http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/28/how-about-a-downbeat-reading-list-for-people-who-find-comic-novels-amusing/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/28/how-about-a-downbeat-reading-list-for-people-who-find-comic-novels-amusing/comment-page-1/#comment-337091 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » A Book List for Readers Who Are Serious about Not Being Depressed Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:37:43 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/28/how-about-a-downbeat-reading-list-for-people-who-find-comic-novels-amusing/#comment-337091 [...] who often find serious novels depressing.” Some readers may remember my original post, “How about a downbeat reading list for people who find comic novels amusing?” in which I confessed that I prefer to wallow in misery instead of being [...]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/28/how-about-a-downbeat-reading-list-for-people-who-find-comic-novels-amusing/comment-page-1/#comment-158610 Pete Wed, 28 May 2008 20:11:58 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/28/how-about-a-downbeat-reading-list-for-people-who-find-comic-novels-amusing/#comment-158610 I like a happy ending now and then, but too many of them seem forced and overly tidy. I usually prefer an inconclusive ending – one that hints at happiness but could just as easily go bad, and that keeps me thinking.

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