actually knows, because it too often seems true.  It gives me a well nobody cares about anything , so why should I mood.  It's depressing, but for some reason I like it.